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James Richard Goff


Birth25 June 1809McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, United States
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     "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for James Richard Goff, ID: KWV3-VYQ.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for James Goff, folder "Silas Richards company, 1849 September" (#88), image 4, line 33; and entry for James Goff, folder "Pottawattamie branches, schedules, 1848 February" (#73), image 4, line 22.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 291-292, FHL microfilm 183374.
Death4 August 1887Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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     "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for James Richard Goff, ID: KWV3-VYQ.
Burial6 August 1887Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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     "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for James Richard Goff, ID: KWV3-VYQ.
FatherDaniel Goff
MotherSarah Simpson
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   • Mary Elizabeth Kimbrough
Married2 May 1830Howard County, Missouri, United States
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    FamilySearch, Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database, FamilySearch, entry for James Goff and Polly Kinbroogh, 2 May 1830; citing Howard County, Missouri, "Marriage record, vol. 1-3, 1816-1864," FHL microfilm 963472.
          Children:
               Sarah Jane Goff
               Margaret Elizabeth Goff
               Elisha Groves Goff
               Martha Ellen Goff
               Aaron Thomas Goff
               Rebecca Ann Goff
               James Edward Goff
               Mary Adeline Goff
               Margaret Lucy Goff
               Nancy Irene Goff


   • Lydia Kenyon
Married8 June 1851Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), “Vol. A&A1 20 Feb 1851-24 Apr 1854,” p. 6; FHL 183393.

   • Sarah Sampson
Married12 April 1852Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 41, entry 525, FHL microfilm 183393.
          Children:
               Thomas Franklin Goff


   • Margaret Birch
Married7 March 1855Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 163, entry 1990; FHL microfilm 183393.
          Children:
               Margaret Sylvia Goff

Residences Label
• 1840Hancock County, Illinois, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Utah County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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Census Records Label
• 1840 Population CensusHancock County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusUtah County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusProvo, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusProvo City 2nd Ward, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusProvo City & Precinct, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Silas Richards Company (1849)View Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure10 Jul 1849
       Arrival25-29 Oct 1849

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