Hiram Gouchnour, the veteran railroader, last Saturday received from his niece, Mrs. Ollie Palmquist,
Leavenworth, Wash., announcing the death of his brother, Josiah Gochnour, who passed away at her home May 27, in his 88th year. Josiah Gochnour had been suffering from stomach trouble for several weeks but was able to be about his home until the evening of the 27th, when he was stricken with paralysis.
The deceased was a son of Daniel and Katharine Amsbaugh Gochnour and was born February 6, 1826, interred Headrick's Cemetery above Conemaugh. He was one of a family of ten children two girls and eight boys. Lucinda Gouchnour, aged six months died in September 1839, and her remains were the first to be interred in Headrick's Cemetery. The other sister is Mrs. I. C. Bole, of East Taylor Township. Four brothers--Adam, Ephraim, Clinton, and Stephen Gochnour--are dead, and the surviving brothers are William, of Conemaugh, who is in his 84th year, Hiram of East Taylor Township, and Benjamin Gochnour
of the South Side, who is an Elder of the First Progressive Brethren Church, Somerset Street.
Josiah Gochnour was a carpenter by trade and was employed for a long time at the Wood Morrell & Co. place at Mineral Point before going West in the fall of 1872. He settled in Black Hawk County, Iowa, going from there in a prairie schooner to Little River, Kan. His wife Mrs. Barbara Dimond.
Gochnour, was also a native of East Taylor Township and died at little River about 1896 or 1897. Sometime after her death he went to the State of Washington where he had since made his home. Besides his sister and brothers. Surviving are four daughters, three sons, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
'Wenatchee Daily World', Wenatchee, Washington. 28 May 1913
JOSIAH GOCHNOUR DEAD, AGED 87
Old Pioneer, Here Since 1899, Passes Away Today in Wenatchee
Josiah Gochnour, a resident of the Wenatchee valley since 1899, died at his home, 322 North D street, this morning at 9 o'clock, aged 87 years. Funeral services will be held at the Baptist church tomorrow at 2 o'clock, the Rev. H. A. Thompson officiating. Burial will take place in the Wenatchee cemetery.
Surviving are six children, of whom four live in Washington, one in Nebraska and in Arkansas. With him at the time of his death were two daughters who live in Wenatchee, Mrs. E. O. Scott and Mrs. G. H. Palmquist, and a grandson, George Yates.
Washington Death Certificate
Name Josiah Gochnour
Death date 27 May 1913
Death place Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington
Gender Male
Age at death 87 years 3 months 2 days
Estimated birth year 1826
Film number 1992078
Digital GS number 4221139
Image number 2500
Reference number 68
Hiram Gouchnour, the veteran railroader, last Saturday received from his niece, Mrs. Ollie Palmquist,
Leavenworth, Wash., announcing the death of his brother, Josiah Gochnour, who passed away at her home May 27, in his 88th year. Josiah Gochnour had been suffering from stomach trouble for several weeks but was able to be about his home until the evening of the 27th, when he was stricken with paralysis.
The deceased was a son of Daniel and Katharine Amsbaugh Gochnour and was born February 6, 1826, interred Headrick's Cemetery above Conemaugh. He was one of a family of ten children two girls and eight boys. Lucinda Gouchnour, aged six months died in September 1839, and her remains were the first to be interred in Headrick's Cemetery. The other sister is Mrs. I. C. Bole, of East Taylor Township. Four brothers--Adam, Ephraim, Clinton, and Stephen Gochnour--are dead, and the surviving brothers are William, of Conemaugh, who is in his 84th year, Hiram of East Taylor Township, and Benjamin Gochnour
of the South Side, who is an Elder of the First Progressive Brethren Church, Somerset Street.
Josiah Gochnour was a carpenter by trade and was employed for a long time at the Wood Morrell & Co. place at Mineral Point before going West in the fall of 1872. He settled in Black Hawk County, Iowa, going from there in a prairie schooner to Little River, Kan. His wife Mrs. Barbara Dimond.
Gochnour, was also a native of East Taylor Township and died at little River about 1896 or 1897. Sometime after her death he went to the State of Washington where he had since made his home. Besides his sister and brothers. Surviving are four daughters, three sons, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
'Wenatchee Daily World', Wenatchee, Washington. 28 May 1913
JOSIAH GOCHNOUR DEAD, AGED 87
Old Pioneer, Here Since 1899, Passes Away Today in Wenatchee
Josiah Gochnour, a resident of the Wenatchee valley since 1899, died at his home, 322 North D street, this morning at 9 o'clock, aged 87 years. Funeral services will be held at the Baptist church tomorrow at 2 o'clock, the Rev. H. A. Thompson officiating. Burial will take place in the Wenatchee cemetery.
Surviving are six children, of whom four live in Washington, one in Nebraska and in Arkansas. With him at the time of his death were two daughters who live in Wenatchee, Mrs. E. O. Scott and Mrs. G. H. Palmquist, and a grandson, George Yates.
Washington Death Certificate
Name Josiah Gochnour
Death date 27 May 1913
Death place Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington
Gender Male
Age at death 87 years 3 months 2 days
Estimated birth year 1826
Film number 1992078
Digital GS number 4221139
Image number 2500
Reference number 68
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