GOUGHNOUR, David

GOUGHNOUR, HANEY, RODABAUGH, STEBLETON, SMITH, BOYSEL

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Date: 2/6/2006 at 15:33:53

P. 110, Vol. II, Fulton’s “History of Jefferson County,” Pub. 1912.

The late DAVID GOUGHNOUR…..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…..At Libertyville, Jefferson County, Iowa, 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, Iowa, where her death occurred at Elkhart in 1872.

…..After his marriage David GOUGHNOUR 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 57 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. In 1905 he removed to Batavia, where he resided until his death on the 19th of December, 1908…..Mr. Goughnour married on the 14th of March, 1867, Miss Lovina HANEY, who was born on a farm near Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, her parents being Daniel and Susan (RODABAUGH) Haney, natives of Pennsylvania, of German extraction…..Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. GOUGHNOUR: Daniel E., Sarah, married William STEBLETON; Henry, died young; Mina, wife of Charles SMITH; Annie, died young; Carrie, married William BOYSEL; Mary,died young, and Wilson.