Descendants of William Thomas Goff

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  WILLIAM THOMAS1 GOFF was born 1740 in Duplin Co. NC, and died 1832 in Duplin Co. NC.  He married SARA SCOTT.  She was born 1762 in Duplin Co. NC, and died 1827 in Duplin Co. NC.

       

Children of WILLIAM GOFF and SARA SCOTT are:

2.                i.    EDMUND2 GOFF, b. 1794, North Carolina; d. Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.

                  ii.    MARINDA GOFF, b. 1823.

                 iii.    JAMES HENRY GOFF, b. 1800.

                 iv.    LEWIS R. GOFF, b. 1811.

                  v.    RODICA GOFF, b. 1809.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  EDMUND2 GOFF (WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born 1794 in North Carolina, and died in Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.  He married JANE LONG 1816 in North Carolina.  She was born 1796 in North Carolina, and died in Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.

       

Children of EDMUND GOFF and JANE LONG are:

3.                i.    ROBERT3 GOFF, b. 1825, Henderson County, Tennessee; d. September 19, 1864, Andersonville, GA, Prisoner of War Camp for Union Captured.

                  ii.    CHARLOTTE GOFF, b. 1817.

4.              iii.    GEORGE WASHINGTON GOFF, b. January 18, 1818, Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn; d. July 1904, Arkansas.

5.              iv.    LOUIS GOFF, b. 1820, Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn.

6.               v.    ELIAS PERRY GOFF, b. 1829, Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn; d. 1865, Andersonville Prison, Georgia.

                 vi.    RHODY GOFF, b. 1832.

                vii.    MARILDA GOFF, b. 1834.

7.            viii.    THOMAS GOFF, b. 1836, Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn.

                  ix.    ELISHA GOFF, b. 1838.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

3.  ROBERT3 GOFF (EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born 1825 in Henderson County, Tennessee, and died September 19, 1864 in Andersonville, GA, Prisoner of War Camp for Union Captured.  He married ANNA MARIA BEECHAM, daughter of HENRY BEECHAM and MARTHA.  She was born 1830, and died Aft. 1870.

 

More About ROBERT GOFF:

Burial: Andersonville, GA, Prisoner of War Camp for Union Captured

       

Children of ROBERT GOFF and ANNA BEECHAM are:

                   i.    WILLIAM HENRY4 GOFF, b. 1849; d. 1912, Henderson Co. TN; m. SUSAN A.; b. 1841; d. 1942.

 

More About WILLIAM HENRY GOFF:

Burial: Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Henderson Co.

 

More About SUSAN A.:

Burial: Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Henderson Co.

 

8.               ii.    JANE GOFF, b. 1857, Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn; d. December 30, 1942, Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.

9.              iii.    JAMES EDMUND GOFF, b. January 10, 1857, Henderson County, Tennessee; d. October 26, 1922, Henderson Co. TN.

                 iv.    ROBERT GOFF.

                  v.    MARTHA GOFF, m. W. J. FREEMAN.

 

 

4.  GEORGE WASHINGTON3 GOFF (EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born January 18, 1818 in Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn, and died July 1904 in Arkansas.  He married MARY ANN DOSS February 23, 1840.  She was born July 10, 1819.

       

Children of GEORGE GOFF and MARY DOSS are:

                   i.    NANCY MARGARET4 GOFF, b. February 27, 1813.

                  ii.    JOHN LAVENDER GOFF, b. December 25, 1840.

                 iii.    EDMUND L GOFF, b. March 25, 1845.

                 iv.    MARY ANN R. GOFF, b. November 28, 1847.

                  v.    WILLIAM GREEN GOFF, b. June 14, 1850.

                 vi.    JARUCY JANE GOFF, b. January 09, 1853.

                vii.    JAMES P. GOFF, b. September 25, 1855.

               viii.    GEORGE WASHINGTON GOFF JR., b. May 20, 1860.

 

 

5.  LOUIS3 GOFF (EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born 1820 in Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn.  He married MARTHA. 

       

Children of LOUIS GOFF and MARTHA are:

                   i.    EDMUND4 GOFF.

                  ii.    EMILY GOFF.

                 iii.    DORIA GOFF.

                 iv.    MARY GOFF.

 

 

6.  ELIAS PERRY3 GOFF (EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born 1829 in Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn, and died 1865 in Andersonville Prison, Georgia.  He married MARTHA SPAIN April 07, 1850 in Henderson County, Tennessee.  She was born January 03, 1830 in Henderson County, Tennessee, and died January 14, 1919 in Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.

       

Children of ELIAS GOFF and MARTHA SPAIN are:

                   i.    EDMUND T.4 GOFF, b. March 08, 1851.

10.             ii.    MATTHEW VALENTINE GOFF, b. June 30, 1853, Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn; d. 1937, Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.

                 iii.    OSCAR GOFF, b. 1855.

                 iv.    MARY JANE GOFF, b. May 16, 1856.

11.             v.    ROBERT W. GOFF, b. February 12, 1859, Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn; d. August 11, 1942, Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.

12.            vi.    ELIAS SAMUEL GOFF, b. March 05, 1864, Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn; d. 1942.

13.           vii.    HEZIKIAH T. GOFF, b. March 05, 1864, Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn; d. 1947, Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.

 

 

7.  THOMAS3 GOFF (EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born 1836 in Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn.

       

Child of THOMAS GOFF is:

14.              i.    GEORGE W.4 GOFF, b. 1861, Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn; d. 1930.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

8.  JANE4 GOFF (ROBERT3, EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born 1857 in Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn, and died December 30, 1942 in Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.  She married GEORGE WASHINGTON NEISLER, son of JOHN HENDERSON NEISLER.  He was born 1862, and died 1944.

       

Children of JANE GOFF and GEORGE NEISLER are:

                   i.    GEORGE ROBERT5 NIESLER, d. January 06, 1936.

                  ii.    MILLIE NIESLER.

15.            iii.    CORA LEE NEISLER, b. January 17, 1887, Henderson County, Tennessee; d. August 13, 1972, Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.

16.            iv.    CHARLIE G. NIESLER, b. 1892.

                  v.    GEORGE WASHINGTON NIESLER, b. 1895; d. 1975; m. ELECTOR.

 

 

9.  JAMES EDMUND4 GOFF (ROBERT3, EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born January 10, 1857 in Henderson County, Tennessee, and died October 26, 1922 in Henderson Co. TN.  He married (1) SARA LENA VANDIVER.    He married (2) TOSSIEURRE SHELTON.    He married (3) SALLIE SPAIN. 

 

More About JAMES EDMUND GOFF:

Burial: Antioch Cem., Henderson Co. Tenn

       

Children of JAMES GOFF and SARA VANDIVER are:

                   i.    EULA5 GOFF, m. WILL BARKER.

                  ii.    HANAH LINDSEY GOFF.

                 iii.    MYRTLE MARTIE BELL GOFF, m. UNKNOWN ROBERTS.

                 iv.    HOMER GOFF.

                  v.    EVA EVIE GOFF, m. JIM ROBERTS.

                 vi.    CORA GOFF, b. 1903; d. 1993; m. CHARLIE CHRISTOPHER; b. June 18, 1897; d. January 31, 1975.

                vii.    FRONIE MAE GOFF, b. October 13, 1913; d. June 06, 1981; m. GLENN HARVEY.

               viii.    GRAVIS LEE GOFF, b. 1914; d. 1974.

17.             ix.    JAMES ELICK GOFF, b. March 12, 1910, Lexington, Henderson Co., TN; d. March 18, 1934, Lexington, Henderson Co., TN.

                   x.    HATTIE GOFF, m. JIMMY BURTON.

 

       

Children of JAMES GOFF and TOSSIEURRE SHELTON are:

                  xi.    ANNA5 GOFF, b. December 30, 1894; d. February 04, 1982; m. JERRY TOM LINDSEY.

18.            xii.    WILLIAM THOMAS GOFF, b. May 26, 1893; d. 1982, Hare Cem., Henderson Co. Tenn.

 

       

Children of JAMES GOFF and SALLIE SPAIN are:

                xiii.    JAMES EDMUND5 GOFF.

                xiv.    GARFIELD GOFF.

 

 

10.  MATTHEW VALENTINE4 GOFF (ELIAS PERRY3, EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born June 30, 1853 in Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn, and died 1937 in Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.  He married MARY ELIZABETH HEFLEY, daughter of STEPHEN HEFLEY and ALMIRA HANEY.  She was born November 13, 1853 in Henderson County, Tennessee, and died May 29, 1932 in Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.

       

Children of MATTHEW GOFF and MARY HEFLEY are:

19.              i.    STEPHEN F.5 GOFF, b. January 26, 1875, Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn; d. March 02, 1922, Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.

20.             ii.    EDMUND ROBERT GOFF, b. January 08, 1876, Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn; d. March 22, 1922, shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.

21.            iii.    JOHN WILBURN PERRY GOFF, b. August 13, 1879, Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn; d. August 27, 1965, Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.

22.            iv.    ELIAS THOMAS GOFF, b. May 23, 1882, Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn.

23.             v.    PENELOPE JANE GOFF, b. September 29, 1885, Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn; d. October 19, 1941, Unity Cem, Chester Co. Tenn.

24.            vi.    MARTHA GOFF, b. November 06, 1888, goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn; d. 1957, Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.

25.           vii.    BERTHA GOFF, b. December 27, 1892.

 

 

11.  ROBERT W.4 GOFF (ELIAS PERRY3, EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born February 12, 1859 in Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn, and died August 11, 1942 in Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.  He married MARY E. BRITTAIN. 

       

Children of ROBERT GOFF and MARY BRITTAIN are:

26.              i.    HEZIKIAH D.5 GOFF.

                  ii.    J. E. GOFF, d. Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn; m. TOSSIE VINE.

27.            iii.    ELACY A. GOFF, d. Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.

28.            iv.    ROBERT W. GOFF, b. 1878.

29.             v.    OSCAR LEE GOFF, b. May 24, 1885, Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn; d. August 18, 1977, Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.

                 vi.    ISAAC P. GOFF, b. April 1894.

                vii.    MYRTLE GOFF, b. April 1898; m. UNKNOWN PUSSER.

               viii.    MARTHA E. GOFF, b. April 1898.

                  ix.    ARTYE GOFF, b. 1901; m. UNKNOWN UNDERWOOD.

 

 

12.  ELIAS SAMUEL4 GOFF (ELIAS PERRY3, EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born March 05, 1864 in Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn, and died 1942.  He married SUSAN JANE SCOTT.  She was born 1867, and died 1954.

       

Children of ELIAS GOFF and SUSAN SCOTT are:

                   i.    D5 GOFF.

                  ii.    S GOFF.

30.            iii.    C F GOFF.

 

 

13.  HEZIKIAH T.4 GOFF (ELIAS PERRY3, EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born March 05, 1864 in Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn, and died 1947 in Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.  He married (1) NELLY STONE.    He married (2) MARY LOU CONNALLY. 

       

Children of HEZIKIAH GOFF and NELLY STONE are:

31.              i.    MAE5 GOFF, b. 1896.

32.             ii.    MAMIE GOFF, b. 1899.

                 iii.    GEORGE GOFF, b. 1901; d. 1973.

 

       

Children of HEZIKIAH GOFF and MARY CONNALLY are:

                 iv.    CHESTER5 GOFF, b. 1907.

                  v.    RAYMOND GOFF, b. 1909, Lexington; d. Lexington City Cemetery, Henderson Co. Tenn; m. MARY WILKINSON.

 

 

14.  GEORGE W.4 GOFF (THOMAS3, EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born 1861 in Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn, and died 1930.  He married SUSAN PENELOPE HEFLEY, daughter of STEPHEN HEFLEY and ALMIRA HANEY.  She was born March 05, 1858 in Henderson County, Tennessee, and died June 12, 1950.

       

Children of GEORGE GOFF and SUSAN HEFLEY are:

                   i.    AGNES5 GOFF.

                  ii.    STEPHEN THOMAS GOFF, b. 1881.

                 iii.    JESSE FRANK GOFF, b. 1884; m. JEWEL DENNISON.

33.            iv.    GEORGE W. (DICK) GOFF, b. 1887.

                  v.    BENJAMIN HARRISON GOFF, b. 1889; m. GUSSIE MCCALL.

                 vi.    BERTHA S. GOFF, b. December 14, 1892.

34.           vii.    WILLIAM MCKINLEY GOFF, b. 1894, Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn; d. 1963, Lexington City Cemetery, Henderson Co. Tenn.

35.          viii.    JARRET HOBERT GOFF, b. 1897.

 

 

Generation No. 5

 

15.  CORA LEE5 NEISLER (JANE4 GOFF, ROBERT3, EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born January 17, 1887 in Henderson County, Tennessee, and died August 13, 1972 in Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.  She married JOHN WILBURN PERRY GOFF October 18, 1906 in Henderson County, Tennessee, son of MATTHEW GOFF and MARY HEFLEY.  He was born August 13, 1879 in Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn, and died August 27, 1965 in Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.

       

Children of CORA NEISLER and JOHN GOFF are:

36.              i.    OLLIE MAE6 GOFF, b. July 14, 1908.

37.             ii.    RUBY EATHEL GOFF, b. July 02, 1910; d. July 10, 2003.

38.            iii.    CHARLES THOMAS GOFF, b. April 27, 1913.

39.            iv.    GUY H GOFF, b. August 19, 1917, Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn; d. November 10, 1993, Lexington City Cemetery, Henderson Co. Tenn.

 

 

16.  CHARLIE G.5 NIESLER (JANE4 GOFF, ROBERT3, EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born 1892.  He married BERTHA GOFF, daughter of MATTHEW GOFF and MARY HEFLEY.  She was born December 27, 1892.

       

Children of CHARLIE NIESLER and BERTHA GOFF are:

                   i.    DERAY6 NIESLER.

                  ii.    WILLIARD NIESLER.

 

 

17.  JAMES ELICK5 GOFF (JAMES EDMUND4, ROBERT3, EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born March 12, 1910 in Lexington, Henderson Co., TN, and died March 18, 1934 in Lexington, Henderson Co., TN.  He married JULIA G. HALE.  She was born April 03, 1913 in Parsons, Decatur Co., TN, and died 2000.

 

More About JAMES ELICK GOFF:

Burial: Antioch Cem, Lexington, Henderson Co. TN

       

Child of JAMES GOFF and JULIA HALE is:

40.              i.    EUGENE6 GOFF, b. December 28, 1933, Jackson, Madison Co., TN; d. July 28, 1993, Lexington, Henderson Co., TN.

 

 

18.  WILLIAM THOMAS5 GOFF (JAMES EDMUND4, ROBERT3, EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born May 26, 1893, and died 1982 in Hare Cem., Henderson Co. Tenn.

       

Child of WILLIAM THOMAS GOFF is:

                   i.    JAMES6 GOFF.

 

 

19.  STEPHEN F.5 GOFF (MATTHEW VALENTINE4, ELIAS PERRY3, EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born January 26, 1875 in Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn, and died March 02, 1922 in Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.  He married ZILLIE STEGALL.  She was born September 11, 1877, and died October 03, 1963 in Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.

       

Children of STEPHEN GOFF and ZILLIE STEGALL are:

                   i.    DAISY6 GOFF.

                  ii.    ROBERT GOFF.

                 iii.    LILLIE BELLE GOFF.

                 iv.    LESSIE GOFF.

                  v.    DORY GOFF.

                 vi.    BEULAH MAE GOFF.

                vii.    RAY GOFF.

               viii.    WILLIAM ELBERT GOFF, b. 1897.

41.             ix.    EULA GOFF, b. August 27, 1908.

42.              x.    CARL GOFF, b. March 03, 1915.

 

 

20.  EDMUND ROBERT5 GOFF (MATTHEW VALENTINE4, ELIAS PERRY3, EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born January 08, 1876 in Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn, and died March 22, 1922 in shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.  He married MINNIE GUILLIAM.  She was born March 10, 1877, and died December 27, 1963.

       

Children of EDMUND GOFF and MINNIE GUILLIAM are:

                   i.    WYLIE6 GOFF, b. March 29, 1903.

                  ii.    ROXIE GOFF, b. October 24, 1904.

                 iii.    AXIE GOFF, b. April 03, 1907.

 

 

21.  JOHN WILBURN PERRY5 GOFF (MATTHEW VALENTINE4, ELIAS PERRY3, EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born August 13, 1879 in Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn, and died August 27, 1965 in Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.  He married CORA LEE NEISLER October 18, 1906 in Henderson County, Tennessee, daughter of GEORGE NEISLER and JANE GOFF.  She was born January 17, 1887 in Henderson County, Tennessee, and died August 13, 1972 in Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.

       

Children are listed above under (15) Cora Lee Neisler.

 

22.  ELIAS THOMAS5 GOFF (MATTHEW VALENTINE4, ELIAS PERRY3, EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born May 23, 1882 in Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn.  He married JANIE GUILLIAMS.  She was born 1885, and died 1950.

       

Children of ELIAS GOFF and JANIE GUILLIAMS are:

                   i.    DEALIE6 GOFF.

                  ii.    J.D. GOFF.

                 iii.    JOSIE GOFF.

 

 

23.  PENELOPE JANE5 GOFF (MATTHEW VALENTINE4, ELIAS PERRY3, EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born September 29, 1885 in Goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn, and died October 19, 1941 in Unity Cem, Chester Co. Tenn.  She married WALTER PHILLIPS.  He was born November 09, 1875, and died June 28, 1949 in Unity Cem, Chester Co. Tenn.

       

Children of PENELOPE GOFF and WALTER PHILLIPS are:

                   i.    ZULA BELLE6 PHILLIPS.

                  ii.    LERA DELL PHILLIPS.

                 iii.    NOAH PHILLIPS.

                 iv.    ELIJAH PHILLIPS.

 

 

24.  MARTHA5 GOFF (MATTHEW VALENTINE4, ELIAS PERRY3, EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born November 06, 1888 in goff Branch, Henderson County Tenn, and died 1957 in Shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.  She married JULIUS HARVEY LYLES.  He was born 1878, and died 1959 in shiloh Cem., Henderson County Tenn.

       

Children of MARTHA GOFF and JULIUS LYLES are:

43.              i.    RUBY6 LYLES.

                  ii.    F (2) LYLES.

                 iii.    M (3) LYLES.

                 iv.    WADE FRANKLIN LYLES, b. November 19, 1909.

                  v.    GEORGE LYLES, b. February 19, 1920.

 

 

25.  BERTHA5 GOFF (MATTHEW VALENTINE4, ELIAS PERRY3, EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1) was born December 27, 1892.  She married CHARLIE G. NIESLER, son of GEORGE NEISLER and JANE GOFF.  He was born 1892.

       

Children are listed above under (16) Charlie G. Niesler.

 

26.  HEZIKIAH D.5 GOFF (ROBERT W.4, ELIAS PERRY3, EDMUND2, WILLIAM THOMAS1)  He married N