Born in Grayson County, Kentucky, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Calvin Goff
and Rachel (Bratcher) Goff
Sister of
Robert G. Goff, Isaac Henry Goff, Hester A Goff, James Wesley Goff, Aaron G Goff, Sarah Ann (Goff) Stone, Hardin E Goff, Andrew Jackson Goff, Owen Franklin Goff and Naoma A (Goff) Pait
Wife of
John Wesley Renfrow
— married
about 22 Nov 1874 [location unknown]
Mother of
Finis Blumer Renfrow
Died
at age 88
in Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado, USA [uncertain]
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Biography
Mary was born in 1857 in Grayson County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Calvin Goff and Rachel Bratcher.[1]
Mary Jane Goff, age 17, married John W Renfrow, age 27, on November 22, 1874 in Grayson County, Kentucky[2]
Mary was listed in the 1920 Census. [3]
She passed away in 1945 at the age of 88. [4] She was buried at Lakeside Cemetery in Canon City, Colorado.[5]
Sources
- ↑ "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWJY-CRP : 8 March 2018), Mary J. Goff, 27 Nov 1857; citing , , GRAYSON, KENTUCKY, reference ; FHL microfilm 216,825.
- ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Q6-4JTC : 17 May 2018), John W. Renfrow and Mary Jane Goff, 22 Nov 1874; citing Marriage, , Grayson, Kentucky, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,004,531.
- ↑ ["United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPQ-H5K : accessed 13 November 2016), Mary Jane Renfrow in household of John Urss Renfrow, Arnold, Ohio, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 131, sheet 4B, line 70, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 594; FHL microfilm 1,820,594.]
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Kimberlee Burkhamer, Saturday, March 7, 2015.
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 February 2019), memorial page for Mary Jane Goff Renfrow (20 Oct 1857–10 Dec 1945), Find A Grave: Memorial #110834724, citing Lakeside Cemetery, Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado, USA ; Maintained by Beth in Colorado (contributor 47321605) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~6.25%
Kimberlee (Goff) Burkhamer
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kimmer0306
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Mary McSweeney :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member axlagnes
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~0.78%
Betty (Jones) Mattingly :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Theresa (Embry) Whitworth :
23andMe, GEDmatch HD7997222 [compare]
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~0.78%
Connie (McCarty) Louden :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Patrick Thomas :
23andMe, GEDmatch YT5371538 [compare], yourDNAportal PAT7bc2fae8
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XF1135450 [compare], yourDNAportal PAT7bc2fae8, Ancestry member isingbass0004
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~0.78%
Brenda (Vincent) Rogers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T135379 [compare], Ancestry member bbrogers70
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T135379 [compare]
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~0.78%
Becky (Lane) Goad :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T953511 [compare]
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~0.39%
Lynda (Evans) Jones :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A634670 [compare]
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