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Marvin Christopher Goff

Marvin Christopher Goff

Male 1890 - 1965  (75 years)

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  • Name Marvin Christopher Goff 
    Birth 27 Mar 1890  Saltillo, Hardin, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Sep 1965 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    FatherB,   b. 1765   d. Yes, date unknown  (Great Grandfather) 
    Dorcas Amanda Barber,   b. 1 Jul 1852, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1898  (Age 45 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I313  1794 BARLOW-GAWF/GOFF (US-NC-WAK / US-TN-HEN) I-FTA50669
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Father Joseph Wiley Goff,   b. 1846, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1932, Hardin, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Other Partners: Elizabeth Beatrice McBride  m. 16 Feb 1905  
    Mother Dorcas Amanda Barber,   b. 1 Jul 1852, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1898 (Age 45 years) 
    Family ID F174  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ethel Masten,   b. Abt 1895, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 21 Oct 1913  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Marvin C. Goff, Jr.,   b. 23 Mar 1916, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 May 2009 (Age 93 years)
     2. Vivian Ione Goff,   b. 28 Jul 1918, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F74  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • 1920 Oakdale, Allen Parish, Louisiana 1930 Shelby Co., TN Dist 211, Image 45 of 76 Ancestry.com Marvin C. GOFF, age 48 married at 24, he & parents b. TN, bookkeeper, private practice Ethel M., age 35, married at 19, b. MS, father b. IN, mother b. MO Marvin C. Jr., age 14, b. LA; Ione age 11, b. LA

      http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/e-batonrouge/biographies/goffmc.txt Marvin C. Goff, Hardin Co., TN., then E. Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller Marvin C. Goff, who maintains his residence & official headquarters in the City of Baton Rouge & who is here the division chief in the United States internal-revenue service, was born at Saltillo, Hardin Co., TN March 27, 1890, the Goff family having long been one of prominence & influence in that county. Louis Goff, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, passed virtually his entire life in Decatur Co., & was there a substantial exponent of farm industry, besides having been prominent in the civic affairs of his community. His wife, whose family name was Kelly, likewise was born in Decatur Co., & there her death occurred when she was well advanced in years. Their son, Joseph W., who was born at the family homestead near Saltillo, January 26, 1847, has there continued his residence during the long intervening years, has been an extensive & successful agriculturist & stock-grower & is now living virtually retired at Saltillo, as one of the venerable & honored native sons of Hardin Co. He has there been influential in the councils of the republican party, has served as road commissioner & was for many years a member of the school board. He was a Union soldier during the last 2 years of the Civil war, as a member of an Illinois infantry regiment, and he now maintains affiliation with the Grand Army of the Republic. He has long been an active member of the Christian Church, as was also: his wife, whose maiden name was Dorcas Barber & who passed her entire life in TN where she was born in 1857 & where her death occurred in 1898. The first born of the children was a daughter, Emma, who died at the age of 21 years: Olie E. is a successful farmer near Scottshill, TN; Ida resides at Saint Louis, Mo.; Raymond L. is engaged in business as a carpenter & builder in Tennessee: Loran W. is engaged in the automobile business at Saltillo, that state; D. Alton is a progressive farmer near Scottshill, TN; Marvin C., of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; Nora is the wife of Ivy Ricketts, & they reside in TN; & Nelle is the wife of Raymond Smith, a cabinetmaker, their home likewise being in TN. After receiving the discipline of the public schools of Saltillo Marvin C. Goff became a student in the high school at Sardis, TN, & after leaving this school he entered Bowling Green Business University, at Bowling Green, KY. In this excellent institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1910, & in the same year he came to Talisheek, LA, & assumed the position of stenographer & assistant bookkeeper in the office of the Ozone Lumber Co. He was thus engaged 18 months, & then became chief clerk of the Long-Bell Lumber Company at Woodworth. 2 1/2 years later he made another advance step by assuming the position of general cashier & accountant for the Forest Lumber Co. at Oakdale, this state. He retired from this position 2 years later to become president & manager of the Goff Motors Co., in the organization of which he was associated & which he became president at the time of its incorporation. He continued as the active executive head of this Oakdale concern until 1921, when he accepted the position of deputy collector of internal revenue, with headquarters at Lake Charles. There he continued his effective service in this capacity until his removal to Baton Rouge on the 1st, of August, 1923, where he has since held the responsible office of division chief in the internal-revenue service. He has supervision of the Baton Rouge division, which comprises 31 of the 64 parishes in LA, & in the capital city his office are in the Federal, or Post Office, Building. He a director in Oakdale Chamber of Commerce Wall in business there, and is now a member of Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Goff has never deviated from the line of loyal allegiance to the republican party, and W,~. C residing at Oakdale he served as notary public under appointment by Gov. John M. Parker. He and his wife hold membership in the Christ Church, and record of his Masonic affiliations here indicated: Yellow Pine Lodge No. 282, And Free and Accepted Masons, and Oakdale Chapter No. 71, Royal Arch Masons, both at Oakdale, state; Trinity Commandery No. 8, Knights Templars, at Alexandria; and El Karubah Temple of the mystic Shrine, in the City of Shreveport. In the World war period Mr. Goff, then residing at Oakdale, was the parish publicity manager of all of the drives in support of the government war loans in Allen Parish, and found other and many mediums for patriotic service. October 21, 1913, recorded the marriage of Mr. Goff and Miss Ethel Masten, daughter of the late Horace G and Alice (Stone) Masten, of Lake Charles, this state, Mr. Masten having been a substantial lumber manufacturer in that section of Louisiana. Mr. & Mrs. Goff have 2 children: Marvin C., Jr., born March 23, 1916, and Vivian Ione, born July 28, 1918. A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), pp. 102-103, by Henry E. Chambers. Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925. --- http://www.tngenweb.org/queries/midarc1.htm Marvin C. Goff, Jr. Wed Mar 5 12:56:36 1997 I am researching the Goff Family; my Great-Grandfather was Louis Goff & he resided in the southern part of Decatur Co.in 1847 when my Grandfather, Joseph Wylie Goff was born; I am searching for his father-my GG-Grandfather, perhaps from NC or SC-need any info! Marvin Goff 1982 Kimbrough Green Germantown, TN 38138 901 754-3171

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] History of Scotts Hill, Tennessee, p. 368.

    2. [S102] A History of Louisiana (vol. 2), p 102-3.

    3. [S102] A History of Louisiana (vol. 2), 102-3.