BIO: Manley B. GOFF, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 458 & 461.
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  MANLEY B. GOFF, proprietor of the Brady Street Roller Mills, located at No. 
340 South Brady street, DuBois, Pa., is one of the representative business men 
of the place, with which he has been identified since 1900.  He was born March 
14, 1867, in Jay township, Elk county, Pa., and is a son of Algenorn E. and 
Caroline E. (Pearsall) Goff.
  Algenorn E. Goff was born and reared in Elk county, Pa.  he was a son of 
Potter Goff, and was but a boy when his father died.  The latter was one of the 
pioneers of Elk county, a descendant of Lord William Goff, a native of Ireland.  
Great-grandfather Goff was a cooper by trade but became blind in his last years 
and was taken care of by his children.  Algenorn E. Goff was reared by his 
half-brothers and followed farming and lumbering in Elk county for many years.  
After retiring from active labor he came to DuBois, where he now resides.  He 
married Caroline E. Pearsall, a daughter of Alfred Pearsall, formerly of Elk 
county, and five children were born to them, namely:  Florence E., who is the 
wife of W. H. Weed, of Weedville, Pa.; Manley B.; Elvira, who is deceased, was 
the wife of Edward Henry, of Clearfield county; Mary, who is the wife of R. D. 
Hall, of DuBois; and Carrie, who is the wife of U. G. Green, of DuBois.
  Manley B. Goff grew to manhood on the home farm and attended the district 
schools of Jay township and the High School at Penfield, Pa.  After spending 
twenty-eight years on the farm he determined to engage in other business and 
moved to Caledonia, Elk county, where he embarked in a general mercantile 
business, in partnership with Fred A. Tozier, which was continued for one year, 
when Mr. Goff removed to Johnsonburg and bought out the grocery, flour and feed 
business of E. C. Stanley.  Mr. Goff carried on this enterprise for about 
eighteen months but not being satisfied with results then spent a short time 
looking about for a better business field, finding promising prospects at 
DuBois, to which place he came in April, 1900.  Here he purchased the Brady 
Street Roller Mills, from S. J. Schrecongost, and conducted the business alone 
until July, 1909, when he admitted M. W. Barclay as a partner, the latter of 
whom was succeeded in December, 1910, by R. L. Hunter.  The capacity of the 
mill is fifty barrels a day of high grade flour, their chief brand being the 
Lily White, and buckwheat and other grains are also ground.  The mill is well 
equipped and the business is in a very flourishing condition.
  Mr. Goff was married first in September, 1895, to Miss Lulu V. Terry, whose 
death occurred three years later.  In October, 1900, Mr. Goff was married 
second to Miss Olive May Rexford, a daughter of T. E. Rexford.  Their residence 
is at No. 337 S. Brady street, opposite the mill.
  In politics Mr. Goff is a Republican and he has always been an active and 
interested citizen.  While residing in Elk county he served three years as jury 
commissioner, was auditor of Jay township and three years served as township 
treasurer.  In 1896 he was the Republican candidate for associate judge of Elk 
county and in the election was defeated by only 200 votes, which was a very 
close margin, considering that the county is normally Democratic.  Since 
becoming a citizen of DuBois he has served three years as a member of the 
borough council.  His only fraternal connection is with the Patriotic Order of 
Sons of America.
  Algenorn Goff's great-grandfather was Guernsey Goff, who was a blind man and 
cooper by trade, and worked at his trade although blind.