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Goff, Samuel Ford

LAST NAME: Goff	FIRST NAME: Samuel	MIDDLE NAME: Ford	NICKNAME:

MAIDEN NAME:	AKA 1:	AKA 2:	AKA 3:

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BORN: 14 Jun 1820	DIED: 30 Jun 1887	BURIED: ~ Burch Family Cemetery

OCCUPATION: Farmer

BIRTH PLACE: Howard Co., Missouri

DEATH PLACE: Independence, Polk Co., Oregon

NOTES: Name of father David Goff Maiden name of mother Kezziah Ford OREGON DONATION LAND CLAIM No. 3265 Samuel F. Goff and wife claimed 644.53 acres of land in T8S, R5W, Sec. 1, 2, 11, 12 which was filed in the Oregon City Land Office. Arrived in Oregon: 1847 Settled on the Claim: May 30, 1850. 1850 OR CENSUS - Sam'l Goff, age 30, occupation farmer, b. Missouri, is enumerated with Nancy, age 24, b. Kentucky, along with Laura, age 2, b. Oregon Territory, Martha Virgin, age 16, b. Kentucky, Mary Virgin, age 11, b. Kentucky, and Marion Goff, age 22, b. Missouri. 1880 OR CENSUS - Samuel F. Goff, age 59, occupation farmer, b. Missouri, is enumerated with wife Nancy, age 54, b. Kentucky, along with Lavenia, age 23, b. Oregon, age Mary E., age 20, b. Oregon, Sophia, age 14, b. Oregon, and Gelevia, age 12, b. Oregon. Also enumerated with the family as a boarder is Wm. K. Sigerson, age 27, occupation bar tender, b. Maryland. BIOGRAPHICAL (Source - Hines, History of Oregon (1893), pp 559-560): Samuel Ford Goff b 14 June 1820 in Mo; one of 5 ch (2 sons & 3 daus) of David Goff & Kesiah Ford who moved to Ore 1844 and settled at Derry; Samuel married 14 Mar 1844 in Sheridan Co, Missouri, to Nancy Virgin; had 12 ch; lost first child in Missouri; started for Ore Apr 1847; a son David Reason was b on the plains; he d at foot of Tallapoosa mountains and was bur at Eugene; arrived in Polk co, Ore, Oct 1847; settled 3 mi S of Dallas; moved to Independence 1887; Samuel d 30 June 1887; had 12 ch; 7 lived to maturity, Laura V., the oldest dau, widow of A.C. Harrison, lives in Marion co; Samuel of Independence; Lucretia N., wife of John Bacon of Polk co; Luvenia P., wife of Fred Gelwick of Pullman, Whitman co, Wash; Mary Ellen, wife of George Pierce of Pullman; Geneva, wife of Marcus T. Fisher; Sophia, living at home with mother. [abstracted] For additional information SEE: POLK COUNTY PIONEERS; Study of the Inhabitants Listed in the 1850 Federal Census of Polk County, Oregon compiled by Shirley H. O'Neil. pub. 2002. For sale at the Polk County Historical Museum in Rickreall.

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OBITUARY: DEATH of SAMUEL GOFF -- Samuel Goff, died at Independence, Oregon on June 30, 1887, of dropsy. Deceased has been in poor health for several months, but only a few supposed his death was so near. S. G. was an old and highly respected engineer, having lived in Oregon about forty years. He reared up a large family and many are his children and grandchildren to rise up and proclaim him blessed. He was a brother-in-law of James W. Nesmith. Burial was in Hilltop Cemetery, south of Independence, Oregon. Polk County Observer, Dallas Oregon, ?? June 1887

INSCRIPTION: Samuel Ford Goff 1820 - 1887 Father

SOURCES: Branigar Survey Saucy Survey & Photographs 1850 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., FA #112) 1880 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Independence, ED 106, pg 20D) Hines, pp 559-560 PCO, Dallas Oregon, ?? June 1887

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