Goff-Reece family of West Virginia
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- Nathan Goff, Sr. — of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va. Father of Nathan
Goff, Jr.. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1863,
1865, 1870. Burial
location unknown.
- Nathan Goff, Jr. (1843-1920) — of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va. Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, Va. (now W.Va.), February
9, 1843. Son of Nathan
Goff, Sr.; married, August
28, 1919, to Catherine Penny; father of Guy
Despard Goff; grandfather of Louise
Goff Reece. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil
War; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1867-68;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1872,
1876,
1880;
U.S.
Attorney for West Virginia, 1876-82; candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1876, 1888; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1881; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1883-89;
defeated, 1870, 1874; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1892-1913; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1913-19. Episcopalian.
Died in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., April 24,
1920. Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Va.
- Guy Despard Goff (1866-1933) — also known as Guy
D. Goff — of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va. Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., September
13, 1866. Son of Laura E. (Despard) Goff and Nathan
Goff, Jr.; married, September
8, 1906, to Anita F. Baker; father of Louise
Goff Reece (who married Brazilla
Carroll Reece). Republican. U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1911-15; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1925-31. Episcopalian.
Died in Thomasville, Thomas
County, Ga., January
7, 1933. Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
- Brazilla Carroll Reece (1889-1961) — also known as
B. Carroll Reece — of Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn. Born in Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn., December
22, 1889. Son of John Isaac Reece and Sarah E. (Maples) Reece;
married, October
30, 1923, to Louise
Goff (daughter of Guy
Despard Goff). Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1921-31, 1933-47,
1951-61; died in office 1961; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1932,
1944,
1948,
1956;
member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1939-40; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1946-48; Tennessee
Republican state chair, 1958. Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Economic Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Delta
Sigma Pi. Died in 1961.
Interment at Monte
Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn.
- Louise Goff Reece (1898-1970) — also known as
Louise G. Reece; Louise Goff; Mrs. Carroll Reece
— of Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
6, 1898. Granddaughter of Nathan
Goff, Jr.; daughter of Guy
Despard Goff; married, October
30, 1923, to Brazilla
Carroll Reece. Republican. Delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1961-63; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1967. Female.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Colonial
Dames. Died in Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., May 14,
1970. Interment at Monte
Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn.
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