Etc. --  John P. Goble's 1910 obituaries (2 articles)
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A lightly edited page 1 article from the 31 Mar 1910 issue of the Simcoe Reformer newspaper.

Deacon John P. Goble of Townsend

Deacon John P. Goble of Villa Nova, one of the oldest, best-known and most universally esteemed resident of Townsend Township, passed to this rest on Sunday, 20 Mar 1910, after an illness of some six weeks' duration.

Deacon Goble was a son of Rev. Jacob Goble, better known as Elder Goble, a pioneer Baptist preacher of the Long Point District. He was born in Blenheim Township, in what is now the County of Oxford, in the year 1823. He moved to Townsend with his parents when a boy of nine. On 16 Oct 1849 he married Miss Emily Smith, who survives him. The youthful couple began housekeeping immediately after their marriage upon the farm on which the aged pioneer passed away last week.

His funeral, held on Wednesday, 23 Mar 1910, to the family plot in Greenwood Cemetery, Waterford, was attended by a large concourse of neighbors and friends. The pall bearers were six stalwart young men, grandsons of the deceased. 

The services were in charge of Rev. Mr. Chapman, pastor of the Villa Nova Baptist Church, who was assisted by Revs. Moore, Elliott, Kelly, Burch, Haviland and Sheppard, of the Baptist and Methodist denominations. The warm tributes of gratitude, respect and praise paid by the clergymen, told effectually the life story of the man who was the object of them, and struck a responsive chord in the hearts of all present.

John P. Goble was a man of light and leading in the community in which he had spent his life. He was well read and intelligent, sincere, outspoken, perhaps at times a trifle brusque, but warm hearted and kindly. He had a quaintly humorous way of putting things that made his sayings widely quoted. Neither in religion or politics did he entertain any "philosophic doubts." He was a Baptist and a Liberal. And he was both from choice, wholeheartedly and enthusiastically. 

The clergymen, some of whom had known him long and intimately, bore willing testimony to the help and encouragement they had received from him and described him as having been a "tower of strength" to the Villa Nova Church, of which he was a charter member. 

A few months ago he laid the corner stone of the new church building now nearing completion. It was his dearest wish that he might live to see the beautiful edifice dedicated. But this privilege was denied him.

Politics to John P. Goble was more that a struggle between the outs and the ins. His liberalism had its beginning in the stormy times of 1837 and he never varied or trimmed. There was no uncertainty as to where he was to be found when called upon. In his vigorous years he took an active and prominent share in the promotion of his party's interests in the county and was honored with positions of trust and confidence in its councils.

He belonged to a type of men of pronounced opinions, and courage and ability to express them, that, it is to be regretted, is not now so numerous as in the earlier years of the country.

Besides his widow already mentioned, Mr. Goble is survived by two sons, Jacob and George of Townsend, and two daughters, Mrs. Geo. Stafford of Waterford,  and Mrs. C. J. Holmes of California.

 

A lightly edited page 1 article from the 31 Mar 1910 issue of the Waterford Star newspaper.

Deacon John P. Goble

In the death of Deacon John P. Goble on 20 Mar 1910, Townsend lost one of its most honored and respected citizens. He was a son of the Rev. Jacob Goble and was born in the Township of Blenheim, Oxford County, in 1823. In 1832 he moved with his parents to the Township of Townsend and has been a resident here ever since.

He was married on 10 Oct 1849 to Miss Emily Smith, daughter of the late James Smith. They at once settled on the farm where Mr. Goble died.

He was a charter member of the Villa Nova Baptist church, and was honored with the laying of the corner stone of the new church, but was not spared to see its completion.

The late Mr. Goble was one of those men whom a country may justly feel proud to recognize as a truly representative citizen, in modest and unassuming attention to his business affairs, in courteous and gentlemanly deportment, in unswerving integrity and loyalty to the country in which his lot was cast, and to his Maker, he stood out amongst the residents of this section as a worthy citizen.

He was an enthusiastic Baptist, and in politics a staunch Liberal. He was very fond of reading, and has often been heard to remark that his favorite literature was the Bible, the Canadian Baptist, the Globe and the Star.

The funeral was held on 23 Mar 1910 and was one of the largest ever held in Norfolk county. Services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. James Chapman, assisted by Revs. W. H. Haviland, J. B. Moore, D. D. Burtch,
S. Judson Kelly, F. C. Elliott and E. E. Sheppard.

The pallbearers were his grandsons, Messrs. 
Ora, Newton, Fred J. and Wandey Goble, and 
J. H. Stafford and Chas. Fiebig.


 

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