Individual Details

George Washington Goheen

(16 Nov 1815 - 18 Jan 1901)

Events

Birth	16 Nov 1815	Berks County, Pennsylvania
Census-shared	1840	(James M. (Black Jim) Goheen) Red Bank, Clarion County, Pennsylvania
Marriage	30 Nov 1847	Elizabeth Holler
Will	1853	Clarion County, Pennsylvania
Census	1860	Pine township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Miscellaneous	1866	Boggs twp, Goheenville, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Census	1870	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Census	1880	Wayne Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Residence	1883	Riley County, Kansas
Census-shared	1885	(John Calvin Goheen) Kansas Territory
Census	1900	Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas
Death	18 Jan 1901	Sunset Cemetery, Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas

Families

Spouse	Elizabeth Holler (1826 - 1891)
Child	James Goheen (1848 - 1848)
Child	Clara Jane Goheen (1850 - 1852)
Child	John Calvin Goheen (1852 - 1908)
Child	Samuel Fremont Goheen (1855 - 1930)
Child	Mary Elizabeth Goheen (1857 - 1863)
Child	Martha Susan Goheen (1860 - 1874)
Child	Margaret Alice Goheen (1862 - 1874)
Child	Ida Ruth Goheen (1866 - 1887)

Father	James M. (Black Jim) Goheen (1772 - 1853)
Mother	Elizabeth Davis ( - )
Sibling	Mary Ann Goheen (1799 - 1866)
Sibling	Davis W. Goheen (1802 - 1877)
Sibling	Elizabeth Goheen (1804 - 1883)
Sibling	James Miller Goheen (1806 - 1887)
Sibling	Hugh Goheen (1810 - 1823)
Sibling	Ruth Goheen (1813 - 1900)

Notes

Birth

Bible record copied by Evelyn J Brown from a Bible in the First Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, Kansas. New York, American Bible Society, 1851, 18th Edition

Census-shared

Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 (G W Goheen)
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 (James Goheen Jr)
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1 (James Goheen Senior)
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 3 (James Senior and two children)
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 6

Marriage

Bible record copied by Evelyn J Brown from a Bible in the First Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, Kansas. New York, American Bible Society, 1851, 18th Edition.

Will

George received $5 at time of his fathers death.

Census

G. W. Goheen age 44 is a merchant real estate vlue 10,000 personal 12,000 born in Pennsylvania
Elizabethage 33 born Pennsylvania
John C. age 8 born Pennsylvania
Samuel F. age 5 born Pennsylvania
Mary E Age 3 Born Pennsylvania
Marth S. 5 months old born Pennsylvania [Feb]

Miscellaneous

Goheenville
At this point in the eastern part of the township, on Scrubgrass creek, George W Goheen built a sawmill and gristmills in 1851. He also started a store here in 1857.
Such is the origin of Goheenville, as yet but a hamlet in the forks of the head branches of Scrubgrass, containing a public schoolhouse, a store, physician's office, one mill, blacksmith shop and a fe dwelling houses. Scrubgrass post office was established about a mile ad a quarter northeast of this point in the summer of 1844, William J Calhoun, postmaster. It was removed hither in 1850-51. Its name was changed to Goheenville June 20, 1866, George W Goheen being the second postmaster.
Rural routes have caused the cancellation of this post office. The town is now but a hamlet.
In the southeastern part of the township on the south fork of Pine creek, were located several sawmills, gristmills and a distillery of which William and Hames Hannegan were the successive owners, from 1841 to 1843. Near here in 1851 Peter Beck also erected a grist mill. None of these old mills is now in operation, and most of them are only a memory

Census

G W Goheen age 55 born Pennsylvania
Elizabeth age 44 born Pennsylvania
Calvin age 18 born Pennsylvania
Martha age 10 born Pennsylvania
Margaret age 7 born Pennsylvania
Ruth age 4 born Pennsylvania

Census

George W. keeping a boarding house, age 64; wife Elizabeth age 53.

Residence

Moved to Manhattan, Kansas and is buried there.

Census-shared

J C Goheen age 32, born Pennsylvania, married
T Goheen age 34 born Pennsylvania, married
M G W Goheen age 11 born Pennsylvania
H V Goheen age 9 born Pennsylvania
J W Goheen age 7 born Pennsylvania

G W Goheen age 69 born Pennsylvania, married
E Goheen age 58 born Pennsylvania, married
T R Goheen age 17 born Pennsylvania

Census

Samuel F Gohe* born May 1855 born Pennsylvania parents born Pennsylvania, occupation illegable owns farm free of mortgage
Barbara wife born Oct 1854 4 children all alive born Pennsyvania, parents born Pennsylvania
Albert J son Oct 1877 born Pennsylvania
George G son Jul 1887 born Kansas
Homer J son Sept 1890 born Kansas
Ethel M daughter June 1893 Kansas
George W father Nov 1815 Pennsylvania parents born Pennsylvania widow

Death

Father of Probate Judge Passes Away
G W Goheen, father of J C Goheen probate judge of Clay County, passed away Friday, January 18, at the home of his son S F Goheen, near Manhattan. He was 85 years, 2 months and 2 days old at the time of his death, having been born in Berks county, Penn., November 16, 1815. His early life and until he was 66 years old was spent in his native state of Pennsylvania, living in Center County and Armstrong county.
On November 30, 1837, he married Miss Elizabeth Holler of Putneyville and they moved in what is now Goheenville, until February 29, 1883, when they moved to a farm near Manhattan, Kan. There they resided until October, 1891, when his wife died. Since that time Mr. Goheen has lived alternately with his son, S F Goheen near Manhattan and J C Goheen near Oak Hill.
G W Goheen was a strong minded man, ever faithful to hat he considered to be right. He first made up his mind that the was in the right and the went ahead with whatever he had in mind. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and had been ever since a young man. From the time the Republican party was organized until his death, Mr Goheen had been a believer in its principles. He was a progressive up-to-date farmer.
Besides his two sons who survive him, a large circle of friends near Manhattan, and in our own county mourn his death.

Endnotes

1. , (: , ), The Holy Bible, New Yourk, American Bible Society, 1851, 18th Edition..

2. , (: , ), Kansas Kin Vol 21-22 (1983-84); Vol 21 #2 page 33 May 1983, Allen County Public Library..

3. 1840 U.S. Census, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Red Bank, page 65 printed, James Goheen; NARA microfilm publication M704, 442.

4. , (: , ), The Holy Bible, New York, American Bible Society, 1851, 18th Edition..

5. , (: , ), Kansas Kin Vol 21-22 (1983-84); Vol 21 #2 page 33 May 1983, Allen County Public Library..

6. , (: , ), Alice Soldan, Elaine Olney, Sunset Cemetery, Mahattan, Kansas, (Riley Sounty Geneealogical Society, Manhattan, Kansas, 1979, page 74.

7. Letter from () to Elizabeth L Albright;, Copy of letter to Robert F. Goheen, Princeton, NJ, from Edward C. Greenlean, MD, P.O. Box 14, Stockton, CA 95201. Typed paper titled "Your Ancestors" as told to Miriam Ruth Goheen by her Grandmother GOheen, October 1951..

8. 1860 US Census, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Pine twp, Scrubgrass PO, family 714, line 16, page 528,G W Goheen, NARA micropublication M653, roll 1070.

9. , (: , ), Armstrong County, Pennsylvania her people, Past and Present, etc, Vol 1, (J H Beers & Co. Chicago, 1914) page 229.

10. 1870 U.S. Census, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Goheenville, Pine township, page 339 printed, family 157, line 29, G W Goheen; NARA microfilm publication M593, 2800.

11. 1880 US Census Armstrong County, Pennsylvavia, population schedule, Wayne township, ED 3, family 321, line 1, page 475, George W Goheen, NARA micropublication T9, roll 1096.

12. Letter from () to Elizabeth L Albright;, E-mail from Barbara Goodrich 5 March 2001..

13. 1885 Kansas Territory, Kansas, "Kansas State Census Collection 1855-1925," page 11, image 179, J C Goheen; ; database on-line, Ancestry.com.

14. 1900 U.S. Census, Riley County, Kansas, population schedule, Manhattan, Enumeration District (ED) 108, sheet 10B, page 113 printed, family 197, line 52, Samuel F Gehe*; NARA microfilm publication T623, 498.

15. , (: , ), Kansas Kin Vol 21-22 (1983-84); Vol 21 #2 page 33 May 1983, Allen County Public Library..

16. , (: , ), Alice Soldan, Elaine Olney, Sunset Cemetery, Mahattan, Kansas, (Riley Sounty Geneealogical Society, Manhattan, Kansas, 1979, page 74.

17. Find A Grave, Findagrave.com, database and digital images (http//:www.findagrave.com : viewed 30 November 2016), Memorial# 89658095.