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Willie
Aleen
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(1925 - 20??)
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Luther
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(1888 - 1979)
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Hedrick
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(1860 - 1929)
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Lucinda
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(1839 - 1911)
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(1813 - 1880)
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(1761 - 1840)
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(1724 - 1813)
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Goble III
(1698 - 1750)
Daniel
David
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(1669 - 1733)
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Goble I
(1641 - 1676)
Thomas
Goble
(1590 - 1657)
William
Goble
(1540 - 1593)
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Jacob Hedrick Goble
Born: 22 Oct 1860
Died: 03 Mar 1929In the mid 1800's Harriett Lucinda Goble, born 19 October 1839, was living with her parents on their large farm in Catawba County. The life of ease and tranquility had diminished with the onset of the Civil War. The young men were off fighting in the war while the women, children, and old men were left to carry on as best they could. The farms were lying fallow and food was getting harder to come by. Supplies were going to the army and the civilians were having a hard time. They had to make do with what they had. Lucinda was no different from any other young woman since the beginning of time. She had dreams of love and romance and the man that she would someday share her life with. Due to the hardships of war, the beautiful Lucinda fell for the charms of a much older neighbor by the name of Jacob Hedrick, and Lucinda became pregnant.
Jacob Hedrick was born about 1802. He would have been about 58 when Harriett's child was born. Jacob Hedrick was the son of John Hedrick and Louiza Lovi. In the 1870 Catawba County Census, Jacob Hedrick, age 68, was living with Alfred & Matilda Pope close to the Lewis Goble Family, and was frequently in and out of the area. There were several bastardy cases brought against him through the years. All records indicate that he was a single man and never married.
State vs. Jacob Hedrick January 1861 Case of Bastardy allowance made to Lucinda Goble
First year $25.00, second year, $20.00, and third year $15.00
Harriett gave birth to a son on 22 October 1860 and named him Jacob Hedrick. Eventually he went by the name of Jacob Hedrick Goble.
About 1865, when Jacob was 5-years-old, Harriett Lucinda Goble married Andrew Jackson Christopher. Jack was born 17 February 1839 and died 21 April 1920. Lucinda and Jack had six children. Jacob's half-brothers-and-sisters were:
Children of Harriett Lucinda Goble and Andrew Jackson Christopher Harriett L. Christopher John Christopher Marthy Christopher Mary Christopher George Washington Christopher Jacob was raised by his grandparents, Lewis Carlan Goble and Evi. He spent his childhood and youth living at their home. Jacob is listed on both the 1870 and 1880 Catawba County Census as living with Lewis and his wife, Evi.
1870 Catawba County Census
Last Name First Name Age Sex Race Occupation Real Estate Personal Estate Birth Place Can't Read Can't Write Male 21+ Goble Lewis 56 M W Farmer $450 $450 NC X ------ Eve 50 F W Keeping House NC X X ------ Martha 24 F W At home NC X X ------ Mary 22 F W At home NC X ------ Corban 21 M W At home NC X ------ Manuel 19 M W At home NC X ------ Delila 19 F W At home NC X X ------ Elizabeth 15 M W At home NC X X ------ Catherine 13 F W At home NC X X Hedrick Jacob 10 M W At home NC X X Jacob was still going by the name of Hedrick in 1870 and was 10-years-old. The Census also lists him as not being able to read or write.
1880 Catawba County Census
Last Name First Name Race Sex Age Relation Single
Married
WidowedOccupation Can't Read Can't Write Birth Place Goble Evey W F 65 Widow X X NC ------ Manuel W M 26 Son Married Farmer X NC ------ Delilah W F 26 Twins Single Keep House X X NC ------ Elizabeth W F 24 Daughter At Home X X NC ------ Catherine W F 22 Daughter X X NC ------ Jacob H. W M 18 G-Son NC By 1880, Lewis Carlan Goble had died. Jacob was 18 and still living with his Grandmother, Aunts & Uncles. He had added Goble to his name, and had acquired the ability to read and write.
Lewis Carlan Goble died in May 1880 and left a will in Catawba County, recorded in Book 2, on Page 224. It was probated in 1880. He left his son Emanuel as Executor of all land. He left his grandson Jacob Hedrick $15. Others mentioned in the will were: Lucinda Christopher $5, Martha Ann Dagenhardt $5, Mary Magadelena $5, Corban $5, Delila $15, Elizabeth $15, and Catherine $15. Emanuel was to take care of Lewis & Evi as long as they lived, as well as the grandson, Jacob Hedrick Goble, and Delila & Catherine, who were still living at home.
Jacob Goble married Frances Elizabeth Douglas on 10 December 1884 at the Haley Douglas House in Alexander County, Miller's Township.
Frances Elizabeth Douglas was born on 5 March 1861 and was called Fannie by her family and friends. She died on 3 July 1926 in Iredell County, North Carolina and is buried at Sharon Lutheran Church Cemetery. She was the daughter of J. Walter Douglas and Mahala Catherine Miller.
Jacob spent his early years as a farmer. Willie Aleen Goble Loftin, granddaughter of Jacob, says she remembers being told by her Daddy, Martin, that Jacob had also worked in a shoe store.
(Right) Frances Elizabeth Douglas Goble, Jacob Hedrick Goble and
Rebecca GobleJacob's marriage license to Frances Elizabeth Douglas
1895 August 13
Taylorsville Court
Jacob Goble, forcible trespass; pleads guilty; judgment suspended.
1899 January 24
Alexander Court
Court was called here this afternoon at 2:30 o'colok, Judge Allen, Presiding, and Solicitor Mott, Prosecuting. Mr. Jacob Lentz is foreman and Jacob Goble officer of the grand jury. 1900 Alexander County Census - Miller's Township
Last Name First Name Relation Race Sex Birth
DateAge S
M
WYears
MarriedKids
BornKids
LivingOccupation Can
ReadCan
WriteGoble Jacob Head W M Oct 1850 3949M 14 Farmer Yes Yes ------ Fanny Wife W F Mar 1860 40 M 14 5 4 Yes Yes ------ Martin L. Son W M May 1887 13 S Yes Yes ------ Eliza J. Daughter W F Nov 1890 9 S Yes Yes ------ Otis C. Son W M Sep 1893 6 S ------ Rebecca Daughter W F Aug 1895 4 S Douglass Mahalia M-in-Law W F Sep 1829 70 W 3 2 Yes Yes According to the 1900 Census, Jacob and Fanny were living in Miller's Township of Alexander County, NC. Fanny had had five children, but only four were still living. The 4 children were living with them as well as Fanny's mother, Mahalia Douglas.
Jacob's birthdate was listed as Oct 1850 and his age was listed as 39 initially, but then changed to 49. He was actually born in Oct 1860 and his age was 39.
Another interesting fact, Fannie is listed as having had 5 children but only 4 were living.
Jacob and Fannie's children:
Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse Martin Luther Goble 14 May 1888 09 Apr 1979 Beulah Vernesta Johnson Eliza Jane Goble 13 Nov 1891 28 Apr 1907 (Drown at age 16) Otis Caldwell Goble 02 Sep 1894 30 Oct 1970 (1) Lacy Shoemaker
(2) Ruby JollySarah Catherine Rebecca Goble 01 Aug 1896 18 Apr 1970 Marvin Lee Bunton (Unknown) Goble
1906 May 11
Taylorsville News
Deputy Sheriff James G. Watts and Mr. Jacob Goble carried Mrs. Fox to the State Hospital at Morganton yesterday.
1907 April 20, Tuesday
Two Young Women Drown
A Sunday Tragedy on the Catawba - a Boat Overturns With Five and Two Young Women, Daughters of D. J. Fulbright, of Iredell, and Jacob Goble, of Alexander, Are Drowned - One Body Found Yesterday. Sunday afternoon about 3 o'clock on the Catawba River at Lookout Shoals and near the Iredell-Alexander line, a boat containing two young women, a girl and two young men, overturned. The young women, one a daughter of Mr. David J. Fulbright, of this county, the other the daughter of Mr. Jacob Goble, of Alexander, were drowned. The others escaped.
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. Fulbright lives in Shiloh Township, near the river and near the Alexander County line. Mr. Goble lives in Alexander County, not far from Mr. Fulbright. Sunday morning five young ladies, Misses Sallie C., Odia and Nora E. Fulbright, all daughters of Mr. Fulbright; Miss Alice Miller, daughter of Mr. Shuford Miller, and Miss Eliza Jane Goble, daughter of Mr. Jacob S. Goble, left home to attend services 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 Messrs. Ben Moose and 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 Fulbright and Eliza Jane Goble were drowned; Nora Fulbright, about 11 years old, was swept back to the boat by Mr. Moose and clung to it until rescued by parties on the bank. The young men managed to save themselves.
Search was made all night for the bodies. Yesterday morning at 9:30 Miss Fulbright's body was found. Miss Goble's remains had not been recovered at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Miss Fulbright 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 Fulbright was 17 years 10 months and 28 days old; Miss Goble was 16 years and 11 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. Fulbright is a merchant and magistrate of Shiloh Township and is well known in Statesville.
1907 September 3
Taylorsville Items
The Town Commissioners and mayor have employed Mr. Jacob Goble of Miller's Township, for policeman and he went to work yesterday. 1910 Alexander County Census - Miller's Township
Last Name First Name Relation Sex Race Age S
M
WYears
MarriedKids
BornKids
LivingBirth Occupation Goble Jacob Head M W 49 M 23 NC Farm Laborer ------ Fanny Wife F W 50 M 23 5 3 NC Farm Laborer ------ Martin L. Son M W 20 S NC Farm Laborer ------ Otis C. Son M W 15 S NC Farm Laborer ------ Sarah C. Daughter F W 13 S NC Farm Laborer Johnson Nessie Servant F W 21 W 0 0 NC None By 1910, Jacob and Fannie only had 3 children. Eliza Jane had drowned in the Catawba River on the way home from church in 1907. Jacob's age is correctly listed as 49.
The Goble family also had a servant, Nessie Johnson, living with them in 1910. Nessie is listed as having no children, but she actually had two daughters. Genevia May Johnson was living with her maternal Great-Grandmother, Aunt and Uncle. No record has been found where her second daughter, Ethel Irene "Goble", was living. Before the year was out, Nessie married Martin Luther Goble.By 1920, Jacob and Fannie had moved the family to Iredell County. Jacob's age was 59 and Fannie was 58. Daughter, Rebecca, married Marvin Bunton 29 Apr 1917. Rebecca, Marvin, and their son, Ralph, were still living with Jacob and Fannie. Otis married Lacy Shoemaker on 21 Jun 1916, but by 1920 they had separated and he was living with his parents and sister. All three of the men were working at a Cotton Mill.
1920 Statesville Township Census, Iredell County, NC
Last Name First Name Relation Sex Race Age S/Md Read/
WriteBorn Occupation Occupation Goble Jacob Head M W 59 M yes NC Trimming Cotton Mill ------ Fannie Wife F W 58 M yes NC None Bunton Rebecca Daughter F W 23 M yes NC None ------ Marvin Son-in-law M W 23 M yes NC Twister Cotton Mill ------ Ralph Grandson M W 1 1/12 S NC None Goble Otis Son M W 24 M yes NC Cleaner Cotton Mill
(Left) Fannie Elizabeth Douglass Goble
and Jacob Hedrick GobleWillie Goble Loftin only remembers seeing Jacob one time. As a little girl, she and Helen saw a very dark skinned man approaching the house and her sister, Helen, hollered, “Daddy, here comes a ‘Black Man’ down the road!” It was actually Jacob. Willie was 4 years old at the time and Helen was 5.
It was Christmas 1928 and Jacob was coming to see his son Martin’s new twin daughters, Elgevia and Estelene who were born 24 November 1928. Helen said that when he was leaving, Jacob said, “Martin, take good care of the twins.”
The family never saw Jacob again. He died 03 March 1929, and one of the twins, Estelene, died 26 March 1929.
Jacob lived with his daughter Rebecca Goble Bunton toward the end of his life. On the evening of March 2, 1929 Jacob got sick and went to bed and died. He was 68-years-old.
Willie Goble Loftin's memories of her grandfather, Jacob Hedrick Goble. (Recorded 10 Dec 2008)
(Duration 0.37; Size 732 kb)
Click HereJacob died 03 Mar 1928 at the age of 68 from myocarditis - or inflammation of the heart muscle. Jacob Hedrick Goble's Death Certificate
1929 March 4, Monday
J. F. Goble Dies in Bloomfield
Funeral service and Interment will be at Sharon Lutheran Church tomorrow morning.
Mr. J. F. Goble, 68-years-old, died at his home in Bloomfield Sunday night at 10 o’clock. The funeral service and interment will be at Sharon Lutheran Church in the county tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock, the service conducted by Dr. J. D. Kinard.
Mr. Goble is survived by two sons, Mr. Martin Goble, of Shiloh township, and Mr. Otis Goble of Statesville, and a daughter, Mrs. Marvin Bunton, of Statesville. Two half brothers, John and George Christopher of Catawba County, survive; and two sisters, Mrs. John Hartsell of Weldon and Mrs. William Witherspoon, of Newton.
(Right) Sharon Lutheran Church
Iredell County, NC
Fannie died 03 Jul 1926 was buried in the Sharon Lutheran Church Cemetery in Iredell County, NC. Jacob had a headstone placed at her grave.
Jacob is also buried in the Sharon Lutheran Church Cemetery but he does not have a grave marker. He is more than likely buried beside of Fannie.
Daughter Eliza Jane Goble who drowned while crossing the Catawba River is also buried at Sharon. A gravestone marks her burial site.The mystery of Jacob did not end with his parentage. There is also controversy over his name.
1. On his marriage license to Frances Elizabeth Douglas, his name is listed as Jacob Goble, age 21.
His mother is listed as Lucinda Goble with no father listed.
2. On his son Martin Luther Goble's marriage certificate, his name is listed as John Goble and wife F.A.3. On his son Otis Goble's death certificate, his name is listed as Jacob Goble and wife Fannie Douglas.
On Otis's marriage license the names are listed as Jake and Fanny.
4. On Jacob's wife’s death certificate, his name is listed as Jacob.
5. On Jacob's own death certificate his name is listed as John F. Goble.
6. On the 1900 Alexander County Census, he is listed as Jacob Goble.Photos of Jacob & Fannie's Children
(Below) The Children of Jacob and Fannie Goble
Otis, Martin and Rebecca
at Martin's birthday dinner in 1954
(Left) Marvin & Rebecca Goble Bunton
(Left) Otis and niece,
Fannie Bunton
(Above) Otis Caldwell Goble
(Right) Martin Luther GobleSources: A special thanks to Boyd & Becky Goble, Willie Goble Loftin and Brenda Isenhour Schronce
for the photos of Jacob and his family.Thanks to Alisha Story for the Hart's Square Photo If you have additional photos or information about Jacob Goble, please contact me.
