JOHN Walter Goff

JOHN Walter Goff[1, 2]

Male 1874 - 1960  (86 years)

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  • Name JOHN Walter Goff  [3, 4, 5
    Birth 1874  Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Death 1960  [6
    Burial Y  [7
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    FatherB,   b. 1765   d. Yes, date unknown  (Great Grandfather) 
    Elizabeth Jane Kennedy,   b. 30 May 1852, Henderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1888, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I1124  1794 BARLOW-GAWF/GOFF (US-NC-WAK / US-TN-HEN) I-FTA50669
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Father Leander Wesley Goff,   b. 5 Oct 1854, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1916, Henderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    Other Partners: Lucy A. Maness  m. 13 Aug 1889  
    Mother Elizabeth Jane Kennedy,   b. 30 May 1852, Henderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1888, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Marriage 27 Aug 1873  Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Family ID F107  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Annie Bell Thompson,   b. 1877   d. 1961, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Children 
     1. Allie Goff,   b. 25 Jan 1897, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1989, West Memphis, Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)

     2. Jesse Logan Goff,   b. 6 Dec 1898, Gibson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1983, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    Rosa Spain  m. 7 Jul 1918

    Rosa Spain  m. 7 Jul 1918
     3. ELLA Lee Goff,   b. 16 Aug 1901, Henderson, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1998, Gibson, Gibson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
    William Fred Evans  m. 19 Nov 1921

    William Fred Evans  m. 19 Nov 1921
     4. Mittie Ann Goff,   b. 4 Jul 1903, Henderson County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1999, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)

     5. Dewey L Goff,   b. 1906, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1983, McNairy County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)

     6. Flossie J Goff,   b. 22 Jul 1908, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1996, Huntingdon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)

     7. Barnie Cecil Goff,   b. Abt 1913, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1987 (Age 74 years)

     8. Esbert Goff,   b. Abt 1915, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown

    Family ID F251  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • A Goff, , J. W.married Neisler, Cora 16 Oct 1906 in Henderson County, TN ???
      1910 Civil Dist 10 Dist 25
      GOFF, John Sep 1874 25 farmer everyone & parents b. TN ? Jan/June or July 1877 22
      Allie Jan 1897 3
      Jess L. son 1898 1
      Is this him in the 1920 census? Why was he b. in TX is that an error?
      Goff, John W Age: 40 Year: 1920 Birthplace: TX Roll: T625_1747 Race: White Page: 3B State: TN ED: 192 County: Henderson Image: 0174 Township: District 3 (didn't look at the actual census) World War I Registration, Henderson Co., TN John Walter GOFF R 3 Sardis, Henderson, TN age 43 b. 13 Sep 1874 Farming same address nearest relative is Anna Bell, same address Short, Slender Black eyes, Dark hair, registered 12 Sep 1918

  • Sources 
    1. [S101] U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Jackson Sun; Publication Date: 9 Feb 1961; Publication Place: Jackson, Tennessee, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/282740546/?article=511bfd29-2f80-4e5a-803d-de8f049c15b0&focus=0.043120146,0.04412394,0.16297072,0.30335253&xid=3355.

    2. [S90] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current.

    3. [S50] 1880 United States Federal Census.
      Online publication - Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880.T9, 1,454 rolls. District 2, Decatur, Tennessee, ED 25, roll T9_1252, page 32.3000, image .

    4. [S186] CENSUS 1870 Decatur Co., TN.

    5. [S4] History of Scotts Hill, Tennessee, p. 368.

    6. [S5] Tombstone.

    7. [S144] Cemetery Peace Chapel Scotts Hill, Tennessee.

    8. [S142] Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Database online.
      Record for Leander W Goff