This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Goff, Burleson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5MZ.2ACEB/1057 Message Board Post: The following appeared in the August 11, 1803 issue of the [Cooperstown, NY] Otsego Herald: Departed this life, at Burlington, on Monday the 8th inst. Lydia, the wife of Mr. John Burleson, and oldest child of David Goff, Esq. of a long painful illness, which she bore with patience and fortitude, being, towards the last of her sickness, perfectly resigned to the will of God; and confident in her hopes of a better resurrection. She was almost 31 years of age – of a tender, mild, humane disposition; very kind to all in distress; benevolent and friendly to her neighbors. She was a prudent wife, a tender mother, and an obedient and affectionate child. She lived beloved, and died lamented by all her acquaintance. She has left a disconsolate husband, one motherless little son, and afflicted parents, a very aged grand parent, four brothers, one sister, and a number of other dear friends, relations and acquaintances to lament her death. May the Lord sanctify the dispensation to her friends that survive.