Lucy T. Goff (181) and Stephan Bayard (187)

 
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 Lucy Turner Goff (181) was born 21 September 1836, a daughter of Joshua G. Goff (56) and Deborah Wilkinson (140).

In 1858, Lucy married Stephen Bayard (187). Stephen was born 21 September 1830, a son of George A. Bayard (223).

Stephen is descended from Colonel Stephen Bayard (1298) who, along with Col Isaac Craig, was the first property owner in Pittsburgh. They bought the three acres of land between Fort Pitt and the Allegheny River. On this land, they erected a wind mill, to grind grain for a distillery and for the inhabitants of the town of Pittsburgh. Eventually, they also owned the site of Fort Pitt, itself, where Isaac Craig and his family lived in the blockhouse. Elizabeth, on the Allegheny River, was named for Elizabeth Mackay(1299), wife of Colonel Bayard and daughter of the Commandant of Fort Pitt.

Lucy and Stephen together had four children: Mamie (188), Stephen, II (189), Bertha (190), and Lillian (191).

Lucy copied the "History of J.G.Goff's Family", written by her father, for several of her cousins.

Stephen died 18 September 1898 at his home at Elrod, near McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. His obituary, in the Pittsburgh Press for 20 September 1898 reads:

Stephen Bayard, a member of one of the oldest families of Pittsburgh, died at his late residence, Elrod, near McKessport, Saturday. He was born in this city 68 years ago and was a son of the late George A. Bayard, one of Pittsburgh's earliest business men , and the original owner of the Allegheny cemetery,

BAYARD - Suddenly on Saturday, Sept. 18, 1898, Stephen Bayard aged 68 years. Funeral at his late residence, Elrod, Pa., this evening at 7:30 o'clock. Interment private at Allegheny cemetery, Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock.

Following Stephen's death, Lucy lived at 815 Washington Ave, Carnegie, PA with her daughter Bertha Bayard Galbraith and her husband, William May Galbraith. Lucy apparently moved to Florida around 1917. She died in St. Petersburg, Florida 18 September 1918. Lucy and Stephen are buried in Allegheny Cemetery, Lawerenceville, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

 

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