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GOUGHNOUR, David - 1912 Bio (1836-1908)

GOUGHNOUR, FOX, HANEY, RODABAUGH, DILLON, STEBLETON, SMITH, BOYSEL

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 9/15/2007 at 11:25:46

History of Jefferson County, Iowa -- A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol II, Published 1912, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago
Pages 110, 113 and 114

David GOUGHNOUR.

The late David GOUGHNOUR, for many years successfully identified with the agricultural intrests of Jefferson county where he was numbered among the highly esteemed citizens, was born in Cambia county, Pennsylvania, on the 30th of July, 1836. His parents were David and Mary (FOX) GOUGHNOUR, natives of Pennsylvania, the father of Dutch extraction and the mother of Irish. They came to Iowa with their parents when children, being reared to maturity near Libertyville, Jefferson county, where they were later married. There the father followed the trade of millwright until 1849 when he joined the goldseekers and went to California. After spending three years in prospecting he started homeward, but contracted cholera while enroute and passed away at Memphis, Tennessee. His wife then removed to Polk county, this state, where she resided thereafter, her death occurring at Elkhart in 1872.

The early years in the life of David GOUGHNOUR were not unlike those of the majority of lads reared in the country at that period. In pursuit of an education he attended the district schools until he had mastered the common branches, during which time his energies were also devoted to the work of the fields. After his marriage he went to Dallas county, Iowa, where for two years he operated a mill for his brother Manuel. At the expiration of that time he decided to return to farming and purchased fifty-seven acres of land in Polk county. Cultivating his farm for six years he disposed of it and acquired some prairie land upon which he resided for a similar period. Selling this property he located near Altoona, where he lived for nine years, when he returned to Jefferson county, settling on a farm southeast of Batavia in Des Moines township. He successfully engaged in the operation of this place for fourteen years, but owing to the state of his health in 1905 was forced to withdraw from active farming and moved to Batavia. There he continued to reside until his death on the 19th of December, 1908. He is survived by his widow who still makes her home in Batavla. Ever loyal and public-spirited, when the call came from troops, in 1864, Mr. GOUGHNOUR responded, enlisting at Davenport, and going to the front with Company F, Third Iowa Volunteer Cavalry. He saw much active service, participating in many of the hard campaigns during the closing months of the war, having been for three months at one time in the saddle almost continuously, just snatching such rest as he could at rare intervals. After he was mustered out he returned to Jefferson county, where he resided until after his marriage.

Mr. GOUGHNOUR married on the 14th of March, 1867, Miss Lovina HANEY. Mrs. GOUGHNOUR was born on a farm near Dayton, Montgomery county, Ohio, her parents being Daniel and Susan (RODABAUGH) HANEY, natives of Pennsylvania, of German extraction. Mr. and Mrs. HANEY removed with their parents during childhood to Ohio, where they were later married, continuing to be residents of the Buckeye state until 1855. In the latter year they came to Iowa, locating on a farm wst of Birmingham, Jefferson county, where they resided for six years. At the expiration of that period they removed to Whitfield and there he continued to follow agricultural pursuits until his death. The mother survived for six years thereafter, her demise occurring on the home farm. Eight children were born to the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. GOUGHNOUR. Daniel E., who is the marshal of Byron, Illinois, and also manager of the City Electric Light & Water Company, married Mary DILLON of Byron, and they have two children, Vinson and Dorothy. Sarah, the wife of William STEBLETON, a farmer of North Dakota, has seven children: Ethel, Cletis, Harvey, Hazel, Floyd, George and Leslie. Henry, who was the third in order of birth, died at the age of two years and six months. Mina, the wife of Charles SMITH, a farmer living three miles south of Batavia, has a son and a daughter, Russell and Mabel. Annie died at the age of nine years and ten months. Carrie, is the widow of William BOYSEL, a farmer who lived south of Batavia. Mary, who was the youngest daughter, died at the age of four years and four days. Wilson, who is the eighth member of the family, remains at home.

An earnest Christian, Mr. GOUGHNOUR was always an active member of the Brethren church of Batavia, with which organization Mrs. GOUGHNOUR is also identified. Politically he was a republican, and served on the district school boards in both Polk and Jefferson counties. He was a man of energetic and forceful character whose influence was ever exerted in support of all that was best in forwarding the interests of the community in which he resided and in whose development he ever took an earnest and helpful part.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.


 

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