Charles Goehring

1884 - 1952  (67 years)

• Name	Charles Goehring
  Born	13 Dec 1884	Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 May 1952	South Dakota, USA
  Person ID	I75069	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2014

  
  

  Father	Johannes Jakob Göhring Goehring,   b. 19 Dec 1850, Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 16 Dec 1932, Lincoln, Hyde County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Katharina Neuhardt,   b. 14 Sep 1852, Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 24 Oct 1940, South Dakota, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Married	23 Jan 1872	Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina
  Family ID	F23770	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Maria Christina Baumgart,   b. 6 Mar 1888, Iowa, USA ,   d. 20 Nov 1970, South Dakota, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Married	26 Oct 1906	South Dakota, USA
  Children	1. Ruby Vera Goehring,   b. 10 Oct 1907, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 26 Mar 1998, Irvine, Orange County, California, USA  (Age 90 years)   2. Elaine Goehring,   b. 21 Feb 1910, South Dakota, USA ,   d. USA   3. Gertrude Lillian Goehring,   b. 11 Apr 1912, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 10 May 2004, Highmore Healthcare Center, Highmore, Hyde County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 92 years)   4. Wilbur Charles Goehring,   b. 1 Feb 1915, Hyde County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 10 Oct 1964, Buffalo County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 49 years)   5. Norval Frances Goehring
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F34226	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~stallman/Speck/goehrings.htm Charles Goehring was born December 13, 1884, in Hutchinson County near Freeman, South Dakota to Jacob and Katharina Goehring. He was baptized in the German Reform Church. As a youth he took a course in steam engineering at the Agricultural College at Brookings and attended the Sioux Falls Business College. He was pitching for a baseball team when he met Emma Maria Christina (Mary) Baumgart whom he married on October 6, 1906; in Bridgewater, South Dakota. She had been born March 6, 1888 at Boone, Iowa, to George and Barbara Baumgart. She came to South Dakota with her brother John and worked in a hotel in Menno, South Dakota. Charles worked with his father in their International Farm Implement business in Bridgewater until 1907 when he began farming in Hutchinson County. Their first daughter, 1. Ruby, was born on October 10, 1907, on the same farm where Charles had been born. In 1909 Charles and family, along with Andrew and Fred, his brothers, decided to move west because they had become more or less hemmed in by Mennonites. Land seemed more plentiful, however, they found the soil not nearly as rich nor did it rain as much as in Hutchinson County, but they decided to stay in Hyde County. Charles settled on a farm in Lincoln Town-ship. While there they had a second daughter, 2. Elaine, born on February 21, 1910. They moved to another farm in Valley Township where 3. Gertrude was born April 11, 1912, .and 4. Wilbur on February 1, 1915. They farmed there until they moved to Highmore for a short time in 1917 before moving to a farm in Loomis Township in 1918. Their last son, 5. Norval, was born there on October 25, 1927, and in November they moved into their new house that Mary had waited for for so many years. Charles was a raiser and breeder of fine horses. He held a horse sale on June 22, 1927, (because of the shortness of pasture), in which he sold 85 head of horses from Percheron and Belgian studs which averaged $67. The top price was slightly over $150. His 15 yearlings averaged $40 and three six-year-olds sold for $140 each. He always had a large herd of horses. Mary organized what is believed to be the first 4-H club in Hyde County in August 1929, called the 4-H Canning Club at Holabird, South Dakota, with eight members. In 1936, Charles was elected a member of the board of directors of the Hyde County Agricultural Conservation Association which was to have charge of the new national soil conservation program. He made out work sheets for farms making appraisals of the productivity of the land that is diverted from soil depleting crops to soil conserving crops. He served for a number of years on this committee and was always active in conservation and agricultural programs. He was active in community affairs including township boards and school boards. Charles and Mary were charter members of the Aasby Local Farmers Union, later known as the Loomis Local Charles was an avid hunter and enjoyed hunting deer and pheasants especially. He made many trips to the Black Hills hunting and had some of his trophies mounted. Charles had a faith and vision of the future of South Dakota. He loved the land and stock and had a knowledge of farming and a belief in the rewards of hard work. In spite of all the drawbacks, it was "his dream." California was for others. Poor they were at times, but. so rich in experiences. The winter of 1951-52 was a hard winter with roads blocked already in early December. Charles had to be flown from his farm to Highmore so he could go to hospitals in Rochester and Huron for treatments of cancer. He battled his cancer until his death on May 7, 1952. After Charles' death, Norval operated the farm for a time. Mary moved to town to live with her son Wilbur for a while until she moved into her own home in Highmore. She boarded high school students for a number of years. She was active in community affairs and was a member of the Women's Relief Corp and Porch Club. She was a member of the Our Savior Lutheran Church. She lived for a few years in old folks' homes in Miller and Highmore before dying on November 20, 1970. Ruby married John Strohmenger and lives in Fremont, California. Elaine is married to Henry Borcherding and runs a yarn and hobby shop in Highmore. Gertrude married Richard Schlenker (now deceased) and lives in Highmore. Wilbur married Agnes Haiwick, farmed in Loomis Township, and is now deceased. Norval is married to Vera Spillaway and is a mail carrier living in Hitchcock, South Dakota.