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Loftin Family
1927 January 6, Thursday
The State Prison Claims Earl Loftin
Man Captured Here Returned to Raleigh to Finish Term in Penitentiary Before Answering Other Charges Earl Loftin, escaped convict from the state prison, Raleigh, also escaped convict from the chain gang of Bennettsville, S.S., and successful check flasher in Statesville, Mount Airy, Hamlet, Salisbury, and other North Carolina towns, who had been in the Iredell County Jail for several days, was taken back to Raleigh Tuesday morning to take up his duties in the state prison.
Loftin is wanted in Bennettsville, S.C. to finish out a four-year term on the chain gang, but he will not be turned over to the South Carolina authorities until after he completes the term in Raleigh, according to information given out by George Ross Pou, Superintendent of the State Prison.
The young offender's journey back to Raleigh began about 4 o'clock Tuesday morning, when Policemen Gilbert and Mills and "Red" Alexander called him out of his berth in the county jail and started on the trip by automobile.
Goble Family 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 Catherine "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 had nine children.
Children of Christopher Goble Sr. and Arilla Ellender "Ellen" Sellards
Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse Garrett S. Goble b. 1854 Jacob Goble b. 1856 Lydia Rebecca Goble b. 1857 Peter Bell McCoy Greenville Goble b. 1862 Christopher Goble, Jr. b. 1863 Susan Goble b. 1866 John Endicott Catherine Goble b. 1870 Eleander/Alexander Goble b. 1874 Joseph D. Goble b. 1879 After Arilla's death, Christopher married Eliza Thompson in 1892. 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.
Children of Christopher Goble Sr. and Eliza Thompson
Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse Mary Goble May 1893
Floyd Co, KYWaeta Goble 26 May 1901 Apr 1986 Roland Lee Goble 8 Feb 1896 May 1976 John Wesley Goble 3 Mar 1898
Floyd Co, KY12 Jun 1988 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. 2011 Update from Kathryn Sanders
I received a great email from Kathryn Sanders who descends from Christopher Goble in Feb 2011. Thanks Kathryn for the additional information.
"My grandfather was Roland Lee Goebel. Grandpa seldom said anything about his family. The only thing he ever said to me was that his father had keeled over dead after lunch one day and some people thought his mother had poisoned him. He was shaking his head as if he couldn't believe anybody could believe that." "He also told us that he had run away from home. According to him, as a child his stepfather beat him and when Grandpa got old enough he fought back and must have knocked his stepfather out. Thinking he'd killed his stepfather, he ran away from home across the river into Mingo County, WV. He changed the spelling of his name to Goebel on the advise of someone. After some time had passed, Grandpa went to answer a knock at the door one day and found his stepfather on the porch. Surprise! He was probably pretty happy about that because influenced by my Grandma Goebel, Grandpa had become a preacher." "Aunt Waeta's name wasn't Wanetta. Other places have it spelled Walta but that's flat out wrong. Depending on who was doing the talking it was pronounced 'Wha-eat-ah' or sometimes Grandpa pronounced it 'Wha-etta' and my mother called her 'Aunt Wha-eat' for short." "It was my understanding that Grandpa was around 8-years-old when his father died and Grandpa was born in either 1896 or 1898. Waeta was born in 1902." "Eliza Thompson was born in Jan 1873 in KY. She married Christopher Goebel Sr. in 1892." 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.
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