Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Goff Family of Harrison County, West Virginia Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4202
Overview
Papers of the Goff family of Harrison County, West Virginia. This collection is minimally processed. Includes the papers of Nathan Goff III, grandson of Nathan Goff Jr. (1843-1920), as well as his daughter Laura Ellen Goff Fireman (later Davis). Also includes correspondence of Howard Caplan, the Administrator of the Estate of Nathan Goff III, and H. Dotson Cather, the brother-in-law of Mrs. Goff Fireman Davis who may have been involved in Goff's estate. Formats in the collection include...
Dates:
1882-1980; Majority of material found within 1940-1970
Lyman Stedman, Farmer and Politician, Diary
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2042
Overview
Diary of Lyman Stedman (1824-1916), a farmer and former member of the House of Delegates, 1877, from Brown's Island, Hancock County. Entries concern farm operation, Republican political activities on the district and county level, comments on state and national organizations, floods on the Ohio River, steamboat and barge traffic, Hopedale School, Methodist Episcopal Church, railroad travel, circuses and fairs, taxes and land valuations, and Memorial Day.
Dates:
1880-1885
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- Churches -- Methodist Episcopal 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Education 1
- Floods 1
- Hancock County (W. Va.) 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Land. 1
- Leases - Oil and gas. 1
- Memorial Day 1
- Ohio River 1
- Railroads 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Steamboats 1
- Taxation 1
- Transportation 1 + ∧ less
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