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) ▻ Druzilla Angelina "Zillie" Goff + 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 + 3. JOHN Wilburn Perry Goff,   b. 1879   d. 1965 (Age 86 years) ▻ CORAL Lee Neisler  m. 18 Oct 1906 + 4. Elias Thomas Goff,   b. 1882   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Jane Guilliams + 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   6. Penelope Jane Goff,   b. Abt 1886, Tennessee, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 7. Martha Goff,   b. 1888   d. 1957 (Age 69 years) ▻ Julius Harvey Lyles + 8. Bertha Ann Goff,   b. 27 Dec 1892, Tennessee d. Mar 1976 (Age 83 years) ▻ Charlie Green Neisler  m. 7 Dec 1913
  Family ID	F3683	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2025

  
  

• 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 Perry’s 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

  
  

• 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.