GOTH BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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GOTH, John G. - b: 1870 Walker Twp, Henry Co, MO
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 490
residence: Deepwater Twp

John G. Goth, proprietor of a well improved farm in Deepwater township, is a 
native son of Henry County and is a descendant of one of the sterling pioneer 
families of German origin who have settled and developed the southwestern part 
of Henry County. Mr. Goth is owner of 241 acres of land, forty acres of which is 
located in Walker township. Mr. Goth erected the eight-room farm residence on 
his place in 1907. When he took possession of his first tract of 120 acres the 
improvements were negligible and the soil was partly impoverished, through 
years of indifferent cultivation. Mr. Goth purchased his home farm in December of 
1897 and moved to the place on March 1, 1898. He paid $30 an acre for the land 
which is now easily worth $75 an acre. He added eighty acres in 1913 at a cost of 
$60 an acre. The farm is in a high state of cultivation, and the buildings are all 
substantial. John G. Goth was born September 24, 1870, on the old Henry Goth 
homestead, north of Germantown, in Walker township. Henry Goth, his father, was 
born in Indiana in April 1, 1842, and died in Henry County, September 12, 1889. 
He was the son of Joseph Goth, a native of Germany who first settled in Indiana 
after immigrating to this country, and came to the Germantown neighborhood in 
1854. He was a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War, and served in 
Company H of the Seventh Missouri Cavalry. Mr. Goth served until the close of the 
war, receiving his honorable discharge in April of 1865. The Seventh Missouri 
Cavalry saw much active service in Missouri, Arkansas and were constantly 
fighting bushwhackers and giving protection to the loyal citizens of this section 
of the country. He became owner of the Joseph Goth home place and purchased 
other land until he owned 190 acres of excellent farm lands. Henry Goth was 
married to Mary Teeman, a daughter of Henry Teeman of Deepwater township, 
deceased pioneer settler concerning whom an account will be found in this 
volume. Mrs. Goth was born in Henry County January 30, 1846, and died July 28, 
1904. The children born to Henry and Mary Goth were as follow: Joseph H., living 
on part of the Goth home place; John G., subject of this sketch; George and Henry, 
deceased; Elizabeth Goth lives on the home place; Sylvester, farmer, Walker 
township; two children died in infancy; Florence, wife of Henry Danzenbrink, 
lives on the Goth home place in Walker township; Edward, a farmer in Deepwater 
township. Mr. and Mrs. Goth were devout Catholics and Mr. Goth was a member of 
the Grand Army of the Republic. John G. Goth received his education in Oak Grove 
School and began doing for himself in 1891. In that year he went to California and 
was employed on a fruit ranch for two years. Upon his return he managed the 
home place until he purchased his present farm. On October 1, 1895, Mr. Goth was 
married to Magdalena Kaumans, born in Shelby county, Missouri, November 16, 
1875, the daughter of Joseph and Frances Kaumans, who came of Henry County in 
1888. Her father is deceased and her mother resides in Montrose. The children 
born to this marriage are: Andrew, Lawrence, Felix, deceased; Benjamin, Frances, 
Linus, Gladys, and Alma. Mr. Goth is a Democrat but has no time for political 
affairs, other than casting his vote at election time. Mr. and Mrs. Goth and the 
children are all members of the Catholic Church.

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