Lela Viola Goff

Lela Viola Goff

Female 1877 - 1951  (73 years)

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  • Name Lela Viola Goff  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 30 Oct 1877  Hardin, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Death 5 Aug 1951  Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5
    Burial Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 I12443  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 Jonathon M. Cooley   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 22 Jan 1899  Dyer, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F426  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • There's a Lela GOFF, buried in Liberty Cem., Decatur Co., TN

      --- http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndyer/marriage/g-marr.txt
      There's also a Lela GOFF who married Jno. M. COOLEY 22 Jan 1899 in Dyer Co., TN

      In 1930 Dyer Co., Tn, there's a Lela (25 b. TN) & Willie HOLLAND (28 b. TN), parents b. TN, married ca 1925

  • Sources 
    1. [S16] History of Scotts Hill, Tennessee, p. 368.

    2. [S83] Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1959.
      Birth date: 30 Oct 1877
      Birth place: Harden County, Tenn
      Death date: 5 Aug 1951
      Death place: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee

    3. [S32] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: District 13, Hardin, Tennessee; Roll: 1260; Page: 151A; Enumeration District: 052.

    4. [S43] Death Certificate.

    5. [S44] Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955, Database online.
      Record for Lela Viola Cooley

    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.