Samuel Flemming Allen Goble was born on 7. Feb. 1843 at near, Manasquan, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He married
Alice or Allis Wardell, daughter of
Samuel Lovell Wardell and
Theresa Irons, on 8. Jan. 1867 at Colts Neck, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Samuel Flemming Allen Goble died on 29. Jan. 1924 at Point Pleasant, Ocean County, New Jersey, at age 80. Taken from letter from great grandmother, Margaretta Goble written 12/7/51:"My
father, whose full name was Samuel Fleming Allen Gobel, he was named after
his Mother's father. The bronze plaque on the Monmouth Co. side of the
Upper Bridge over the Manasquan River, on the West side of the higway is either
his Grandfater or Great Grandfather on his Mother's side...My father did not
like his full name, so he dropped the Samuel Fleming off."
U.S. Naval Pension application # 29164:"Ocean County, NJ, On this 10th day of
Feb 1913 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, Allen Goble, 70
yers of age and a resident of West Point Pleasant, County of Ocean, NJ; he is
the identical person who was enrolled at New York City under the name of Allen
Goble on the 9th of September 1864 as a Coal heaver in the Navy in the service
of the United States in the Civil war, and was honorably discharged at
Philadelphia, Pa, on the 25th day of September 1865. Was put on the receiving
ship North Carolina at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, sent to West gulf squadron, put
on board receiving ship Fear Not. then to gun boat Fort Gaines. Personal
description: height: 5 ft 6 3/4 inches; complexion, light; color of eyes,
light; color of hiar, light, that his occupation was laborer; that he was born
February 7th, 1843, at near Manasquan, Monmouth County, NJ. Several places of
residence since leaving the service have been as follows: Point Pleasant and
West Point Pleasant, Ocean County, NJ. He is a pensioner under certificate No.
29164. He makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the
pension roll under the provisions of the act of May 11, 1912. His post-offic
address is West Point Pleasant, NJ
Dutch Reformed Church Records of Marriages in Colts Neck, Monmouth Co., New
Jersey: "Allen Goble age 24, single of Point Pleasant , son og Sidney &
Margaretta Goble md Jan. 8, 1867 by Reve Jas. Bolton Alice wardell age
23, single, of Point Pleasant, dau of Sam. & Theresa Wardell. Wit: Chas
Sherman, Henry Sickles"
Vital records- marriage in NJ State Library, Trenton
1850 Census: S.M. Allen Goble listed as child
1860 Census: Brick township. Ocean Co., NJ pg 8, Family #55 lists S.F.A. Goble
as a child
1880 Census: pg. 28 (West Brick Township?)
Goble, Allen w, m. 35, seafarer b. NJ, parents b. NJ
Alice w, f, 35, wife b, NY, parents b. NJ
Anna w, f, 12, daughter, b. NJ
Margaretta, w, f, 7, daughter, b. NJ
Frank w, m, 4, son, b. NJ
Martha C., w, f, 1, daughter, b. NJ
Sherman, Ann, w, f, 72, keeps house, b. NJ
Death certificate #504 in New Jersey State Library. Full name Samuel Fleming
Allen Goble; place of death- Point Pleasant, NJ. male, white, widowed, husband
of Alice Wardell, date of death Jan 29, 1924; cause of death- Acute bronchitis;
occupation: Carpenter (retired)Birth date Feby 7th, 1843, age 80 yrs. 11 months
22 days. Place of birth U.S.A; name of father- Sidney Goble, b. USA; name of
mother Margaretta Allen, b. USA; buried Whitelawn Cemetery, Feb 2, 1924.