This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Goff, Searl, Switzer, Rutter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5MZ.2ACEB/945.2.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Hello to all the folks researching for Goffs. This is my first posting to this message thread. Have any of you come across any of the following people in your searches? My great-grandfather was John Burdette Goff, born in Nebraska June 25, 1872. His father, to the best of our knowledge is Daniel R. Goff. John's wife was Olive Janet Searl (Searle, Searles), born July 18, 1875, possibly near Tecumseh Neb. John and Olive moved to Wyoming and are buried in Cody, WY. We have several census records that indicate Daniel was born about 1814-15 in Pennsylvania. He had a first marriage to an older woman, Rebecca, born in Tennessee. He married a widow named Mary Switzer (Schweitzer) who had four children; Alice, Louella, James W. and Rose. A later census shows Daniel and wife Mary with son John and the two step-children. Mary was born to Thomas and Elizer Rutter, had brothers William and J.L. Mary's first children were all born in Ohio. The grave of Daniel R. Goff is just! north of Tecumseh Neb. in the Spring Creek Cemetary. I would love proof of birth place for Daniel and his wives, proof of the two marriages and resting place for Mary Rutter Switzer Goff. Information on any of these people and their descendants and photos would be greatly appreciated. I can be reached at [email protected] Thank you for responding.