GOBLE FAMILY ASSOCIATION -
MEMBERSHIP
Hello all! Evelyn may look small beside me (at
5’11”), but she has BIG shoes to fill. I will do my best to be equal to the
task. This is the time of year when we
renew our membership in the Association. If you haven’t done so already, please
take a minute to fill out the bright pink form that came with the July 2007
Newsletter and send it in with your dues for the 2007-2008 year. I am in the process of opening our new bank
account. We need volunteers for
Secretary and regional reps from Canada and the Mountain area. There’s not a lot of work to any of
them. Please call or email me if you
think you might be able and willing to help us out. Barbara Goble Volker, bgvolker@theworks.com
/ 559-432-6330.
The Goble Y-DNA project with Family Tree DNA
is continuing to grow as Goble researchers try to get past "brick walls"
with their ancestors. Currently we have
10 kits processed, and 2 being processed for a total of 12. There are 6 separate test groups. Lines we have received Y-DNA marker results
for are: Thomas Goble/Alice Brookman, Peter
Cauble/Mary Ann Rotan, John Peter Goble/Sarah A. Garrigues;
Cornelius Goble/Sarah Teague; Hans (Johan) Jacob
Gabel/Maria Margaretha Rheinmueller; Robert Goble/ Rebecca
Baldwin. As a result of this testing Addison Goble has learned that he
is connected to the Thomas Goble tree…exactly how we must still establish, but
the DNA doesn’t lie. The test is very
easy to do - swab an inside cheek, and return to FTDNA in Houston, Texas.
The test results are confidential. Cost for each test is: Y-DNA 12 marker
- $99.00; 25 marker - $148; and 37 marker - $189.00. If cost is a factor, the Goble Family
Association may be able to help with the test kit purchase. For more
information on the test results, please go to our homepage and click on Goble
DNA Project. Please email me at
Revis_stamps@sbcglobal.net
if you have any questions.
NEW BOOK BY CALVIN PARKER
Icon and Outcast: The Life of Jonathan
Goble By F. Calvin Parker
Jonathan Goble (1827-1896) was the most colorful and
aggressive missionary in nineteenth-century Japan. The maverick Baptist won
acclaim as inventor of the rickshaw, translator of the oldest extant Bible
portion published in Japan, and pioneer in the distribution of Scriptures. But
he was disliked for his volcanic temper, violent acts, and shady ethics. The
missionary icon became an outcast.
This book grew out of the author's 1990 work, Jonathan
Goble of Japan, which earned these reviews:
"A
fascinatingly colorful personality comes to life in the pages of this scholarly
book."-New York History
"Outstanding study of the complexities of one missionary. Excellent
example of the historian's craft."-Journal of Japanese Studies
"The
book blends good scholarship with human interest, rich local color, and
readability. It will reward any reader."-Missiology
The present
work, newly written with fresh insights, offers a different perspective on an
extraordinary missionary. Aimed at a wider audience, it too will reward any
reader.
F. Calvin
Parker, a
missionary to Japan for thirty-eight years, taught at Seinan Gakuin University
and edited the Japan Christian Quarterly. He is the author of six books
and scores of articles in journals and reference works. Calvin and his wife
Harriett live in Mars Hill, North Carolina.
You can order this book at Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Icon-Outcast-Life-Jonathan-Goble/dp/0595451993/ref=cm_taf_title_featured?ie=UTF8&tag=tellafriend-20)
The
Buffalo Bill Cody Connection!
By
Evelyn Goble Steen
At our last
reunion in Branson, Missouri I discovered many of our members don’t know the
story of Buffalo Bill Cody, or how it relates to the Goble family history?
The Kansas
homestead of William H. "Harrison" (8) Goble in Salt Creek Valley,
Kickapoo was settled in 1855. The farm bordered the property of Isaac Cody.
Harrison and his wife Lydia had eleven children who went to Salt Creek Valley
School as did the Cody children. One of the Goble boys was Stephen H. H. (9)
Goble, called Steve. Isaac Cody's son was William Cody, called Willie. Steve and Willie were friends, at times, and
at other times were interested in the same girl and at odds with each other.
One day while at
school Steve and Willie got into an argument. The next day Willie brought a
knife to school in his boot. When the class went out for recess Steve and
Willie began to fight again. Steve said Willie knocked off his hat. Willie said
Steve kicked over his girl's playhouse. As they struggled, Willie pulled out
the knife and stabbed Steve in the leg. It was a sizable wound and there was a
lot of blood. Willie was scared and believed he had killed Steve. He ran into
the nearby hills where he knew a wagon train was staying.
The Sheriff and
Harrison Goble rode into the hills looking for Willie. They came upon the wagon
train, but were told Willie wasn't there. Willie joined the wagon train and
after saying good-by to his mother and sister, headed west.
Willie served in
the Army briefly during the Civil War, as did Steve, as a buffalo hunter. He
was very proficient at this task and was given the name "Buffalo
Bill" when he supplied buffalo meat for the workers on the Kansas Pacific
Railroad in 1867-68. In 1883 he organized his famous Wild West show and
returned to Kansas many times. It's said that he became friendly with the
Gobles after the incident and invited them to his performances.
Steve, of
course, survived the attack and told the story many times to his children,
grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Steve (9) Goble died in 1930 in Kansas.
The following is
an article from a Leavenworth newspaper prior to one of Buffalo Bill's
appearances:
BUFFALO BILL TO
THRILL HOMETOWN CROWD
As handbills throughout the city
attest, the citizens of Leavenworth will soon have the opportunity to share the
thrills of the "Wild Bill" Hickok show in which our own William F.
"Buffalo Bill" Cody will be one of the star attractions.
Our readers will recall that in
an earlier discussion of Mr. Cody, we considered him "too good for banning
from local history - and not quite good enough to be unreservedly
blessed."
Mr. Cody was born in Iowa in 1843
but came to Leavenworth with his family when he was about 10 years old. The
family lived on a farm in Salt Creek Valley where he was exposed to undue violence
at a very tender age. At the age of only 13, he was present at a fight in front
of a country store near Leavenworth where his father received a serious knife
wound defending his Free-state principles. Four months later he died of the
kidney wound and was buried on Pilot Knob.
There is written evidence that
Mr. Cody was responsible for the death of a Mr. Hugh Hall, a dashing and
handsome fellow from Leavenworth. Mr. Hall was shot with a Colt revolver by
Billy in a duel as they fought over the love of one Nannie Vennor, a daughter
of a farmer residing hear the Cody homestead.
Even Mr. Cody's second love
affair is tainted with violence. He courted Mollie Hyatt, whose parents were
well-to-do settlers in this area. In defense of the pride of the coy lass,
Billy tangled with Steve Gobel and before it was done, Gobel was stabbed in the
side with a pocket knife. Fearing he had killed his foe, Billy fled Leavenworth
and joined a wagon train headed west to Ft. Kearney.
He later learned that Gobel had suffered
only a flesh wound - but continued on his reckless ways, earning the nickname
"Buffalo Billy" and became proficient, it is said, at the scalping of
an occasional "injun" to save his own skin.
It wasn't until 1886 that Mr.
Cody married Louise Frederici of Missouri and returned with his bride to
Leavenworth where his daughter, Arta, was born. Since that time he's
participated in many other pursuits including being a scout, a Pony Express
rider, and a supplier of buffalo meat for crews of the Kansas Pacific Railroad.
Thus we urge parents, who permit
impressionable children to see this show to provide sufficient guidance that
they might not be led astray by Mr. Cody's so-called romantic exploits.
Recently Rootsweb added a header to all frames and
pages of all websites housed on their system.
Our webpage The Goble Genealogy Homepage is housed on
Rootsweb. The header covered our search
button and made it necessary for me to change the coding program. After a rather long search I located GEDHTREE. I have converted most of our databases using
this new program and will have them all converted soon. Please try searching the newly converted
databases and let me know your thoughts.
One new advantage is that notes and sources will be available. I believe photographs will be available in
the near future. I am not as pleased
with the searching capability and I don’t think the charts are as easy to
print. In anyone knows of a better
system for converting GEDCOM to HTML, please let me know.
Thanks you, Evelyn (GobleNews@aol.com )
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MARTINSVILLE, IN -- Joanne Downey (Barbara
"Joan" (10) Goble), 77, of Martinsville, IN, and formerly of
Casey, IL passed away at 12:40 a.m. July 21, 2007 at Community South
Hospital in Indianapolis, IN. She was born October 12, 1929 in Casey IL, the
daughter of Charles H. "Herb" Goble and Mary Linder Wood Goble.
Survivors include son, Robert Downey and wife Lou Ann of Martinsville, IN;
daughter, Andrea Brooke and husband Randall of Rock Hill, NC; grandchildren,
Alison Lee, Melissa Lee, J.J. Downey, Danielle Downey and Shawn Downey;
brothers, James L. Goble and wife Betty of Dallas, TX and Robert L. Goble and
wife Charlotte of Casey, IL; sister in law, Ina Goble; several nieces,
nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. She was preceded by her parents,
brother, Charles G. Goble and son, James Jeffery Downey on November 14, 1977.
Joanne was a homemaker and a substitute teacher for all levels in the Wayne
Twp. Schools on the west side of Indianapolis, IN. She was a member of the
First Christian Church, Martinsville, IN and was a graduate of Indiana Normal
Teachers College. Funeral Services will be at 2 p.m. CST on Monday, July 23,
2007 at the Markwell Funeral Home, Casey, IL with Rev. Dan Smith officiating.
Burial will be in the Casey Cumberland Cemetery. Visitation will be held one
hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the
Indiana Chapter of Multiple Sclerosis, 7301 Georgetown Road, Suite 112,
Indianapolis, IN 46268. Markwell Funeral Home of Casey, IL is in charge of
the arrangements. Memorial tributes for the family may be sent to
www.markwellfuneralhome.com.
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Published in the Journal Gazette &
Times-Courier on 7/21/2007.
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Jack B. (12) Shininger
of
Cottage Grove died Sept. 13, 2007 of spindle cell sarcoma at age 71. No
service is planned. He was born June
15, 1936, in Tillamook to Franklin and Lois Stuart Shininger. He married Carol
Stevenson on Sept. 22, 1962, in The Dalles. He practiced radiology in Coos
Bay-North Bend from 1972 to 1992.
Survivors include his wife; a
daughter, Lori Ann Shininger of Sacramento; a son, Steven of Eugene; a brother,
Stuart of Aloha; and two grandchildren.
Arrangements by Smith-Lund-Mills
Funeral Chapel in Cottage Grove. Remembrances to Sacred Heart Hospice.
(Thomas Goble Tree)
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Irene Goble
died
September 14, 2007 in Grass Valley. She was 88.
Mrs. Goble was born Feb. 17, 1919, in Yuma, Colo. She was a beautician
for most of her life, and she enjoyed crocheting and spending time with her
children and grandchildren. She moved to Grass Valley about eight years ago to
be close to her two daughters.
Mrs. Goble’s family remembers her as a
beautiful person.
She is survived by her children, Judy Moon of Colfax, Glenda Terrell of Grass
Valley and David Goble of Reno, Nev.; grandchildren, Nathan Terrell, Nicole
Reilly, Shelly Duarte and Jason and Jennifer Goble; great-grandchildren, Greg
Moon, Dominic Duarte, Jessica Duarte, Andrew Duarte, Faith Duarte and Gracie
and Cassidy Terrell. She was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Earl
Desmond Goble, Jr., in 1989. (Unconnected Goble Tree)
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Mr. George W. Goble, age 79 of
Calhoun, passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at Gordon Hospital.
Mr. Goble
was born in Pickens County on July 28, 1928, son of the late Neal and Mary
Center Goble. He was a retired textile worker and was president of the
Oostanaula Community Club where he was a member for over 22 years. He was a
member of The Church of God of Prophecy in Plainville.
Mr. Goble
was preceded in death by his wife of 50 years, Dorothy Faye Fountain Goble.
Survivors
include his wife, Imogene Tucker Jones Goble, Calhoun; daughters and
sons-in-law, Gail and Bob Pearce and Darlene and Ernie Smith, all of Calhoun;
step-son, Randy Jones, Calhoun; grandchildren, Stacey Bennett, Lamar Cronon,
Chris Davis, Madison and Matthew Smith; and great-grandchildren, Zack and
Austin Bennett, Halley and Gabrielle Cronon and Cali Davis.
The funeral
service was held Friday, August 3 at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of Max Brannon and
Sons Funeral Home with the Revs. Jerry Gaddis and Jimmie Timms officiating.
Interment was in Gordon Memorial Gardens.
www.maxbrannonandsons.com.
(Southern Goble Tree)
OUR NEXT NEWSLETTER
Since
we were a little late with this issue we may need to regroup this year and
start anew in January 2008. Although we
try to put out a quarterly newsletter (4 times a year) this newsletter will be
the last one this year. Thank you for your
understanding and support!
Alisa Megan (Maggie) (14) Steen was born July
31, 2007 in Dayton, Ohio to Robert and Pennapa Steen. She is the granddaughter of Evelyn (Goble) and Warren Steen.
(Thomas
Goble Tree)
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David Willis (13) Hawkins was born August
8, 2007, in Mattoon, Coles co., Illinois to Tony and Debra Hawkins. He is Grandson to Mary Alice Honnold and
great-grandson to the late Mary Marguarite (Goble) Honnold.
(Thomas Goble Tree)
Joshua Michael Mills and Andrea Michelle
Williams
were united in marriage at the Powel Crosley Estate in Sarasota, Florida,
September 2, 2007. Officiating minister George Dumas.
Andrea
Williams is the daughter of Michael Williams and Lisa Strickland of Kentucky.
Joshua Mills is the son of Michael Mills of Kentucky and Tracey Mills-Detweiler
of Bradenton, Florida. Grandson of Curtis & Freda Goble Tussey. (German Goble Tree)
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Stephen Robert (12) Goble married Diane
Christine Templeton on November 11, 2006. They are pictured below. The
snapshot was made last month at a family get-together in Virginia. Steve and
Diane make their home in Pennsylvania. “A grand time was had by all.” (Thomas Goble Tree)
Helen Marie (11) Goble Klem will be 90 years old on
November 16th. She is the
daughter of Edger Allen "Al" (10) Goble and Lena Luella Scott of the
Thomas Goble tree.
Margaret Emma (11) Goble Faulkner celebrated her 90th
birthday on October 13th at the Stanley Dollar Mansion in Rossmoor,
Walnut Creek, California. Her birthday
was October 15, 1917. She is the
daughter of George (10) Goble and Mary Ann Carder of the Thomas Goble Tree.
Roy Scott (11) Goble will be 93 on October 30th.
He is the son of Edger Allen "Al" (10) Goble and Lena Luella Scott of
the Thomas Goble tree and still works a few hours a week at his son’s auto shop
in Kansas.
Alice Loretta Ley Goble, grandmother to Alice Mary
(12) Goble Blandel turned age 93 on September 29th. She had a stroke in July and is recovering
in a rehabilitation facility in Michigan. Alice was married to Harold (Harry) William (10) Goble January
30, 1932 in Angola, Indiana and they had 4 children: Richard, Francis, Patricia
Ann and Joan Marie. (Thomas Goble Tree)