Husband W. H. Goehring 1 2
Born: 1864 - Freeport, Armstrong Co, PA 1 3
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Marriage: 1883 1 4
Other Spouse: Emma Cronenwett ( - ) 5 - 1896 1 4
• Business: Goehring & Richards: Butler, Butler Co, PA.
Wife Katherine Shaffer 1 4
AKA: Catherine Shaffer 6
Born: - Harmony, Jackson Twp, Butler Co, PA
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Died: 1890 1 4
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Father: Henry Shaffer ( -1919) 6
Mother: Barbara Allen (Abt 1848-Aft 1927) 6 7
Children
1 M Richard H. Goehring 1 4
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2 F Florence Goehring 1 4
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Spouse: Thomas Diefenderfer ( - ) 8
General Notes: Husband - W. H. Goehring
He continued to reside in his native place until 1877. His boyhood was one of more or less hardship and from the age of eleven years he enjoyed no school advantages. At that time he was put to work in the old boat yards at Freeport, where coal barges were built. After leaving that distasteful position, he became a newsboy and still later went to work for the Pittsburg & Western Railroad (which later became the B. & O.), first as newsboy on the train and later as a brakeman on the line between Etna and Wurtemberg, which had not yet been completed as far as Allegheny. For the next eight years he remained in railroad work, in the meanwhile having been frequently promoted. When he retired from railroading he was occupying the position of extra passenger conductor, and had the honor of running the first standard gauge baggage car on the New Castle Division. Before leaving the railroad he had already become interested in the wholesale fruit and produce business and established himself at Butler, after a short period of residence at Zelienople. He conducted that business unaided for twenty-two years until increasing demands with the extension of his trade led to his admission of A. C. Richards, a faithful employe, to partnership, in 1906. This firm was the leading one at Butler dealing at wholesale in fruit and produce, handling and shipping and dealing all over the country.