Rachel (Bratcher) Goff (1836 - 1913)

Born 12 Jun 1836 in Grayson County, Kentucky, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Calvin Goff — married 29 Jul 1852 in Grayson, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1913 at age 76 in Kentucky, USA

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Biography

Mrs Rachel Goff (Bratcher)

Burial: Goff Cemetery, Hilltop (Grayson County), Grayson County, Kentucky, USA

Rachel was born in 1836. She was the daughter of William Bratcher and Mary McKinney^[1] and she is listed in their household with eight siblings on the 1850 Census. ^[2] She married James "Calvin" Goff on July 29, 1852 in Grayson, Kentucky. ^[3] The couple is listed together on the 1860 Census with four children (Robert, Issac, Mary, and Hester). ^[4] After the death of her husband in 1874 it is believed that she may have been remarried to Aaron V. Day and she is listed in his household as Rachel Day on the 1880 Census in the same area of Grayson, Kentucky. ^[5] However, the 1900 Census lists her as Rachel Goff and she is again listed as widowed. ^[6] She passed away in January of 1913 in Hilltop, Grayson County, Kentucky.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Death Certificates of Caroline Craig and Rachel Goff, Kentucky, US, Death Records, 1852-1965
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65Q-8NC : 4 April 2020), Rachael Bratcher in household of William Bratcher, Grayson county, Grayson, Kentucky, United States; citing family 960, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44W-451 : 12 January 2020), Rachel Bratcher in entry for Calvin Goff, 1852.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBW-ZBP : 19 March 2020), Rachel Goff in entry for Calvin Goff, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCC2-5BJ : 12 August 2017), Rachael Day in household of Aaron V Day, Spring Lick, Grayson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 50, sheet 559D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,416.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M94H-KBH : accessed 31 October 2020), Rachel Goff, Magisterial District 2, West Caneyville Precinct, Grayson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24, sheet 7B, family 145, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,523.
7. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107083761/rachel-goff

• 1850; Census Place: Grayson, Kentucky; Roll: M432_202; Page: 71A; Image: 147.

• 1900; Census Place: Spring Lick, Grayson, Kentucky; Roll: 523; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0024; FHL microfilm: 1240523.

• Kentucky. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910). Microfilm rolls #994027-994058. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.

• Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Divisision of Epidemiology and Health Planning. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems.

• Find A Grave: Rachel Bratcher Goff