GOFF, William D., Bienville Parish, Louisiana
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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and 
Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 617-618.  Edited by 
Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

Goff, William D., a prominent member of the Arcadia bar, and a representative 
citizen of that community, was born Oct. 9, 1882; a son of Robert and Sarah C.
 (Davis) Goff, both of Bienville parish, where the father was engaged in farming.  
He is a descendant of an old and widely known family of North Carolina, his 
grandfather moving to Alabama in the colonial days, and later settling in Louisiana 
in 1840, where he conducted a mercantile business until his death in 1904.  Of the 
2 children in the family, the subject of this sketch is the older, and Carl, the younger 
brother, is a bookkeeper for a hardware concern in Arcadia.  Mr. Goff secured his 
primary education in the schools of Bienville parish, and later studied law in the 
offices of the well-known firm of Barnette & Roberts. April 12, 1909, after 2 
years of diligent study, he was admitted to the bar, and was immediately taken 
into partnership of what then became the law firm of Barnette, Roberts & Goff.  
He lived at Homer for a year, where the firm had an office, during which time he 
was mayor of the city.  When Mr. Barnette was elected judge of the third judicial 
district, Mr. Goff returned to Arcadia, when the business changed its name to 
Roberts, Goff & Barnette, with offices at Arcadia and Shreveport, a brother of 
the judge being taken into the partnership.  In 1913 Mr. Roberts removed to 
Shreveport, and the name of the firm was again changed, becoming Goff & 
Barnette.  Mr. Goff is a staunch democrat in political adherency [sic], a Blue 
Lodge Mason of lodge 126, of which he is Worshipful Master; Knight Templar 
of Monroe, Commandery No. 7, and a member of the Eastern Star, of Arcadia.  
He is a stockholder in the First National bank, and also of the Title Guarantee & 
Security Co., of Shreveport.  May 20, 1906, was solemnized his marriage to 
Carrie, a daughter of Oliver P. and Julia (Weldon) Mitchell, of Lincoln parish, 
where the father has a large plantation.  They are descendants of an old and 
distinguished family of that section of Louisiana.  Mr. and Mrs. Goff are the 
parents of 3 children, namely:  James Ralph,  Louise and  Mildred.