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Family Mysteries     Looking Back     Goble, Christopher b. Oct 1828, Washington Co., VA d. 1900   In the book "Appalachia Crossroads" by Clayton Cox, there is an intriguing story about Christopher Goble.  Christopher is in the German Goble tree and was the son of Jacob and Kitty (Ward) Goble.  He married Arilla Ellender "Ellen" Sellards (b. Oct. 18, 1834, d Jan 2, 1889, buried Goble Cemetery, Buffalo Creek, Floyd Co., KY) on 15 May 1853 in Floyd County, Kentucky.  They owned a farm there and raised seven children.  After Arilla's death, Christopher married Eliza Thompson.    At that same time, Will Skeens was a boarder with Christopher and Eliza Goble but Christopher died unexpectedly around 1900.  Eliza later married Will Skeens who raised the Goble children, Mary, Wahnetta, Roland and John Wesley.   According to Clayton Cox, at one point Eliza and Will Skeens were charged in court for the murder of Christopher by poisoning.    It has been verified that William Skeen lived in Floyd County, Kentucky in 1880.  He was listed a 63-year-old widower with 7 children.    There is also a marriage record in Floyd County for William Skeans and Eliza Goble dated 02 May 1903.   Children of Christopher & Ellen were: Garrett S. Goble b ca 1854 Jacob Goble b ca 1857 Lydia Rebecca Goble b ca 1858, m Peter Bell McCoy Greenville Goble b 1860 Christopher Goble b ca 1863 Susan Goble b ca 1866, m John Endicott Catherine Goble b a 1870 Alexander Goble Richard Goble         Goble, Daniel (1641 - 1676)   Daniel Goble (son of Thomas Goble and Alice Brookman), his brother Thomas and his nephew Stephen Goble (son of Thomas), were in King Philip's War, which began in 1671. This was the first and only major Indian war in the 17th century and it decided the fate of New England's Indians.   Daniel Goble fought against the Indians in Captain Manning's company; his brother Thomas Goble fought in Captain Prentice's company; and Stephen Goble fought in Captain Wheeler's company. Captain Manning commanded a contingent in the Battle of Great Swamp Fort on December 19, 1675. It was the most massive military action initiated by the colonists during the war.   Villages were burned and many people were captured or scalped. As the battles continued, great losses were accounted for by the English and the Indians.   After the war ended, the colonists feared the killing of Indians would throw them back into fierce fighting. The court records of 1676 state: Daniel Goble, Stephen Goble, Nathaniel Wilde, and Daniel Hoare were indicted, tried and found guilty for the "wanton" murders of three Indian women and three Indian children - all of whom were Christian. The killings took place on or about August 7, 1676. This was just five days before King Philip's war ended.    Daniel pleaded "not guilty", but the Goble men were yeomen (farmers) and both received the prescribed punishment. Daniel Hoare and Nathaniel Wilde, being from more affluent families and having connections with the clergy, presented a petition to the court begging pardon for their lives, which the court granted. The court fined them and they were discharged.   Daniel Goble (age 35) and Stephen Goble were hanged.                                                                                   Sources:     I'd love to hear from you!