Families of Goshen
Steve and Sue (Kennedy) Burgess
Wilson “Bill” and Betty Kennedy moved into their house along State Route 416, in 1955. The house was moved around 1970 from the current Goshen Valley Rd. when the new 416 was built. Bill and Betty had two children, Mike and Sue. Mike and Sue’s grandparents were Jack and Mary Kennedy, who lived in Goshen … Continue reading
Thurl and Elsie Starcher
Thurl and Elsie Starcher moved to Goshen in 1947 after Thurl, a gunsmith, went to work for Sam Bond Gun Shop, near New Philadelphia. Their house was formerly the canal lockkeeper’s house, but had been moved from its original location. The couple had two children, Lyndell and Marilyn. Marilyn and her husband, Jim Page, have … Continue reading
Howard Family
When Ida Belle Smith’s mother, Rachel Reardon Smith, died in the late 1800s, Ida went to make her home with the Rudy and Rosanna Schaar family in Goshen. The Smith family had moved to Goshen earlier from the Sherrodsville area after Ida’s father, Benjamin Franklin Smith, started working in the mines at Goshen. They lived in the … Continue reading
Cookson Family
Tribute to Robert D. Cookson Sr. and B29er’s of the Marianas – website http://www.cooksontributeb29.com/