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KANAHWA COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA - BIOS: GOSHORN, George ****************************************************************** Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by: SSpradling@aol.com September 19, 1999 ******************************************************************
History of Kanawha County George W. Atkinson 1876 p. 324
GEORGE GOSHORN
George Goshorn, the father of a large family of the best and most honorable citizens of Charleston, was born in Pennsylvania in 1789. When thirty-three years of age he came to Kanawha, and engaged in business. Mr. Goshorn was a man of enterprise, and through energy and application to business, accumulated a considerable estate. He was a man of strict integrity, and maintained a good character till the time of his death, which took place at his residence in Charleston, June 24, 1845. He had five sons, viz: John H., William F., Jacob, George, Alvin and David A. All of whom are living except David, who died in 1870. They are all men of good character, and are leading citizens of Kanawha county.
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