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Biographies
Source:
Early History of Cleveland
by Col. Chas. Whittlesey -
Publ. Cleveland, O.
1867
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FREDERICK H. GOFF,
banker, was born at Blackbury, Ill., Dec. 15, 1858, the son of
Frederick C. Goff and Catherine J. (Brown) Goff. His father
was a coal operator in Cleveland. The history of the Goff
family in the United States dates back to 1670. He was
graduated from the University of Michigan in 1881 and was admitted
to the Ohio bar in 1883. He began practicing his profession
in Cleveland in October of the same year. In June, 1908, he
gave up his practice to become president of the Cleveland Trust
Company. Mr. Goff was married to Frances Southworth Oct. 16,
1894, at Cleveland. The children are Fredericka S., William
S., and Frances Mary. Mr. Goff is a member of the Country,
Union and Rowfant clubs, Cleveland. Residence, Bratenahl.
Business address, Cleveland Trust Company.
Source: Early History of Cleveland
by Col. Chas. Whittlesey -
Publ. Cleveland, O. 1867 |
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ELIJAH GUN.
Although Gun, like Stiles, came to Ohio with the
surveyors, and spent a large part of his life in the vicinity of
Cleveland, his personal history has not been well preserved.
On the approach of old age, he left the pioneer homestead, in
Newburg, and removed to the Maumee river, to the residence of his
son, near Napoleon, Ohio. Little has come down to us, of his
occupations, and of his trials at Conneaut
during the winter of 1796-'7. Both himself and his wife,
appear to have endured the hardships of those days better than
many of their cotemporaries. His cabin, at
Conneaut, was about a mile above Stow
Castle, on the creek. He reached a very advanced age, nearly
or quite, four score and ten, dying among his kindred, on the
banks of the Maumee.
Source: Early History of Cleveland
by Col. Chas. Whittlesey -
Publ. Cleveland, O. 1867 - Page 333 |
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