History:GOFORTH, WILLIAM 1881 HAMILTON COUNTY OHIO
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William D. Goforth
History of Hamilton County, OH; published in 1881 by Ford
pg 304
Submitted by Patti Graman <PMRHG@aol.com>

        William D. Goforth lives about one and a half miles south of
Cheviot, in Green township, with an
only daughter. The wife, now dead, was Miss Sallie Gordon, whose ancestry
is traceable to Lord George
Gordon, of Scotland. She died April 4, 1878. Mr. Goforth is descended
from distinguished stock. His 
grandfather, Judge William Goforth, born April 1, 1731, was appointed a
member of the State
legislature and was judge of the Northwestern Territory, then comprising
the district of Ohio. He came
to Ohio in 1788, and died in 1805. His own father, Dr. William Goforth,
was surgeon of the army in the
War of 1812, and was also a member of the legislature of Louisiana, where
he went in 1803, and came
back to Ohio in 1816. His oldest son served in the capacity of
lieutenant, and William D., then a lad of
fifteen years, witnessed the engagement between the forces of Generals
Jackson and Packenham at New
Orleans. He also served under Scott in the Mexican war, as ensign, and
planted the colors on the
Mexican capitol. During the late war he carried the colors of the Fifth
Ohio cavalry when they made the
attack on the Louisiana Tigers at Shiloh. He was offered the pay and rank
of a major, both of which 
he refused. He was crippled at Shiloh by his horse throwing him against a
tree. His own son was in
forty-seven engagements.







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