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Show Bateman, who bore him four sons and five daughters. In 1872, Hyrum's father, Isaac Goff and his mother-in law, Clarissa Arnold built a store in Midvale, the second store south of Salt Lake City in the county. Two additions known as were made and "Goff & Co." north side of what is Hyrum was president a company meeting house. Afterwards they returned ner Maria had prepared for them. Melissa Goff Smith MARINDA BATEMAN GOFF Center Street in Midvale. and manager until the day Marinda P. Bateman .vas the daughter of Samuel Bateman and Marinda Allen. She was born in 1861 in he died. West in the musical ac important part Hyrum played tivities of the community. At fourteen, he was chosen to sing in the ward choir and later became the leader. He composed many songs and played the piccolo. Jesse Argent played the bass viola, Bill Turner the fiddle, Ira Beckstead was the caller and they played for many of the dances in West Jordan, Bingham Canyon, Herriman and other communities. Hyrum held many church and civic offices and when Midvale was incorporated as a city, he was selected as its first mayor. He die in 1914. an hot din a incorporated They built an opera house on the now to Jordan, Utah. In 1878, she became the second wife of Hyrum Goff. Soon after this marriage, the government started the anti-polygamy raids in Utah. Hyrum moved Marinda and her family to the northern part of the state. She and Clara Hyrum were the parents of nine children Marinda, Samuel Henry, Edna Ray and Edith May (twins), Dora Arminta, Edgar Allen, Mary, Wilford - J edediah and By Cora Goff Dahl and Carol Goff Kemp Harvey Lorenzo. ISAAC AND MARY NAYlOR GOFF Goff, born in 1812, was the son of Abraham and Alice Lester Goff Mary Naylor was born in 1815, daughter of Samuel and Ann Smith Naylor. Both were born in Long Whatton, Leicestershire, England as were all of their ten children. They moved to Nottingham in Isaac Maria Clarissa MARIA 1. ARNOLD GOFF Tryphena Arnold, born in 1855 to Josiah and Jones Canfield Arnold, was one of the first - children born in West Jordan (Midvale). Her father died when she was four years old. Maria and her sisters, Ellen and Melissa, went to school in the old rock meeting house near the West Jordan Cemetery. They loved this old building because it second home to them. School was was almost like a held here, church and socials and almost all entertainments meetings plays and dances were in this building. Produce accepted as the entering fee. At the age of fifteen, she plighted her troth with Hyrum Goff and on New Year's Day 1871, Hyrum and such-as was Maria left West Jordan (Midvale) for Salt Lake to be married in the Endowment House. They were parents Cora Maria, Hyrum Herbert, Clifford Isaac, George Arnold, Ellen of twelve children - Hyrum LeRoy, Adelia, Harold, Alma Angus, Irene Lenore, Melissa Loraine, Clarissa Laura and Alicia Margaret. Maria and Hyrum had an organ in their parlor and the children were musically inclined, but Harold was especially talented. He could sing well and taught speech at the University of Utah, where he also par ticiated in dramatics and was editor of the school paper. Many of the church officials coming from Salt Lake to visit the West Jordan Ward (Midvale) would stay at their home They travelled from the city on a train .. "Bingham Bill." It went daily from Salt Lake to Bingham and stopped at Bingham Junction. Getting off the train here, about 8:00 a.m. they would walk to the Goff home. Maria would have the parlor ready for them and they would sit there until Sunday School time when Hyrum would take them in his surrey to the rock known as Isaac and 28 Mary Goff with daughter. Sarah (Steve-nson). courtesy Alice Wallgren |
