. Baltimore : its history and its people . John Goucher, a physician ofnote in his day in Pennsylvania. He married Eleanor Townsend, whoseearliest American ancestors came from England to this country in 1680. Rev. Dr. John Franklin Goucher, son of Dr. John and Eleanor (Town-send) Goucher, was born in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, June 7, 1845, ^da large part of his early life was spent in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Hispreparatory education was excellent, and he matriculated at Dickinson Col-lege, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1868 with the degreeof Bachelor of Arts; he received the d
. Baltimore : its history and its people . John Goucher, a physician ofnote in his day in Pennsylvania. He married Eleanor Townsend, whoseearliest American ancestors came from England to this country in 1680. Rev. Dr. John Franklin Goucher, son of Dr. John and Eleanor (Town-send) Goucher, was born in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, June 7, 1845, ^da large part of his early life was spent in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Hispreparatory education was excellent, and he matriculated at Dickinson Col-lege, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1868 with the degreeof Bachelor of Arts; he received the degree of Master of Arts from thesame institution in 1872: of Doctor of Divinity, 1885; and Doctor of Laws,1899. Upon being graduated from this college he was offered severalexcellent business opportunities, which he declined in favor of the great benefits he has conferred upon the world while following thiscourse has amply proved the wisdom of his conduct. In 1869 Dr. Goucher entered upon his duties as a minister of the Meth-. C,..^O(^ y-0---i. HISTORY OF BALTIMORE 547 odist Episcopal Church, in the Baltimore Conference, and as a circuitpreacher was at once successful in having a number of churches built underhis auspices. Several churches of Baltimore later had the benefit of hisministrations. He built the original Harlem Park Church and the Straw-bridge Church, the former being later rebuilt on a larger scale to meet therequirements of a larger congregation, and this work was undertaken bythe Rev. Edward L. Watson, who had been a student under Dr. First Methodist Episcopal Church, at St. Paul and Twenty-secondstreets, is also a monument to the labors of Dr. Goucher and a testimonyto his persistent energy. Many institutions are founded by testamentarybequests, or amounts given by persons so near their lifes end that theyrealize they will have no further use for the wealth thus devised. has entertained views far superior to any of these,
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