James J. Goff and Cynthia Ann Ping

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Husband James J. Goff

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           Born: Abt 1826 - Pulaski Co., Kentucky
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1869 - (Pulaski Co, Kentucky)
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 20 Oct 1854 - Pulaski Co., Kentucky 1 2 3 4 5

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Wife Cynthia Ann Ping

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           Born: Abt 1839 - Pulaski Co., Kentucky 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Feb 1925 - Pulaski Co, Ky 6
         Buried:  - Science Hill Cem., Pulaski Co., Ky

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         Father: Lewis Ping (1809-1900) 7
         Mother: Nancy Hinds (Abt 1818-Bef 1845)

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - James J. Goff

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CENSUS:

<pre>1860 Pulaski Co., Kentucky, District No 1, p.o. Somerset; June 25; pg 96
628/612
James Goff 35 M Ky $--/$50 Cooper
Sophia " 19 F Ky
Elvira " 1 F Ky
Nancy " 80 F Ky </pre>

<pre>1870 Pulaski Co., Kentucky, Bent District, p.o. Somerset; Aug 2; pg 4
29/29
Cyntha Goff 26 FW Ky $--/$-- Keeping house
Elvira " 11 FW Ky
Mahala J. " 8 FW Ky
James " 6 MW Ky
Mary E. " 1 FW Ky </pre>

Her father Lewis Ping lives at 28/28.

In 1880 Ann C. Goff (40, Wd, Ky) and 4 of her children are living with her parents.

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General Notes: Wife - Cynthia Ann Ping

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There are competing dates for Cynthia Ann Ping's birth date. At Find-a-Grave a photograph of an old tombstone gives her birth date as September 19, 1828 Handwritten below a photograph of her is 10 Oct 1842. The date listed at Find-a-Grave is 19 Sep 1839. Her death certificate says November 9, 1829. The death date is consistently February 12, 1925. A short death notice at Find-a-Grave, probably from a newspaper, says that she was 96. The census suggests a birth date around 1840. The minister who performed her marriage said that on 20 Oct 1854 she was about 19. Another marriage record says that she was 15.

KENTUCKY DEATH CERTIFICATE 4990:

Cynthia E. Goff, widowed, died February 12, 1925 in Norwood, Science Hill Voting Precinct, Pulaski Co., Kentucky at age 95 yrs 3 mos 3 days.
Born: November 9, 1829 in Pulaski Co., Kentucky
Father: Louis Ping, born in Pulaski Co.
Mother: don't know
Informant: Mrs. Mary E. Baker, Norwood, Kentucky

1 "Kentucky Marriage Records 1852 -- 1914," Pulaski; image 7/29. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

2 "Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965," Pulaski > 1799-1864; handwritten; image 227/229. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

3 "Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965," Pulaski > 1799-1865; typewritten; image 170/302. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

4 "Familysearch.org," "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWRX-VM4), James J. Goff, 1854.

5 "Familysearch.org," "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBN-645), James J. Goff, 1854; image 189/392.

6 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 14281557.

7 Larry Herrin, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db: :2163931.