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LESTER Franklin Goff

LESTER Franklin Goff[1]

Male 1889 - 1978  (88 years)

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  • Name LESTER Franklin Goff  [2, 3] 
    Birth 30 Oct 1889  Henderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 7 Oct 1978  Scotts Hill, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 8] 
    Burial Y  [9] 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    FatherB,   b. 1765   d. Yes, date unknown  (Great Grandfather) 
    MARY Ellen Holmes,   b. 28 Jul 1853   d. 13 Jan 1904  (Age 50 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I289  1794 BARLOW-GAWF/GOFF (US-NC-WAK / US-TN-HEN) I-FTA50669
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Father EDMUND Alexander Goff,   b. 19 Sep 1856, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 1903 (Age 47 years) 
    Mother MARY Ellen Holmes,   b. 28 Jul 1853   d. 13 Jan 1904 (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage 13 Jan 1878  Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 10] 
    Family ID F175  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Minnie Taylor Minton,   b. 5 Oct 1885   d. 21 Jan 1988, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 102 years) 
    Marriage 22 Sep 1908  Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 11] 
    Children 
     1. Hazel Ann Goff,   b. 10 Oct 1909, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 1998, Decatur County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    ▻ Granville Osco Milam  m. 22 Feb 1945;   William J. Galek  m. 25 Jul 1965
     [Mother: related]
    ▻ Granville Osco Milam  m. 22 Feb 1945;   William J. Galek  m. 25 Jul 1965
     2. Robert Edward Goff,   b. 17 Aug 1912, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1975, Scotts Hill, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    ▻ Ruth Milam  m. 29 Aug 1931

    ▻ Ruth Milam  m. 29 Aug 1931
     3. Thomas Edmund Goff,   b. 17 Aug 1912, Henderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1986, Scotts Hill, Henderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    ▻ Vera Mae McKenzie  m. 24 Feb 1938

    ▻ Vera Mae McKenzie  m. 24 Feb 1938
     4. GRACE L. Goff,   b. 4 Nov 1920, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 2010, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    ▻ Leon Edgar Britt  m. 20 May 1939

    ▻ Leon Edgar Britt  m. 20 May 1939
     5. Mary B. Goff,   b. 24 Jul 1922   d. 4 Mar 2020, Bath Springs, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)

     6. Bernice Lee Goff,   b. 1924, Scotts Hill, Henderson County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 2013, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)

     7. Raymelle Minnie Goff,   b. 17 Apr 1930   d. 4 Oct 2011 (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F135  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • more on this family in James Edward Goff's notes
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      Soc. Sec. Death Index: LESTER GOFF SSN 414-16-2894 Residence: 38374 Scotts Hill, Decatur, TN
      Born 30 Oct 1889 Last Benefit: Died Oct 1978 Issued: TN (Before 1951)

      1920 Decatur Co., TN Roll: T625_1737
      Page: 6A , ED: 66 , Image: 0175 , image 11 of 20, Dist 10, ED #66

      1930 Henderson Co., TN, Dist 7, Dist 15, Image 27/36 Ancestry.com
      GOFF, Lester F, age 40, married at 18, everyone in family b. TN, farmer
      Minnie, wife, age 43, married at 21
      Hazle/20, Robert E/17, Thomas E/17, Grace L./9, Mary B/7, Bernice/5

      He was the informant on the death certificate of George Thomas WHITE, 17 March 1942. George lived in "rural" Decatur Co., TN, 10th Civil District. George was the husband of Lester's wife's aunt.

      World War I Registration Card, Decatur Co., TN
      433 34 Lester Franklin GOFF Scotts Hill, TN b. 30 Oct 1889, Scotts Hill, TN Farming, himself in Scotts Hill, TN Wife & three children Short, Medium build, Brown eyes, Black hair, not bald, registered 5 June 1917

  • Sources 
    1. [S24] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 11, Decatur, Tennessee; Roll: 1566; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 0025.

    2. [S101] U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Tennessean; Publication Date: 19 Oct 1975; Publication Place: Nashville, Tennessee, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/112027976/?article=1b12479a-9335-41ab-82b3-bdb4ffba0f1d&focus=0.37403145,0.5474036,0.4904042,0.68533486&xid=3355.

    3. [S101] U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Jackson Sun; Publication Date: 8 Oct 1978; Publication Place: Jackson, Tennessee, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/284357297/?article=66e40eab-b9d4-4045-aaa2-edeb381be12d&focus=0.7211157,0.20980652,0.96212524,0.3161431&xid=3355.

    4. [S13] 1900 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 11, Decatur, Tennessee; Roll: T623_1566; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 25.
      Record for Edward Goff

    5. [S19] Social Security Death Index.

    6. [S5] Tombstone.

    7. [S40] World War I Registration Card.

    8. [S143] Tombstone Inscription.

    9. [S147] Pentecostal Church Cem. (Temple Cem.) Scotts Hill, Decatur Co., TN.

    10. [S112] Goff, James Edward.

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