Jul-28-2018
Husband: Benjamin Riddle Goff
Born: Dec-25-1811 1 Died: Mar- 6-1866 2 Buried: in Reeves Cemetery, near Goffs, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Father: Alexander Goff Mother: Elizabeth Riddle
Wife: Lydia Ann "Eda" Smith 4,5 Also known as: Eda Smith Married: May- 2-1832
Born: Aug- -1812 1 Died: Mar-12-1901 2 Buried: in Reeves Cemetery, near Goffs, Ritchie Co, WV 3,6 Father: Aaron Smith II (1774 - 1830) Mother: Hannah Drake (1778 - 1868)
M Child 1: Strother Harrison Goff Born: 1834 in Lewis Co, VA (now Gilmer Co, WV) 7 Died: 1858 in Goffs, Ritchie Co, WV 7 Wife: Maranda McDonald b. 1837 d. Nov-26-1860
F Child 2: Hannah Roana Goff Also known as: Roana 2 Born: Jul- 3-1834 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 2,8 Died: Dec-24-1912 2 Buried: in Bethany UM Church Cem, Rt 28 btwn Goffs & Prunty, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Husband: Davis Byrd b. Mar-15-1841 d. Sep-12-1909 Also known as: David Bird 8 Married: Dec- 1-1859 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 9
M Child 3: Elijah C. Goff Born: Apr-12-1840 in Goffs, Ritchie Co, WV 10,11 Died: Apr- 8-1916 in Goffs, Ritchie Co, WV 10 Buried: in Bethany UM Church Cem, Rt 28 btwn Goffs & Prunty, Ritchie Co, WV 10,3 Military: Civil War (Sgt in Co E, 6th Regt, W. Va. Vol Inf) 10 Wife: Priscilla Clarissa Bee b. Jun-22-1840 d. Nov-21-1882 Also known as: Prissella Bee 12 Married: Jan- 1-1867 in Ritchie Co, WV 13,12,14 Wife: Kittie H. Smith b. Dec-30-1848 d. May-11-1922
F Child 4: Dorcus Elizabeth Goff Born: Jul-12-1842 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA 15,16 Died: Mar-17-1942 in Canfield, Braxton Co, WV 15 Buried: in K of P Cemetery, Burnsville, Braxton Co, WV 15 Resided: 1916 in Burnt House, Ritchie Co, WV 17 Husband: James Sampson Beall b. Dec-13-1841 d. Oct-26-1925 Married: Oct-11-1866 in Ritchie Co, WV 16
F Child 5: Rebecca A. Goff Born: ca 1844 16 Died: aft Apr 1916 17 Resided: 1916 in Belpre, Washington Co, OH 17 Census: 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Obadiah Bee b. ca 1842 Married: Jan- 2-1867 in Ritchie Co, WV 18
F Child 6: Mary Sophronia Goff Born: Apr- 8-1851 19,16 Died: Jun-27-1936 in Ritchie Co, WV 20 Resided: 1916 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 17 Husband: P. G. Gainer b. ca 1847 Married: Nov-10-1870 in Ritchie Co, WV 16
M Child 7: Benjamin F. Pierce Goff 16,21 Also known as: B. P. Goff 2 Born: 1852 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 22,16 Died: 1931 22 Buried: in IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Resided: 1916 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 17 Wife: Sophia A. McDonald b. 1855 d. 1947 Married: Nov- 5-1874 in Ritchie Co, WV 16
Sources: (1) Headstone - Birth date not specified, but calculated from stated age at death. (2) Headstone. (3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (4) Marriage record of son. (5) Marriage record of daughter. (6) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: Eda, Wife of Benjamin Goff. (7) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (8) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (9) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as David Bird, 19, b. Pocahontas Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of John & Luticia; and Hannah R. Goff, 23, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of Benj. & Edith. Married Dec 1 1859. MR p. 6. (10) Obituary, Ritchie Gazette, 4/21/1916. (11) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Birthplace listed as Wood County. (12) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) (13) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Elijah C. Goff, age 26, b. Wood Co, res Ritchie Co, son of Benjamin & Eda; and Prissella [sic] Bee, b. Wood Co, res Ritchie Co, dau of Asa & Hannah. Married Jan 1 1867. (14) Obituary of husband. (15) Findagrave.com. (16) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (17) Obituary of brother. (18) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as obadiah Bee, 24, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Josiah & Priscilla; and Rebecca A. Goff, of Ritchie Co, dau of Benjamin & Eda. Married Jan 2 1867. (19) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (20) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (21) Death record of son. (22) Headstone (year only)Name Index