Individual Details

Census-shared

Davis Goheen age 49, a farmer with a farm valued at $7000.
Sarah age 45, born in Pennsylvania.
Eight children are all born in Pennsylvania.
John age 19,
Elizabeth age 17,
Nancy age 15,
Mary age 13,
James age 11,
George age 9,
David age 7,
Ruth age 4.

Death

Birth: Jan. 7, 1832
Death: Feb. 18, 1899

Elizabeth was the daughter of Davis Goheen and his first wife Sarah Marens. After Sarah's death, he married her cousin Sarah Brisbin.

Elizabeth married William Shoemaker and they were the parents of:
Sarah Ann Shoemaker - Jackson
James Goheen Shoemaker
Clara Shoemaker - Jack
Orlando Shoemaker
Emma Shoemaker - Gourley
David Elmer Shoemaker
Mary Shoemaker - Keyes
Margaret Shoemaker
Nancy Shoemaker - Bell


The below account tells of the tornado disaster that struck Armstrong County in the Spring of 1860. It is excerpted from the History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883, pages 540-541.

"Armstrong County, PA Sugar Creek Township Tornado, May 1860

William Shoemaker's house, near Anthony's tunnel, except the sleepers and kitchen floor, was swept away. Two boards having been taken out of the floor, a small nursing child was dropped down through the opening thus made and was unhurt. Neither the cradle in which that child was, nor any part of the house or spring-house, was ever found, nor any part of the barn which was blown away. The orchard, except six stumps of apple-trees whose bark was stripped off, was uprooted and borne along in the irresistible current of the tornado. Pieces of stone were driven so deeply into these stumps that Lewis W. Corbett could not draw them out. The fences were strewn all over the farm, and Shoemaker was so seriously injured that he was disabled from work for several weeks."

(Note: Another account of this event indicates that William suffered two broken legs from the tornado. From what info is available, it appears that William was the most injured member of his family.)

Family links:
Parents:
Davis Goheen (1801 - 1877)
Sarah Maren Goheen (1805 - ____)

Spouse:
William Shoemaker (1827 - 1893)

Children:
Sarah Ann Jackson (1850 - 1930)*
David Elmer Shoemaker (1863 - 1911)*
Mary Shoemaker Keyes (1867 - 1950)*
Alice Margaret Shoemaker Shoemaker (1870 - 1943)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
New Bethlehem Cemetery
New Bethlehem
Clarion County