Individual Details

John and Mary Goff Davenport owned the property at Sinking Creek and the cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born. They moved the cabin to another part of the property and used it as a chicken coop. Mary's niece, Fannie Meredith, and her children spent time on the farm there. They recalled drinking water from the Sinking Creek and relaxing under the Boundry Oak. In 1894 John and Mary sold the cabin to A. W. Dennett, who numbered and dismantled it. He took the cabin around the country by rail, presenting it at paid exhibitions.

The Lincoln Farm Association bought the property for preservation in 1905 for $300. The Goff descendants all came back to the farm on 9 Nov 1911 for the dedication by President William Howard Taft. They cooked food in open pits for all the people attending the ceremony.

(Thanks to Estelle Lindsey Wheat for this account of Goff oral history.)

Birth	20 Dec 1849	Kentucky
Census (family)-shared	1850	(Andrew Goff and Zearilda Jane Bourbon Willian) LaRue Co., Kentucky
Census (family)-shared	1860	(Andrew Goff and Zearilda Jane Bourbon Willian) LaRue Co., Kentucky
Census (family)-shared	1870	(Andrew Goff and Zearilda Jane Bourbon Willian) LaRue Co., Kentucky
Death	13 Feb 1900

Spouse	John A. Davenport (1850 - 1906)
Child	Ivy Davenport ( - 1999)

Father	Andrew Goff (1818 - 1887)
Mother	Zearilda Jane Bourbon Willian (1820 - 1909)
Sibling	Dr. William Henry Goff (1841 - 1919)
Sibling	Elizabeth Ellen Goff (1843 - 1900)
Sibling	Synthia Ann Goff (1846 - 1850)
Sibling	Margaret Josephine Goff (1848 - 1851)
Sibling	Synthia Burbon Goff (1852 - 1919)
Sibling	Joseph Edward Goff (1853 - 1926)
Sibling	Jesse Rodman Goff (1856 - )
Sibling	David John Goff (1858 - 1934)
Sibling	Dory Bell Goff (1860 - 1861)
Sibling	Artimecia Goff (1862 - 1914)
Sibling	James Pernell Goff (1865 - 1940)