Harriet L. Moore Goff

DIED,

Cooper’s Clarksburg Register., August 15, 1856

On Saturday, 2nd inst., in this place. LIZZIE, daughter of W. P., and Harriet Goff, aged about 2 years.
She was a beautiful and interesting child ; and of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.

[Age of Progress.

The Clarksburg Telegram., February 03, 1893

—-The ladies of the Episcopal church will give an oyster supper at the residence of Mrs. Harriet Goff on Pike Street, on Wednesday evening, February 8th, 1893, from 5 1/2 to 11 o’clock.

Map showing location of W P Goff Family Property

The Clarksburg Telegram.,
October 16, 1896

—The ladies of the Episcopal church will give a tea this Thursday evening at the residence of Mrs. Harriet Goff. A cordial invitation is extended to all.

MRS. H. L. GOFF PASSES AWAY

AGEN AND ESTEEMED LADY, MEMBER OF PROMINENT FAMILY SUCCUMBS TO THE INEVITABLE.

END CAME AT EIGHT O’CLOCK TUESDAY MORNING AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS, BOURNE WITH CALM RESIGNATION.

Deceased Was the Mother of Judge Nathan Goff, Charles J. Goff, Mrs. Richard T. Lowndes and Mrs. George T. Porter–Funeral Arrangements Not Completed.

The Daily Telegram., July 19, 1904
The Clarksburg Telegram., July 22, 1904

Mrs. Harriet L. Goff, widow of the late Waldo P. Goff, died on Tuesday morning, the 19th inst., at 8.00 o’clock a. m.

Mrs. Goff was a daughter of Major Thomas P. Moore, was born March 1st, 1816, and was united in marriage to Mr. Goff on March 28th, 1839. The whole of her long life was spent in Clarksburg, which at her birth, was but a mere village.

Mrs. Goff was a woman of strong natural sense, of quiet tastes and domestic habits, and her life was largely spent in devotion to the duties of her household.

She is survived by four children, Judge Nathan Goff, Captain Charles J. Goff, Mrs. Richard T. Lowndes and Mrs. George T. Porter.

The hour of the funeral has not been decided upon, but it will likely be some time Thursday.

FUNERAL

Of the Late Mrs. Harriet L. Goff Occurs Thursday Morning and is Attended By Large Number of Sorrowing Friends and Relatives.

The Daily Telegram., July 21, 1904
The Clarksburg Telegram., July 22, 1904

The funeral of the late Mrs. Harriet L. Goff took place from the residence of Mrs. Richard T. Lowndes Thursday morning at ten o’clock and was attended by a large concourse of sorrowing friends and relatives. Rev. James F. Plummer, rector of Christ Episcopal church officiated. The pall bearers were Judge Nathan Goff, Guy Goff, Dr. W. P. Goff, Charles Goff, R. T. Lowndes, Lloyd Lowndes, B. M. Despard and S. D. Camden. The interment occurred in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.

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Mrs. Sprigg D. Camden returned Monday morning to her home in Parkersburg, after attending the funeral of her grandmother, Mrs. Harriet Goff, and spending a few days with her father, Captain Charles J. Goff.

JUDGE GOFF’S MOTHER DEAD AT CLARKSBURG

Sistersville Daily Oil Review., July 20, 1904 Pg. 8

Clarksburg, W. Va., July 20.— Mrs. Harriet L. Goff, widow of the late Waldo P. Goff, and mother of Judge Nathan Goff, of the United States Circuit court, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Richard T. Lowndes, yesterday morning at 8 o’clock, after a lingering illness.

The deceased was a daughter of Major Thomas P. Moore, was born March 1, 1816, and was united in marriage to Mr. Goff on March 28, 1839.

The whole of her long life was spent in Clarksburg, which, at her birth, was but a mere village.

Mrs. Goff was a woman of strong natural sense, of quiet tastes and domestic habits, and her life was largely devoted to the duties of her household. She belonged to a family, both upon the part of her parents and of her husband, that has been largely indentified with the history of Harrison county for three-fourths of a century past.

She is survived by four children: Judge Nathan Goff, Capt. Charles J. Goff, Mrs. Richard T. Lowndes and Mrs. George T. Porter of Indianapolis.

The Daily Telegram., July 20, 1904

—-Mrs. Sprigg D. Camden is here from Parkersburg to attend the funeral of her grandmother, Mrs. Harriet L. Goff.

Shepherdstown Register., July 21, 1904

—-Mrs. Harriet Goff, the mother of Judge Nathan Goff, died in Clarksburg Monday, aged 88 years.—

FUNERAL

Of the Late Mrs. Harriet L. Goff Occurs Thursday Morning and is Attended By Large Number of Sorrowing Friends and Relatives.

The Daily Telegram., July 21, 1904

MRS. H. L. GOFF PASSES AWAY

AGEN AND ESTEEMED LADY, MEMBER OF PROMINENT FAMILY SUCCUMBS TO THE INEVITABLE.
END CAME AT EIGHT O’CLOCK TUESDAY MORNING AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS, BOURNE WITH CALM RESIGNATION.

Deceased Was the Mother of Judge Nathan Goff, Charles J. Goff, Mrs. Richard T. Lowndes and Mrs. George T. Porter–Funeral Arrangements Not Completed.
The Clarksburg Telegram., July 22, 1904

Mrs. Harriet L. Goff, widow of the late Waldo P. Goff, died on Tuesday morning, the 19th inst., at 8:00 o’clock a. m.

Mrs. Goff was a woman of strong natural sense, of quiet tastes and domestic habits, and her life was largely spent in devotion to the duties of her household.

She belonged to a family, both upon the part of her parents and of her husband, that has been largely identified with the history of Harrison County for three-fourths of a century past. Her death came after a lingering illness, which she bore with a calm resignation. She is survived by four children, Judge Nathan Goff, Captain Charles J. Goff, Mrs. Richard T. Lowndes and George T. Porter.

The hour of the funeral has not been decided upon, but it will likely be some time Thursday.

The Daily Telegram., July 25, 1904

—-Mrs. Sprigg D. Camden returned Monday morning to her home in Parkersburg, after attending the funeral of her grandmother, Mrs. Harriet Goff, and spending a few days with her father, Captain Charles J. Goff. —-

UNVEILING OF WINDOW

The Daily Telegram., March 23, 1907

At Christ Episcopal Church in Memory of Parents of Mrs. Richard T. Lowndes.

At the morning service of Easter Day there will be unveiled at Christ Episcopal Church a memorial window of unusual beauty in expression. It is a gift to the church from Mrs. Richard T. Lowndes.

The memorial was executed in Favrile glass by the Tiffany Studios of New York, and has for its subject, the passage of the 14th chapter of the Gospel of St. John in which Christ comforting his disciples, say: “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh to the Father but by me.” This passage is thoughtfully and reverently expressed by the artist, Mr. Frederick Wilson, who in his conception of a just delineation of the theme, shows a mountain path, dark at the base, and glowing with light at the summit. Struggling upward, at the end of life’s toilsome journey, their eyes illumined with the light of faith, are two pilgrims, and standing above them is the Savior, at his feet a lantern signifying the light of the world, with his arms outstretched to receive them into the house of many mansions. In the treatment of the theme, there is an ideality of understanding of the spiritual force of the subject, and in every sense the fullness of the divine lesson is apparent.

The coloring of the window is of unusual depth of tone, and there is an evidence of an appreciation of the use of glass necessary to the demands of every element of design, expression, symbolic value and light effect. The panel at the base of the window bears the dedicatory inscription: