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Leander Wesley Goff

Leander Wesley Goff[1]

Male 1854 - 1916  (61 years)

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  • Name Leander Wesley Goff  [2] 
    Birth 5 Oct 1854  Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 29 Sep 1916  Henderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial Y  [4] 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    FatherB,   b. 1765   d. Yes, date unknown  (Grandfather) 
    Marinda Kelley,   b. 3 Apr 1823, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1890, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I187  1794 BARLOW-GAWF/GOFF (US-NC-WAK / US-TN-HEN) I-FTA50669
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Father Lewis Goff,   b. 1811, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1894, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Marinda Kelley,   b. 3 Apr 1823, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1890, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 27 Oct 1842  Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F231  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lucy A. Maness,   b. 18 Jan 1863, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 13 Aug 1889  Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth J Goff,   b. 1881, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Elizabeth J Goff,   b. Jun 1890, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1971, Henderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    ▻ Vester Floyd Lee White  m. 1 Apr 1916

    ▻ Vester Floyd Lee White  m. 1 Apr 1916
     3. William A Goff,   b. 1893, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1960, Henderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     4. Emma A Goff,   b. 1896, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Genie Albert Goff,   b. 1898   d. 1931, Peace Cemetery, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)

     6. Dozzie L. Goff,   b. 27 Oct 1900   d. 27 Apr 1922, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
    Family ID F106  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Family 2 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] 
    Children 
     1. JOHN Walter Goff,   b. 1874, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1960 (Age 86 years)

     2. John W. Goff,   b. Abt 1877, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Mary Elizabeth Goff,   b. 1877, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1909 (Age 32 years)
     [Mother: unknown]
     4. Louis L. Goff,   b. Abt 1879, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Charlie T. Goff,   b. Abt 1883   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F107  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • 1880 Census Place: Dist 2, Decatur, TN FHL Film 1255252 Nt'l Archives Film T9-1252, Pg. 32C
      Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
      Leander W. GOFF Self M M W 25/TN. Occ:FarmerFa: S. C.Mo: TN.
      Elizabeth GOFF Wife F M W 27/TN.Occ:Keeping House Fa: TN.Mo: TN.
      John W. GOFF Son M S W 6/TN. Fa: TN. Mo: TN.
      Mary E. GOFF Dau F S W 3/TN. Fa: TN. Mo: TN.
      Lewis L. GOFF Son M S W 13M/TN. Fa: TN. Mo: TN. (born in May)
      -- (cannot write is checked on Leander & Elizabeth, cannot read is not checked)
      more info on family on p. 368 of The History of Scotts Hill, TN by Turner

      http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/surnames.goff/1183 has information on his line (3/2005) (Bennie Blount)

  • Sources 
    1. [S29] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 11, Decatur, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1524; Page: 91B.

    2. [S27] 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: District 11, Decatur, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1247; Page: 69; Family History Library Film: 805247.

    3. [S143] Tombstone Inscription.

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

    5. [S126] Gaines, John.

    6. [S109] Early Marriage Records (1869-1921) of Decatur County, Tennessee, p. 34.

    7. [S589] Decatur County 1887-1893 Marriages, Book 5.

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