1841 Mary Davidson Goyen – Lincoln & Drew Co, Arkansas

Mary Davidson Goyen – 1841–1922
BIRTH 1841 • Lowndes County, Mississippi, USA
DEATH 1922 • Cornerville, Lincoln County, Arkansas

Married: Rev. William Harvey Newton – 1841–1925
BIRTH 27 APR 1841 • Pontotoc County, MS
DEATH 5 FEB 1925 • Star City, Lincoln, Arkansas

Parents:

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

Children:

• Samuel Eli Newton Jr 1861–1944
• Mary E. Newton 1863–1864
• J. C. Newton 1865–1867
• May Forest Rupe 1867–1949
• L. E. Newton 1870–1870

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:

(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).

(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.