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Descendants of James L Goff

Generation No. 1

1. JAMES L¹ GOFF was born in Mississippi, USA, and died July 18, 1862 in jackson, tennessee, usa. He married COLUMBIA UNKNOWN. She was born July 04, 1833, and died September 24, 1880.

Notes for JAMES L GOFF:
Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldier by Andrew B. Booth Vol. 1 & 2 - Gilverd - Gora
Submitted by Jan Craven:

Goff, Jas, L., Pvt. Co. F, 31st La. Inf. En. May 4, 1862, Jackson, Miss. Present on Rolls to
July, 1862. Roll for Sept. and Oct., 1862, Died Jackson, Miss., July 18, 1862.

NOTE: The Following history of Goff's was taken from Rapides Parrish, La. Web Site,
[Submitted to Rapides Parish LAGenWeb by Gregory R. Aymond (gra@kricket.net).]

GOFF - The Goff family of Rapides Parish, descend from James L. Goff and Columbia Goff Smith. James and Columbia married somewhere in Mississippi, in the mid-1850's. They had a daughter, Ida, in Mississippi, in 1857, and then moved to Roberson County, Texas, where James was a tenant farmer and Columbia was a seamstress. In Texas, they had two more children, Charles Clinton, in 1859, and Alice, in 1861. By 1862, it is possible that the family moved to Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, as in May of that year, James L. Goff enlisted into Company F, of the 31 st Louisiana Inf. Rgt., in Jackson, Mississippi. Company F, was comprised of men from Catahoula Parish. Tragically, James died of disease, in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 18, 1862. A couple of years after James' death, his widow, Mrs. Columbia Goff, married the recently widowed William Henderson Smith, of Winn Parish. The three Goff children, Ida, Charles and Alice, were raised in the Smith household. William and Columbia also had three children together: Cordelia, who married John Craig; Angela; and Napoleon (who married Arizona E. Boreland). Alice Goff married L. Battles. Charles Clinton Goff married Missouri Thornhill. Martin Penn Cannon, son of Samuel Thompson and Mary Jane Cripps Cannon, subsequently married Laura Lucinda Goff, daughter of Charles Clinton and Missouri Thornhill Goff. Charles and Missouri Goff's other children were: Nathaniel (married Melissa Cupp); James Clinton; Ida (married Patrick Smith); Charles (married Hattie Hogg); Columbia; Macy (married William Shepperd "Dump" Cannon); Acy (married Miss Willie M. Crawford); Cornelius; Arzelia (married Frank Wiley); and Mary Jane (married Alton P. Branton).

More About COLUMBIA UNKNOWN:
Burial: 1880, Craig Cemetery, Rapids Parrish, Louisiana, USA

Children of JAMES GOFF and COLUMBIA UNKNOWN are:

IDA² GOFF, b. 1857, mississippi, usa; d. Unknown; Stepchild; m. PATRICK SMITH, October 1913, rapides parrish, louisianna, usa; d. Unknown.

More About PATRICK SMITH and IDA GOFF:
Marriage: October 1913, rapides parrish, louisianna, usa

2.	ii.		CHARLES CLINTON GOFF, b. May 08, 1859, Roberson, Texas, USA; d. October 27, 1915, Ruby, Rapides Parrish, Louisianna, USA.
	iii.		ALICE GOFF, b. 1861, Roberson, Texas, USA; d. Unknown.

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