MATTHEW Valentine Goff
1853 - 1937 (83 years)-
Name MATTHEW Valentine Goff [1, 2] Birth 30 Jun 1853 Tennessee, USA [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Gender Male Death 1937 [7] Burial Y [5] Origins Patriarch & Matriarch FatherB, b. 1765 d. Yes, date unknown (Great Grandfather)
Martha Spain, b. 3 Jan 1830, Henderson, Tennessee, USA d. 7 Jan 1919 (Age 89 years) (Mother)Person ID I12498 1794 BARLOW-GAWF/GOFF (US-NC-WAK / US-TN-HEN) I-FTA50669 Last Modified 20 Oct 2023
Father Elias Gawf, b. 1828, Tennessee, USA d. 1865 (Age 37 years) Relationship unknown Mother Martha Spain, b. 3 Jan 1830, Henderson, Tennessee, USA d. 7 Jan 1919 (Age 89 years) Relationship unknown Marriage 17 Apr 1850 [4] Family ID F151 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Elizabeth Hefley, b. 1853, Henderson, Tennessee, USA d. 1930 (Age 77 years) Marriage 18 Apr 1874 [8] Children 1. Steven Franklin Goff, b. 26 Jan 1875, Henderson, Tennessee d. 2 Mar 1922, Reagan, Henderson, Tennessee, USA (Age 47 years) 2. Edmund Robert Goff, b. 5 Dec 1876, Henderson, Tennessee, USA d. 22 Mar 1952, Lexington, Henderson, Tennessee, USA (Age 75 years) ▻ Minnie Louvenia Guilliam m. Abt 1903▻ Minnie Louvenia Guilliam m. Abt 19033. JOHN Wilburn Perry Goff, b. 1879 d. 1965 (Age 86 years) ▻ CORAL Lee Neisler m. 18 Oct 1906▻ CORAL Lee Neisler m. 18 Oct 19064. Elias Thomas Goff, b. 1882 d. Yes, date unknown 5. Pernilla Jane Goff, b. 29 Sep 1884, Henderson, Tennessee, USA d. 19 Oct 1941, Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, USA (Age 57 years) ▻ Walter Phillips m. 14 Feb 1912▻ Walter Phillips m. 14 Feb 19126. Penelope Jane Goff, b. Abt 1886, Tennessee, USA d. Yes, date unknown 7. Martha Goff, b. 1888 d. 1957 (Age 69 years) 8. Bertha Ann Goff, b. 27 Dec 1892, Tennessee d. Mar 1976 (Age 83 years) ▻ Charlie Green Neisler m. 7 Dec 1913▻ Charlie Green Neisler m. 7 Dec 1913Family ID F3683 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Oct 2023
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Notes - 1880 Census Place: District 12, Henderson, Tennessee
Source: FHL Film 1255262 National Archives Film T9-1262 Page 413C
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
M. V. GAWF Self M M W 26/TN Occ:Farmer Fa: --- Mo: TN
Mary GAWF Wife F M W 26/TN Occ:Housekeeping Fa: TN Mo: NC
Stephen F. GAWF Son M S W 5/TN Fa: TN Mo: TN
E. Robt. GAWF Son M S W 3/TN Fa: TN Mo: TN
Jno. W. P. GAWF Other M S W 10M/TX Fa: TN Mo: TN
(who is this that was born in Texas? According to The History of Scotts Hill, TN (which has errors on this line, Edmund GOFF, Jr., brother of Thomas & Elias, went to Texas. Could this be a nephew? Elias Perrys son Edmund GOFF also moved to TX.)
1900: Civil District 11, Henderson, Tennessee
Mathew Goff 46
Mary Goff 46
Edmond R Goff 23
John Goff 20
Elias T Goff 18
Pernella Goff 14
Martha E Goff 11
Berthia A Goff 7 dau TN
Elmira Heffley 71
1910 Henderson Co., 3 Dist, dist 95 (Image 10/13 on Ancestry.com)
GOFF, Matthew V. head, M W 56 mr'd once for 36 yrs, TN/TN/TN farm laborer can read/write
Mary wife F W 56 mr'd once for 36 years, had 7 children/7 living TN/TN/NC
Pernelopy Jane dau F W 24 single TN
Birtha A. dau F W 17 single TN
HEFLEY, Elmyra ?? mother-in-law F W 81 widow had 6 children/5 living NC/VA NC
next door to son Edmond R. GOFF & brother Robert W. GOFF
- 1880 Census Place: District 12, Henderson, Tennessee
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Sources - [S4] History of Scotts Hill, Tennessee, p. 371.
- [S51] Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965, Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 10.
- [S8] CENSUS 1870 Henderson Co., TN, Dist. 12.
- [S10] Pension paperwork of Elias Gawf.
- [S7] Shiloh Cemetery, Henderson Co., TN.
- [S166] CENSUS 1910 Henderson Co., 3 Dist, Dist 95.
- [S5] Tombstone.
- [S18] Hardy Haney & His Descendants, p. 15.
- [S4] History of Scotts Hill, Tennessee, p. 371.