1839 Joseph Martin Goyen – Drew & Lincoln Co, Arkansas

Joseph Martin Goyen – 1839–1930
BIRTH 11 NOVEMBER 1839 Mississippi, United States
DEATH 4 JAN 1930 Lincoln County, Arkansas, USA

Married: Gillie Elizabeth Clark – 1854–1933
BIRTH 7 OCTOBER 1854 Mississippi
DEATH 28 JANUARY 1933 Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co, AR

Parents:

• Drury B. Goyen b. abt 1800 – d.  abt 1848 m Elizabeth Smith, daughter of John Smith of Union Co, SC.

Children:

• Charles Harvey Goyen 1873–1926
• Mary Elizabeth Goyen 1875–1960
• Minnie Lee Goyen 1877–1902
• Nettie Forrest Goyen 1879–1922
• Bertha C. Goyen 1881–1966
• Lisa Ann Goyen 1886–
• Robert Aerilous Goyen 1889–1941
• Anna E. Goyen 1889–1958
• Eva Roberta Goyen 1892–1990
• Lillie Mae Goyen 1900–

Siblings:

• John E. Going – 1826/27 abt – ? m Elizabeth McGill (evidence strongly suggests Drury is father)
• William W. Goyen – 1828/29 abt-1864 m Sarah Martha Bell (confirmed child of Drury B. Goyen)(confirmed sibling of Nancy Chisholm Goyen)
• Ann Eliza Going – 1829 abt – 1894 m. Jason Fish  (evidence strongly suggests Drury is father)(confirmed sibling of Joseph Martin Goyen & Mary Davidson Goyen)
• Theodocia Elvira Goyen – 1830 abt – 1916 m. Abraham Smith Davis 1810-1859, and then m. Thomas A. Avens 1809-1881 – no children (T. E. Going and T. D. Going are the same person as she was often called “Docea” – short for Theodocia).
• Sarah Catherine Goyen – 1836-1914 m. John Calvin Newton (brother of William Harvey Newton) (d. 1862), then m. Benjamin Alfred Wyatt (confirmed sibling of Nancy Chisholm Provine & Elvira)(under construction).
• Joseph Martin Goyen – 1839-1930 (confirmed sibling of Eliza Fish & Mary Elizabeth “Puss” Davidson Goyen)
• Nancy Chisholm Goyen – 1840 – 1922 m. Robert Neely Provine (confirmed sibling of William W. Goyen, Elvira, & Sarah Catherine Goyen)
• Mary Davidson Goyen (middle name appears to be “Elizabeth” according to a photo in family album of Joseph Martin Goyen’s family – also known as “Puss”) – 1841-1922 m. William Harvey Newton (brother of John Calvin Newton) (confirmed sibling of Joseph Martin Goyen and Eliza Fish)(under construction).
• Unknown male child (Possibly one other male child based on 1845 Mississippi Census)

FACTS and SOURCES:

Ancestry Tree: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/69705632/person/34217933082/facts

FamilySearch Tree: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L2KJ-S4Q

In the 1880 US Census Sarah Catherine Goyen Wyatt is living with her family as a widow in Lincoln Co, Arkansas in dwelling number 79. Two households over from her, in household 77 is her brother Samuel Martin Goyen and his family.

1880 United States Federal Census – Mill Creek, Lincoln, Arkansas, USA
Name Sarah C. Wyatt
Age 42, Birth Date Abt 1838
Birthplace Mississippi
Home in 1880 Mill Creek, Lincoln, Arkansas, USA
Dwelling Number 79
Race White, Gender Female
Relation to Head of House Self (Head)
Marital Status Widowed
Father’s Birthplace South Carolina
Mother’s Birthplace South Carolina
Occupation Housekeeper
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Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Sarah C. Wyatt 42 Self (Head)
Jenney B. Wyatt 13 Daughter
Cattie R. Wyatt 11 Daughter
Benny M. Wyatt 9 Son
William H. Newton 22 Son
Thomas M. Newton 20 Son
Year: 1880; Census Place: Mill Creek, Lincoln, Arkansas; Roll: 49; Page: 95B; Enumeration District: 181
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5379984:6742?ssrc=pt&tid=69705632&pid=322518533471

1880 United States Federal Census – Mill Creek, Lincoln, Arkansas, USA
Name Joseph M. Goins
Age 39, Birth Date Abt 1841
Birthplace Mississippi
Home in 1880 Mill Creek, Lincoln, Arkansas, USA
Dwelling Number 77
Race White, Gender Male
Relation to Head of House Self (Head)
Marital Status Married
Spouse’s Name Gilly E. Goins
Father’s Birthplace South Carolina
Mother’s Birthplace South Carolina
Occupation Laborer
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Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Joseph M. Goins 39 Self (Head)
Gilly E. Goins 24 Wife
Harvy Goins 7 Son
Mary E. Goins 5 Daughter
Minnie L. Goins 2 Daughter
Netta F. Goins 1 Daughter
Year: 1880; Census Place: Mill Creek, Lincoln, Arkansas; Roll: 49; Page: 95B; Enumeration District: 181
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5379984:6742?ssrc=pt&tid=69705632&pid=322518533471

The photo below is of Eliza Goyen Fish – sister of Samuel Martin Goyen – photo found in family scrapbook of descendants of Joseph Martin Goyen.

Photo of Joseph Martin Goyen who appears to be in his late 50s or 60s with a violin/fiddle.

Family Bible page in possession of Joseph Martin Goyen’s descendants showing children of Joseph Martin Goyen.

The photo below is of Mary Davidson Goyen – sister of Samuel Martin Goyen – photo found in family scrapbook of descendants of Joseph Martin Goyen. She is shown with her husband William H Newton. William H Newton was the brother of John Calvin Newton who married Sarah Catherine Goyen (sister of Mary Davidson Goyen)(Newton brothers who married Goyen sisters).

(Provided by researcher Gina Goyen Paddock via her family scrapbook of her father, Charles Hubert Goyen)

The above photo shows William H Newton and wife Mary Davidson Goyen Newton (they appear to be in their 40s or maybe 50s – likely sometime between 1880 and 1895).

The photo below is of Mary Davidson “Puss” Goyen – sister of John Martin Goyen. Photo is from the descendants of John Martin Goyen – in a family scrapbook.

(Provided by researcher Gina Goyen Paddock via her family scrapbook of her father, Charles Hubert Goyen)

(Provided by researcher Gina Goyen Paddock via her family scrapbook of her grandfather, Charles Hubert Goyen)

The above family sheet was put together in Arkansas in 1962 when Charles Hubert Goyen visited Arkansas to visit family and piece together all the siblings of his grandfather Joseph Martin Goyen. The paper provided was on the letterhead of R A Goyen (first cousin of Charles Hubert Goyen). R A Goyen was the County Clerk in Lincoln Co, Arkansas at that time.

The above photos were in the possession of Charles Hubert Goyen 1908-1991 – in a family scrapbook. He was the son of Charles Harvey Goyen 1873-1826 and grandson of Joseph Martin Goyen 1839-1930. These photos were provided by Gina Goyen Paddock who has done over 26 years of research into the Goyen family. She is the granddaughter of Charles Hubert Goyen.