Abbie (Drake) Goin was born in 1828 at Bethel, Maine, daughter of Spencer Drake and Abigail Dean Keith. She was married on 18 July 1852 at St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont to Eber Goin. They lived in Massachusetts and Canada before moving to Long Lake township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan in 1864. She and Eber farmed their, with Abigail the mother of four children: Cora, Adda, Katie, and Fred. She died in 1896 from rheumatism:
: Death of a Pioneer. By the death of Mrs. Abigail Goin at Cedar Run, Feb. 17, the region loses one of its pioneers. She was born in Bethel, Maine, Nov. 11, 1828, was married in 1852, and came to Cedar Run in 1864, making her home there ever since. She leaves four children, a married daughter in Wisconsin, Addie Goin, Mrs. Kate Worthington, and Fred S. Goin, of Cedar Run. Few residents of the United States can follow their ancestry back farther than could Mrs. Goin. She was a descendant of the famous sea king, Sir Thomas Drake, and farther back than that the family line has been traced to the conquest of Wessex by the Saxons, early in the 11th century. The family settled in Wymouth, Mass., early in the seventeenth century, and have been loyal Americans ever since (Death of a Pioneer, Grand Traverse Herald, 12 March 1896, page 2, column 6).
: Death of a Pioneer. By the death of Mrs. Abigail Goin at Cedar Run, Feb. 17, the region loses one of its pioneers. She was born in Bethel, Maine, Nov. 11, 1828, was married in 1852, and came to Cedar Run in 1864, making her home there ever since. She leaves four children, a married daughter in Wisconsin, Addie Goin, Mrs. Kate Worthington, and Fred S. Goin, of Cedar Run. Few residents of the United States can follow their ancestry back farther than could Mrs. Goin. She was a descendant of the famous sea king, Sir Thomas Drake, and farther back than that the family line has been traced to the conquest of Wessex by the Saxons, early in the 11th century. The family settled in Wymouth, Mass., early in the seventeenth century, and have been loyal Americans ever since (Death of a Pioneer, Grand Traverse Herald, 12 March 1896, page 2, column 6).
Abbie (Drake) Goin was born in 1828 at Bethel, Maine, daughter of Spencer Drake and Abigail Dean Keith. She was married on 18 July 1852 at St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont to Eber Goin. They lived in Massachusetts and Canada before moving to Long Lake township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan in 1864. She and Eber farmed their, with Abigail the mother of four children: Cora, Adda, Katie, and Fred. She died in 1896 from rheumatism:
: Death of a Pioneer. By the death of Mrs. Abigail Goin at Cedar Run, Feb. 17, the region loses one of its pioneers. She was born in Bethel, Maine, Nov. 11, 1828, was married in 1852, and came to Cedar Run in 1864, making her home there ever since. She leaves four children, a married daughter in Wisconsin, Addie Goin, Mrs. Kate Worthington, and Fred S. Goin, of Cedar Run. Few residents of the United States can follow their ancestry back farther than could Mrs. Goin. She was a descendant of the famous sea king, Sir Thomas Drake, and farther back than that the family line has been traced to the conquest of Wessex by the Saxons, early in the 11th century. The family settled in Wymouth, Mass., early in the seventeenth century, and have been loyal Americans ever since (Death of a Pioneer, Grand Traverse Herald, 12 March 1896, page 2, column 6).
: Death of a Pioneer. By the death of Mrs. Abigail Goin at Cedar Run, Feb. 17, the region loses one of its pioneers. She was born in Bethel, Maine, Nov. 11, 1828, was married in 1852, and came to Cedar Run in 1864, making her home there ever since. She leaves four children, a married daughter in Wisconsin, Addie Goin, Mrs. Kate Worthington, and Fred S. Goin, of Cedar Run. Few residents of the United States can follow their ancestry back farther than could Mrs. Goin. She was a descendant of the famous sea king, Sir Thomas Drake, and farther back than that the family line has been traced to the conquest of Wessex by the Saxons, early in the 11th century. The family settled in Wymouth, Mass., early in the seventeenth century, and have been loyal Americans ever since (Death of a Pioneer, Grand Traverse Herald, 12 March 1896, page 2, column 6).
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