Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Benjamin F. Pierce Goff 1,2   
       Also known as: B. P. Goff 3
                Born: 1852                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  4,1
                Died: 1931                  4
              Buried:                      in IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  5
             Resided: 1916                 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  6
              Father: Benjamin Riddle Goff   (1811 - 1866) 
              Mother: Lydia Ann "Eda" Smith   (1812 - 1901) 
                Wife: Sophia A. McDonald     
             Married: Nov- 5-1874          in Ritchie Co, WV  1
                Born: 1855                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  4,1
                Died: 1947                  4
              Buried:                      in IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  5
              Father: Alpheus McDonald   (1834 -     ) 
              Mother: Mary A. Shores   (1832 -     ) 
           M Child 1: Elijah Frank Goff      
                Born: Jan-16-1887          at Goffs, Ritchie Co, WV  7,4
                Died: Apr-14-1931          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  7,4
              Buried:                      in IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  7,5
      Cause of death:                      automobile accident (fractured skull) and meningitis  7
             Resided:                      in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  7
              Census: 1920                 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  8
          Occupation:                      oil well driller  7,8
                Wife: Laura Frances Myers  b. 1889  d. 1973  

Sources:
(1) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(2) Death record of son. 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) Headstone (year only) 
(5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(6) Obituary of brother. 
(7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(8) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District). 







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