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Murry Christopher Goff

Murry Christopher Goff

Male 1881 - 1958  (76 years)

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  • Name Murry Christopher Goff  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth Feb 1881  Gibson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1958  [4] 
    Burial Y  [2, 4] 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    FatherB,   b. 1765   d. Yes, date unknown  (Great Grandfather) 
    JULIA Catherine Brawley,   b. 9 Dec 1848   d. 8 Oct 1940, Dyer, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I12442  1794 BARLOW-GAWF/GOFF (US-NC-WAK / US-TN-HEN) I-FTA50669
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Father Christopher Henry Goff,   b. 22 Nov 1849, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1906, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Mother JULIA Catherine Brawley,   b. 9 Dec 1848   d. 8 Oct 1940, Dyer, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 18 Dec 1872  Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8] 
    Family ID F3719  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eunice S. Hunt,   b. 1884   d. 2 Feb 1920, Humboldt, Gibson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Marriage 23 Dec 1906  Gibson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 
     1. Gayle A. Goff,   b. 6 Jan 1908, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1982 (Age 74 years)
     2. Elizabeth Katharine Goff,   b. Abt 1910, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F222  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngibson/Register/humboldtcourier2.htm

      THE COURIER-CHRONICLE VOLUME XXII No.6, HUMBOLDT,TENNESSEE FRIDAY FEBRUARY 6th 1920
      ---INTERESTING NEWS FROM GIBSON---The Death Angel has visited our community again and taken two of our neighbors and loved ones. On Sunday morning, the spirit of Miss Irma HUNT took its flight to the brighter world. He leaves her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Luther HUNT; brothers, Ernest, of Union University, Jackson, TN ,and Hon. W. R .McHANEY, of Conway, Ark. The funeral services at the Baptist Church, the remains taken to Elrad for burial, and en route another sad procession joined them.
      ---Mrs.Eunice GOFF,the double first cousin of Irma,and wife of Murray GOFF, had Monday evening of influenza. The double procession moved on to the home of Esq. J.H.HUNT, who was unable to leave his room, and both bodies were taken in for him to see.They then went to Elrad for burial in that cemetery. Mrs.GOFF was the daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs.Brown HUNT.Besides her husband;she leaves a son, Gay; a daughter, Elizabeth; two sisters, Mrs.Edward ATTICK, of Jackson; and Mrs. Mai FOUST; two brothers, Marion & Grady HUNT
      ---
      http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndyer/newspapers/gazette20.html
      STATE GAZETTE, DYERSBURG, TENNESSEE, 39th YEAR NO. 8, FEBRUARY 25, 1904

      FROM FERGUSON--Walter LINDSEY, who recently went to New Mexico, has returned from that place. Oscar EVANS, one of our popular young sports, has gone to the Bend Mill, to assist the Mengel Box Co. , in conducting their business at that place. Murray GOFF, of Gibson County, was down to see his partner recently.
      --
      can't find Murray in SSDI

      World War I Registration Gibson Co., TN
      3608 2503 Murry Christopher GOFF Humboldt, Gibson Co., TN age 37 b. 18 Feb 1881 Farmer nearest relative Eumie GOFF Medium, Medium Blue eyes, black hair, registered 12 Sep 1918 S/o Christopher Henry GOFF

      1920 Gibson Co., TN, ED 63 (next door to 59 year old Martin HUNT), Image 19 of 33, Roll: T625_1740 , Page: 10A
      ED: 63 , Image: 0377
      GOFF, Murray C., (mis-indexed at Anc.com as Mary), M/38/b. TN, farmer (everyone & parents b. TN)
      Eunice, wife, 36, b. TN
      Gale A., son, 12
      Katharine, dau., 10
      HUNT, Harry, brother in law, age 25
      FAUST, Mai, sister in law age 30

      1930 Gibson Co., TN, Dist 18, Dist 34, Image 12 of 35, Ancestry.com
      Marry C. Goff, owns home, age 49, widower, married at 21, farmer
      Gayle A., son, age 22
      Elizabeth K., dau., 20
      Mai Faust, sister-in-law, age 40
      Grady Hunt, brother-in-law, age 35

  • Sources 
    1. [S40] World War I Registration Card.

    2. [S123] Fields, Burial Records.

    3. [S24] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 7, Dyer, Tennessee; Roll: 1568; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0022.

    4. [S246] Eldad Cem., Gibson Co., TN Transcript.

    5. [S157] CENSUS 1900.

    6. [S573] Decatur County 1869-1881 Marriage Records, Book 1, p 282.

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

    8. [S116] Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002.

    9. [S591] GIBSON COUNTY MARRIAGES 1824 -1950.