Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Goff, Franklin B 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Franklin B. Goff, farmer, section 33, Ustick Township, is the oldest son of 
Stephen W. Goff, a pioneer of Whiteside County of 1844. His father was born in 
1805, in Granville, Hampshire Co., Mass., whence he removed to Jefferson Co., 
N. Y., and was married in Watertown, in that county, in 1827, to Almira Bull. 
When their family came to this county they located on section 33, in Ustick 
Township. The mother died April 28, 1874; the father's demise occurred Aug. 
30, 1884. Their children, nine in number, were born in the following order: 
Franklin B., Martin M., Johnson B, Sarah R., Lorenzo D., Lyman D., Olive E., 
James E. and Austin W. Lyman D. became a soldier in the military service of 
the United States and enlisted in the 126th Ill. Vol. Inf. He died at 
Vicksburg, Miss., from the effects of a sunstroke. Martin M. died May 7, 1885, 
in Ustick Township. Mr. Goff was born April 22, 1828, in Watertown, Jefferson 
Co., N. Y., and was 16 years of age when his parents removed to Whiteside 
County. He obtained a common-school education and worked with his father at 
wagon making until about the time he came to Illinois. Since his arrival in 
Whiteside County, he has been occupied in agricultural pursuits, and is now 
the owner of 282 acres of land, on which he has erected good buildings. Most 
of his estate is under cultivation. Mr. Goff was married Sept. 26, 1851, to 
Mary E., daughter of Henry and Sophia (Eno) Baker. She was born Oct. 5, 1831, 
in Clay, Onondaga Co., N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Goff have five children,—Armenia M., 
Orena M., Lyman J., Sylvester W. and Nara D. The oldest daughter married 
Charles P. Roberts and lives in Iowa. Orena M. is the wife of John J. 
Entwhistle and lives in Ustick Township. Mr. Goff is a Republican in political 
connection and accepts the views of the Prohibitionists. He has been many 
years School Director and also Highway Commissioner.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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