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Blackburn Ben Goforth

Blackburn Ben was born on February 6th, 1872 in NC. Blackburn Ben's father was Robert B. 'Rainer' Goforth and his mother was Jane Buchanan. His paternal grandparents were George Goforth and Nancy Jane Houser. He had two sisters named Sarah J. and Lula R.. He was the oldest of the three children. He died at the age of 61 on January 25th, 1934 in Spruce Pine, Mitchell Co, NC. He was buried on January 26th, 1934 in Yellow Mountain Cemetery, Plumtree, Avery Co, NC.

General Notes
- Contact Jan Westmorland at jnjwestmorland502@@att.net for further information, notes or to make corrections. I would appreciate any new additional information available.
  Contact Linda Brown <lwbldb@@charter.net> for info on Halstead/Cooper Connections.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- George Goforth
  - b.16 Jan 1809 in Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co, NC d.15 Jul 1857 in Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co, NC
  
  Robert B. 'Rainer' Goforth
  - b.12 Apr 1848 in Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co, NC d.09 May 1921 in Spear, Avery Co, NC
  
  Henry Houser
  - b.1793 in York Co, SC d.03 Aug 1842 in SC
  
  Nancy Jane Houser
  - b.12 Feb 1824 in York Co, SC d.07 Apr 1913
  
  Benjamin Jones
  - b.1768 in NC d.01 Apr 1840 in Cherokee Co, SC
  
  Faithy Jones
  - b.1800 in York Co, SC d.01 Dec 1882 in Logan Co, AR
  
  John Roberts
  - b.1718 in Craven County, North Carolina d.Jan 1784
  
  Faithy Roberts
  - b.1768 in Orange Co, NC d.21 Dec 1856 in York Co, SC
  
  Wife Unknown
  
  Blackburn Ben Goforth
  - b.06 Feb 1872 in NC d.25 Jan 1934 in Spruce Pine, Mitchell Co, NC
  
  Jane Buchanan
  - b.17 Feb 1853 in Cleveland Co, NC d.04 Nov 1945 in Senia, Avery Co, NC

Details of Blackburn Ben's family with Amelia Hall

Source/Citation http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=janwest&id=I84259

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