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James Franklin Goff

James Franklin Goff[1, 2]

Male 1879 - 1966  (87 years)

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  • Name James Franklin Goff  [1, 3, 4, 5] 
    Birth 10 Mar 1879  Decatur County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 30 Sep 1966  Carroll County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    Burial Y  [6, 7] 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    FatherB,   b. 1765   d. Yes, date unknown  (Great Grandfather) 
    Emily Frances Creasy,   b. 10 Jun 1853, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1929, Lexington, Henderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I12456  1794 BARLOW-GAWF/GOFF (US-NC-WAK / US-TN-HEN) I-FTA50669
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Father James Calvin Goff,   b. 28 Feb 1846, KY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1897 (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Emily Frances Creasy,   b. 10 Jun 1853, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1929, Lexington, Henderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 6 Feb 1872  Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10] 
    Family ID F3723  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Donna Kathryn Bingham,   b. 14 Jan 1881, Decatur County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1920, Decatur County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 19 Aug 1900  Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
     1. Frances Ozie Goff,   b. Abt 1902, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Hubert Lee Goff,   b. Abt 1904, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Bertie Mae Goff,   b. 25 Sep 1905, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 2005, Decatur County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years)
     4. Vidar Goff,   b. Abt 1908, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. MAMIE Farris Goff,   b. 5 Sep 1909, Decaturvill, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1995 (Age 85 years)
    ▻ Jim D Stubblefield  m. 26 Sep 1926
     6. Charles Franklin Goff,   b. Abt 1910, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. Porter R. Goff,   b. Jun 1913   d. Yes, date unknown
    ▻ Annie Myrtle Fortner  m. 28 Aug 1937
     8. Opal Estelle Goff,   b. Abt 1916   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Marvin Odell Goff,   b. 3 Apr 1916, Decatur County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 1995, Carroll County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    ▻ Dorothy Eulene Coffman  m. 1945;   Beulah James  m. 29 Jan 1988
     10. Helen E Goff,   b. 3 Apr 1916, Decatur County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1999, Carroll County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     11. Opal Estelle Goff,   b. 3 Apr 1917, Decaturville, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1990 (Age 73 years)
     12. Donna Agnes Goff,   b. Abt 1920, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     13. Memory Ray Goff,   b. 2 Mar 1920, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1983, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F80  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Family 2 Eliza Ann Overman,   b. 1 Dec 1899, Decatur County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1975, Gibson County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 20 Mar 1921  Henderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Children 
     1. Willie Alice Goff,   b. 29 Mar 1923, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 May 2005 (Age 82 years)
    ▻ Alden Ellis Hall  m. 1946;   Horace Privett  m. 28 Jun 1941
     2. James Walter Goff,   b. 2 Oct 1923, Henderson, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1992 (Age 68 years)
     3. Mary Sue Goff
     4. Katherine Goff,   b. 23 May 1928, Lexington He, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 2004 (Age 76 years)
     5. Dorothy Jean Goff
     6. Edith Aline Goff,   b. 30 Aug 1934, Henderson County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 2017, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F90  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • Kim Hurt, khurt1962@yahoo.com (5/27/2004) is a desc. 334 Sunnyside Rd. Sweetwater, TN 37874 (865) 599-7619 (30 mins. from Knoxville) There is another James F. GOFF, age 20, b. Mar 1880, partner with Robert G. SINGLETON. Who is this one? 1900, Enumeration Dist 25, Civil Dist 10 & 11, Image 11 (living next door to my line of GOFFs, Edmund A. GOFF) 20 year old James living with his widowed mother and siblings OR there's a James F. GOFF living with Robert G. SINGLETON in 1900 Decatur??? 1900: Civil District 11, Decatur, Tennessee Household Members: Name Age Robt G Singleton 29 (hard to read) TN (next pg. ) James F Goff 20 partner b. Mar 1880 TN/TN/TN (if this is Robert, son of James P./Margaret GOUGH, then this could be James F., son of James C. GOFF and then they would be first cousins. But James F. is in 1900 next to widowed mother so perhaps he's listed twice??)

      1910 Decatur Co., TN Dist 1 GOFF, James F. M W 29 Mr'd 10 years everyone & parents b. TN farmer Dona, wife 28, had 6 children, 6 living Charlie son 8 Herbert son 6 Ozie dau 8 Birtie dau 4 Vider dau 2 Pharis son 6/12

      World War I Registration Decatur Co., TN A-868 James Franklin GOFF Scotts Hill, Decatur, TN 38 10 Mar 1880 Farming for self in Scotts Hill, TN Donna Goff in Scotts Hill, TN Medium, Medium Dark Brown, Dark 12 Sep 1918

  • Sources 
    1. [S114] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.

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

    3. [S90] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current.

    4. [S2] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: District 5, Henderson, Tennessee; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 2341988.

    5. [S32] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: District 13, Hardin, Tennessee; Roll: 1260; Page: 144C; Enumeration District: 052.

    6. [S113] Patti Goff Morris.

    7. [S123] Fields, Burial Records.

    8. [S94] Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Database online.
      Record for James C Gaff

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

    10. [S573] Decatur County 1869-1881 Marriage Records, Book 1, p 223.

    11. [S94] Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Database online.
      Record for Frank Goff

    12. [S94] Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Database online.
      Record for J F Goff