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Eliza Jane Goble
Born: 13 Nov 1891, Alexander County, NC
Died: 28 Apr 1907, Catawba River, NCEliza Jane Goble was the second child born to Jacob Hedrick Goble and Frances Elizabeth Douglas. She was born 13 November 1891 in Alexander County, NC. and died 28 April 1907.
The Landmark
Statesville Record Landmark
The Landmark
Office: West Broad Street
Telephone ISO 14Tuesday, April 30, 1907
Local Drownings
Through the courtesy of Rev., W. A. Lutz who went to the scene of the tragedy yesterday morning, and Mr. R. L. Bradford, the LANDMARK has the following facts.
Mr. Fullbright lives in Shiloh township, near the river and near the Alexander County Line. Mr. Goble lives in Alexander County, not far from Mr. Fullbright.
Sunday morning five young ladies, Misses Sallie C, Odia and Nora E. Fullbright, all daughters of Mr. Fullbright; Miss Alice Miller, daughter of Mr. Shuford Miller and Miss Eliza Jane Goble, daughter of Jacob S. Goble left home to attend service at Bethel Lutheran Church in Catawba County.
Mr. Will Fox took them safely across the river in a canoe. After service, they started home and Mr. Ben Moose and Mr. Boyce Johnson, two young men inexperienced in handling a boat, undertook to put them across the river. Misses Odia Fulbright and Alice Miller decided not to risk crossing; the others named got in the boat and started over to the Iredell side.
The young men soon lost control of the boat and it was swept down the swift current over the shoals and into water 15 feet deep where it was capsized. Misses Sallie Fullbright and Eliza Jane Goble were drowned. Nora Fullbright, about 11-years-old, was swept back to the boat by Mr. Moose and clung to it until rescued by parties on the river bank. The young men managed to save themselves.
Search was made all night for the bodies. Yesterday morning at 9:30 Miss Fullbright’s body was found. Miss Goble’s remains had not been discovered at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon.
Miss Fullbright will be buried at Sharon Lutheran Church today at 11. If Miss Goble’s body is found it will be buried at Sharon today. Miss Fullbright was 17 years, 10 months and 28 days old. Both were members of Sharon Church and young women of fine character. The accident was a most distressing one and there is much sympathy for the bereaved.
Mr. Fullbright is a merchant and magistrate of Shiloh township and is well known in Statesville.
The Landmark
Office: West Broad Street
Telephone ISO 14Friday, May 3, 1907
Miss Goble’s Body Found
The body of Miss Eliza Jane Goble, who was drowned in the Catawba River at Lookout Shoals Sunday afternoon with Miss Sallie Fullbright, was recovered Tuesday afternoon about 3 o’clock. The search for the bodies of the unfortunate young women was begun immediately after they were drowned and was kept up almost continuously until Miss Goble’s body was found.
Miss Fullbright’s body was recovered about 9:30 Monday morning and the remains were buried at Sharon Lutheran church Tuesday at 11 o’clock. Miss Goble’s remains were buried at Sharon Wednesday at 11 o’clock, beside those of Miss Fullbright, and the graves of both were covered with flowers.
Rev. W. A. Lutz of Statesville, who went to the scene of the accident Monday morning, conducted the funeral services of both the young ladies, they being members at Sharon. A large crowd of people were present at Sharon both on Tuesday and Wednesday. The community is deeply stirred on account of the tragedy and there is much sympathy for the distressed families.
Miss Goble’s body was found by her brother, Mr. George Goble, about a half mile below the point where Miss Fullbright’s body was found. Hundreds of people have participated in the search for the missing bodies, and after almost two days of continuous search, were about ready to despair of finding Miss Goble’s body. Her brother, however, was determined that his sister’s remains should be found, and he was on the river in a canoe when he saw her clothes floating in the water.
16-year-old Eliza Jane at her funeral
Eliza Jane had no brother “George” Goble. Her brother Martin Goble found her body.
The Drowning of Two Beauties
The Drowning of Sallie and Eliza, April 28, 1907
Heritage of Catawba County, NC Vol. 2
- by Jerry Dagenhart-I have always been told the story of the tragic and untimely deaths of cousins Sallie Fullbright and Eliza Jane Goble. I have always felt connected to these girls and have always felt a deep sense of sorrow for them.
I think it is interesting to report that exactly one week to the day prior to the drowning, a mad dog ran rampantly through the Shiloh community. This event of some alarm was also reported in the Statesville Record Landmark but has largely been forgotten. It is chilling to me to think that this portent of ill will touched the households of those most closely affected by the events that would occur a week later.
On April 26, 1907 the Statesville Record Landmark reported the following:
“A mad dog ran amuck in the neighborhood of Mr. D. J. Fullbright’s (father of Sallie) Store in the Shiloh Township Saturday night and Sunday (now this was reported the Friday after the mad dog incident and just two days before the girls would drown). It was at Mr. Fullbright’s but harmed nothing. At Mr. Charles Goble’s it bit a dog and a chicken and came near biting Goble. It was at Jake Goble’s and T. A. Stewart’s and W. E. Massey’s, biting a dog at the latter place. It was killed Sunday night.”
Now there are several aspects to the story of Sallie and Eliza that are not told in the newspaper and are not widely known or realized. First, it is important to understand that they were both physically beautiful, as well as inwardly beautiful. Sallie’s father and Eliza’s mother were half brother and sister, which made the girls first cousins, beyond this they were best friends.
Secondly it is important to also understand the history between Sallie and Ben Moose. For sometime Ben Moose was in love with Cousin Sallie and their courtship was not approved of by Sarah Fulp Fullbright, who always said “Ben was from the wrong set of Mooses”, this meant he was not a cousin.
Arabelle Fullbright had married Lonnie Moose, the grandson of Nancy Mock Moose and his mother was a first cousin to Sarah Mock Fulp Fullbright and even though Lonnie was base born, he was accepted and poor; Ben was not.
This did not stop the lovers from being together and a child was born to them and was named Z. V. Fullbright. Finally, Sarah Fulp Fullbright relented and agreed to the marriage. Sallie’s wedding dress was nearly completed and on the dress form in the girl’s room. It has been rumored that Sallie was carrying yet another child and that is why her mother relented.
A few days after the mad dog was killed, David Fullbright’s grandchild across the river became ill and died by the weeks end. This was the child of James Fullbright, eldest son of D. J. and Sarah. Plans were made to go to the funeral of the precious little nephew. Sallie and Eliza planned to go and Sallie’s younger sister Nora insisted on Going as well. When it was learned that Ben Moose would provide passage across the river, Arabelle Fullbright Moose said, “I’ll not go if that drunken Ben Moose is taking you, he’ll drown the lot of you, mark my words”.
Now here is where the newspaper article and the family legend differ. Both the Dagenharts and the Bowmans maintained they were in a buggy and made their crossing and the newspaper article says they were in a boat. Both means of crossing were used at the Island Ford. By whatever means, the swollen river was crossed safely Sunday afternoon and the girls attended the funeral of their nephew. It has been said that Ben and his male companion were drinking heavily during the time they had to wait for the girls. The river was higher and rougher now and against the warnings of onlookers the party of young people started across. As they reached the rough water, the party was swept from the buggy (or boat) and into the torrent of red whirling water.
Nora remembered, “I was about gone and could feel myself going down when an arm pulled me to the surface and I was saved”. Ben and the other male companion swam to the shore, but there was no sign of Sallie and Eliza, whose heavy garments had swept them under the raging water.
The news of the disaster was sounded all over Western Iredell County and a search party was formed. Many members of my family participated, including both of my grandfathers, Lloyd Bowman and Frank Dagenhart (who had not yet moved to Virginia). Sallie’s body was found first on Monday, April 29th at about 9:30 a.m., but Eliza was not found until Tuesday, April 30th at about three o’clock. The newspaper reported that her brother George searched non-stop until he found her body. From family sources, we know this was actually Martin Luther Goble who found her.
The newspaper reported that the girls were buried on separate days and family tradition holds that there was a double funeral. We may never know for sure what is true. My Aunt Dellah remembered that her Nannie, Minnie James, was the first in their household to learn the news and that shell fell to the floor and was near hysteria for hours. Aunt Dellah always said both girls were “laid out” at Sharon Church and that the school house was released early so the teachers and children could go to the funeral. At that time, my grandfather’s children attended the log school behind Sharon Church. Dellah never forgot the tragedy and said it was the first time she had ever experienced such a thing and she said the entire community was wailing and crying. Now certainly, Aunt Dellah could have attended two funerals and simply remembered it as one.
The Fullbright family tells that Sarah Fulp Fullbright, who had always dressed the dead, bathed and dressed her daughter and her niece. When others offered to do if for her, she said, “I have done it for hundreds of others and I’ll not let someone else take my burden now”. I can scarce imagine the pain cousin Sarah felt in preparing these two loved ones for their final rest.
At that time, there were no funeral homes and country stores and hardware stores carried coffins by mail order. I am told that the girl’s coffins came from Miller’s Store in Stony Point. I have been told that the bottoms of the coffins were filled with old quilts because the girl’s bodies continued to exude water, and that water from the coffins dripped on the floor of the church the day of the funerals. One must remember the girls were not embalmed and the burial had to be soon after they were recovered. They were laid to rest side by side at Sharon Church cemetery and a single obelisk stone marks the grave of those rare beauties who perished on Sunday, April 28, 1907, in the late afternoon.
Maudie Hedrick still has the dress Sallie was wearing that fateful day. I was told Sallie’s wedding dress was still in the Fullbright house when it burned. It was said Ben Moose never got over his loss. He did marry Lola Dagenhart, but was never truly content.
Tombstone of Sallie G. Fullbright and Eliza Jane Goble at Sharon Lutheran Church in Iredell County, NC
Sallie G. daughter of D.J. & S.J. Fulbright
May 30, 1889 - April 28, 1907
"Asleep in Jesus, as for me, May such a blissful refuge be, Securely shall my ashes lie, and wait the summons from on high, A loved one gone but not forgotten."
Eliza J., daughter of J.F. & F.E. Goble
Nov 13, 1891 - Apr 28, 1907
"A Glorious one from us has gone ... ""These girls were drowned in the Catawba River, April 28, 1907
returning home from church at Lookout Shoals."If you have additional photos or information on Eliza Jane Goble, please contact me. A special thanks to Boyd & Becky Goble for the photo of Eliza Jane.
