Individual Details
Sylvanus McIntyre Goheen
(11 May 1813 - 4 Jan 1851)
Events
| Birth | 11 May 1813 | Pennsylvania | |||
| Miscellaneous | 1837 | Liberia |  |  | |
| Marriage | 13 Dec 1846 | Saint Clair County, Illinois - Anna Harrison | | | |
| Residence | 1849 | Lebanon, Saint Clair County, Illinois | | | |
| Death | 4 Jan 1851 | Old Placerville City Cemetery, Placerville, El Dorado County, California | | |
Families
| Spouse | Anna Harrison (1826 - 1911) |
| Child | Margaret E. Goheen (1847 - 1850) |
| Father | Samuel Goheen (1767 - 1814) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Mayberry ( - 1857) |
| Sibling | Jacob Goheen (1800 - ) |
| Sibling | Mayberry Goheen (1804 - 1890) |
| Sibling | Doctor Davis Goheen (1806 - 1849) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann Goheen (1807 - 1896) |
| Sibling | William George Goheen (1809 - 1892) |
| Sibling | John Wesley Goheen (1811 - 1852) |
Notes
Miscellaneous
was Methodist missionary to Liberia for many years, first entered service in 1837. Widow donated money to Hamline Univerisity St Paul Minnesota in memory of dead child, with which was built "Goheen Hall"Upon reaching Liberia, he was an important factor as a physician and Christian worker.He stood at this post of duty for five years.
Marriage
Tanscribed records by Buecher indicate Marriage was 10 December 1846. This may be the date of application of license. Further research is needed.In 1846 she married to Dr. S. M. E. Goheen. He was practing medicine in Lebanon. Ill., and was also professor in McKendree College at that time.
Residence
With his brother Davis who was a Methodist minister with a genius for organization and was a worker for KcKendree College in Lebanon.Death
1851 Goheen, Sylvanus and 1854 Goheen, John WDr Goheen went to California during the great gold craze. He practiced medicine and his own health not the strongest he found no rest. He was suddenly prostrated with a sickness from which he did not recover. He reached California in June and was buried the following January.
Endnotes
1. , (: , ), Rev. J Wesley Hill.
2. , (: , ), St Clair County , Illinois Marriage Records 1845-1869, Robert Buecher.
3. , (: , ), Rev. J Wesley Hill.
4. , "E-mail," e-mail message from () to , Goheen Family History. Hereinafter cited as "e-mail".
5. , (: , ), Chamberland, McKendree Hypes, Historical Sketch of McKendree College, 1838 - 1914 (Lebanon, IL, Mckendree University), http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalsketch00cham/historicalsketch00cham_djvu.txt.
6. , (: , ), St Clair County Genealogical Society Quarterly, Belleville, Illinois 62222, Volume 18 Number 1, 1995, page 40. St Clair County Illinois, Probate Index 1771-1964, Lee Petrasek, Wildamae Brestal, Diane Walsh..
7. , (: , ), Rev. J Wesley Hill.
8. Find A Grave, Findagrave.com, database and digital images (http//:www.findagrave.com : viewed 26 February 2015), Memorial# 37428520.