James Gober was my ggg-grandfather, one of 17 children born to William Gober with two wives. James Gober's mother was Lucy Campbell, William Gober's second wife. James Gober is named in his father's William Gober's Will which was probated 24 Apr 1826 in Newton County, Georgia. "Fourteenth, I give and bequeath unto my son, James Gober, five dollars."

James Gober married first wife Rebecca Arendall b. abt 1791, daughter of Nathan Arendall died 13 Apr 1823 & Susannah Fannin died Apr 1846, daughter of Lincoln Fannin of Elbert Co Ga. Her sister Elizabeth Arendall m. Daniel Gober, brother of James Gober, on 02 Dec 1814 in Franklin Co, Georgia.

James Gober & Rebecca Arendall's 7 known children:

#1. DANIEL GOBER b. in Georgia & died after 1880, prob. Reynolds Co, Missouri. Daniel Gober married Mary Metcalf, b. 17 May 1804 NC, d. 26 May 1896 Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, California. First child Nancy Gober, b. 28 Jun 1828 Tennessee, d. 1890 Sonoma Co, California; Nancy Gober married Theodore B. Martin. Daniel Gober & Mary Metcalf's second child was Rebecca Elizabeth Gober, b. 04 Dec 1831 Marion Co Tennessee, d. 14 Nov 1924 Alameda Co, California; she married her cousin Daniel Gober & had 6 known children. [Information from photocopy of the bible of Elizabeth Rebecca Gober aka: Rebecca Elizabeth Gober, accessed online.] Daniel Gober & Mary Metcalf's daughter Mary Jane Gober b. 01 May 1837 TN d. 12 Sept 1874 Crittenden Co, Kentucky, m. Lewis Walker; she d. age 36 of puerperal fever; baby girl Mary P. Walker, 2 months, died 30 Sep 1874; see Find A Grave Memorial #5827377.

#2. JAMES GOBER, my gg-grandfather, b. 15 Sept 1811 Georgia, d. 15 Jan 1890 in Old Burleson, Franklin County, Alabama; Primitive Baptist preacher, farmer, blacksmith. Married Nancy Wynne, d/o John Wynne & Mary "Polly" St. John. Buried at OLD Friendship Cemetery, just north of Vina & southeast of Red Bay. Grave was desecrated by vandals and tombstone destroyed. Find a Grave Memorial #50266597.

#3. SUSANNAH GOBER b. abt 1816 Georgia,d. bef 1900 Missouri. Married Joshua Brown. Their daughter Amanda Louise Brown m. Wm Rufus Proctor. See Find A Grave Memorial# 116049487. Daughter Susanna Rebecca Brown m. Thomas Gale Stratton in Missouri; see Lessley Ridge Cemetery, Huskey; Find a Grave Memorial #16668880. Son Wm Thomas Brown m. Martha Matilda Allen; see Bailey Cemetery, Huskey, Bollinger County; Find a Grave Memorial #10867745.

#4. HARRIETT GOBER, b. 4 Feb 1817 Georgia, d. 04 Sept 1896 in Paulding County, Georgia. Buried Mt. Tabor Church Cemetery, shares stone with husband, Rev. Warren Summerhill. 7 known children: James L., Find A Grave Memorial# 97350084. Jane Emily m. Archibald Alexander Grigggs; buried Buried McEachern Cemetery, Marietta, GA; shares stone with husband Archibald. Sarah m. Minor E. Croker; buried Mt. Tabor Cemetery -- their daughter Josephine Vera Croker m. James E. Cohran; buried New Canaan Cemetery, Dallas, Paulding Co; Find a Grave Memorial #64506766. Demaris m. George Lester; buried Mount Tabor Cemetery, Paulding Co; Find a Grave Memorial #97349614. William A. married Sarah Angeline Athey; they share stone at New Cannan Cemetery, Dallas, Paulding Co. Russell Thomas m. Mary A. Bell; buried Mt Tabor Church Cemetery, Paulding Co by wife Mary A; his footstone inscribed R.T.S.

#5. SARAH "SALLIE" GOBER, b. abt 1818 Georgia, d. 25 May 1876 in Franklin Co, Georgia. She married Hiram Cromer (after her death, Hiram m. #2 Elizabeth Susanna Lothridge & had Wm Hiram & then Elizabeth). Hiram Cromer had 7 known children with Sarah Sallie Gober: 1. MARY M; 2. SUSANNAH ELIZABETH m. #1 Sherrod James, m. #2 William C. "Wid" Phillips; buried Zidon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sandy Cross; Find a Grave Memorial #108403263; 3. SARAH JANE m. Jesse Glen Westbrook, buried Trinity Methodist Church Cemetery, Franklin Co Georgia; Find A Grave Memorial# 18498645; son Dr. George Washington Westbrook, Find a Grave Memorial #17597894; 4. Esther Ann; 5. John W; 6. Martha Catherine m. Burrell Wilhite Dobbs; 7. Lewis Phillip m. Nancy Dobbs.

OBIT FOR SARAH SALLIE GOBER CROMER: Civil War Era Journal of: Sarah Ann (Atkins) Cromer, Wife of George Cromer, Entries covering period: 1858-1877: May 25, 1876 -- "This morning SALLY CROMER, Hirams wife, died. She was a Christian woman. She went to meeting and not very happy and died Thursday morning. She put her house in order and her soul and has gone to her reward in glory. I stayed and seen the last breath. She went easy. I closed her eyes, and when I uncovered her breast her arms were folded across her peaceful breast as she might be on a sweet sleep. She is at rest from her labors. Her works do follow her."

#6. JANE GOBER, b. abt 1826 Georgia. On federal census taken 14 Dec 1850 in Marietta, Cobb Co, Ga, Jane was 24 years old, single, living with her father James Gober & his second wife Mary (Wisdom?). Jane Gober also appears on an Agriculture schedule in 1850 at Marietta. No other information found.

#7. LEWIS C. GOBER, b. abt 1830 in Tennessee, d. after 1876 Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. Gober, Lewis C, Co. A, 8 Missouri Cavalry (Confederate). L.C. Gober, Appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War at Cape Girardeau, Mo. for the last 15 days of August, 1863. Appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War and political prisoners received at Gratiot Street Military Prison, St. Louis, MO from Sept 16 to 20, 1863. Where captured - Cape Girardeau Mo. When captured - Aug 28, 1863. Received - Sept 20, 1863. Remarks - C.S.A. Lewis C. Gober m. Kissiah America Brown. 7 known children: NANCY m. William Dunn. CLARA JANE m. William H. Abernathy. ELMUS B. m. Hattie, m. Sarah Emma, buried Roaring Springs Cemetery, Roaring Springs, Motley County; Find a Grave Memorial #15791547. JAMES M. m. Adaline Lindley 1884 in Clay Co, Arkansas. AMERICA b. 1864 Missouri. LEWIS PLEAS GOBER, b.19 Oct 1867 Cape Girardeau Co, Missouri; d 03 Nov 1948 Scott Co, Missouri; died at home of his son R. L. Gober who lived north of Sikeston. Cause: Cancer of stomach. Buried Morley Cemetery. LARSON CRADDOCK GOBER, b. 23 Jul 1870 Cape Girardeau Co, Missouri, d 12 Nov 1929 in Hall Co, Texas. Married Della Jobe. Buried Fairview Cemetery, Memphis, Hall County; Find a Grave Memorial #46776069.

SOME SOURCES: Historical Sketch of early settlers of Franklin County. Arendall Family was written by Elizabeth Parker Tabor, a native of Franklin County. It was published originally in the Commerce News and later, March 8, 1929, in The Lavonia Times: [abstract] "Mr. Editor: I was interested in your reference in a recent copy of your paper to James Little, one of the pioneers of Franklin County. My two great grandfathers, Nathan Arendall (or Arnold as the name was later called) ... In 1790 Nathan Arendall married Susannah Fannin, daughter of Lincoln Fannin, of Elbert County. ... Their children were Rebecca, Winifred, John, Elizabeth, William and Lochlin. William died as a child, Lochlin in young manhood. Elizabeth died but do not know at what age. Rebecca married a Gober and moved to North West Georgia, where she lived and died. One of her daughters came back to Franklin County and married a Cromer. She was a woman of very fine character. The Westbrooks, at Ila, are some of her decendants. ... Winnifred at the age of 18, married her neighbor, Ludy Haley of the same age. They raised a large family and she lived to be 94 and retained her mental faculties until the last. The writer is one of her decendants and she has many more scattered over the State. ... Nathan Arendall moved to Franklin County, but judge that it was much more than one hundred years ago. He was granted 304 acres of land by Gov. John Clark in 1819 - the grant is in condition and very legible - this land is where he settled, raised his family, lived and died. For many years this has been known as the Dave Hall place in a few miles of Bold Spring Church. ... Grandmother Arendall was a woman of not only great energy and industry, but born manager. With her large family of children her crippled soldier husband, her father and mother living nearby ... She lived for 23 years after her husband's death dying in April 1846. ... About one fourth of a mile from the dwelling on a hill is the family burial ground."
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Georgia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890:
Name: James Gober
State: GA County: Franklin County
Township: Tax List 1807 Year: 1807
Record Type: Tax List Page: 113
Database: GA 1792-1819 Tax Lists Index
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Georgia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890:
Name: James Gober
State: GA County: Franklin County
Township: Tax List 1818 Year: 1818
Record Type: Tax List Page: 060
Database: GA 1792-1819 Tax Lists Index
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Georgia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890:
Name: James Gober
State: GA County: Franklin County
Township: Tax List 1819 Year: 1819
Record Type: Tax List Page: 140
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02 Jul 1829, Sweeton's Cove, Marion County, Tennessee, USA
GOBER, James -- 1829 --- #851 Cumb. Mtn & Sweetens Cove, 100 acres.

1830 Census or Land Entry No. @ Joining Land: Detail: 1830 is the 1st Census available for Marion = 00000000-00000000; 1st Entry Deed Book –1824; Date, Entry #, adjoining land & # acres. Deed Book “A” 1819-1826. source: http://grundycountyhistory.org/05_Res/Counties/M/MC1830_Census_Land_Records.pdf
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Name: James Goler [James Gober]
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Marion, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 5
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 7
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1834 18 Feb, Marion County, Tennessee: James Gober Sold to James Sheid of Franklin County Tn 100 acres
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1840 - unable to locate James Gober on an 1840 federal census. search continues....
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05 Jun 1847, Bedford Co, Tenn. James Gober witnessed the slave sale of Daniel Gober and Mary Medcalf to Isaac Troxler of Vinah, a slave woman. Daniel Gober was the son of James Gober & Rebecca Arendall; he was b. abt 1810 in Georgia & married Mary Metcalf.
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DEATH OF JAMES GOBER'S FIRST WIFE REBECCA ARENDALL. Unable to locate any data regarding date of death. I have chosen to show her death about 1848; by 1850 census, James Gober has remarried.

SECOND WIFE OF JAMES GOBER:
Mary Wisdom, b. abt 1810 in Georgia, d.aft 1880 in Paulding Co, Georgia,

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Jane Gober [James Gober]
Age: 64
Birth Year: abt 1786
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Marietta, Cobb, Georgia
Gender: Female
Family Number: 1874
Household Members: Name Age
Jane Gober 64 [James]
Mary Gober 40
Jane Gober 24

By 1860 census, James Gober's widow Mary Wisdom Gober was living in the household of Rev. Warren Summerhill & his wife Hariett Gober (d/o James Gober & 1st wife Rebecca Arendall). 1870 census finds Mary Gober and son Sanford Gober residing in California, Paulding Co, Georgia, in household of widowed Harriett Gober Summerhill, age 53. The 1880 census in California -- District 43, Paulding Co, Georgia, has Harriett Gober Summerhill, and Mary Gober living with her, age 70.

RESEARCH ONGOING........