SAMUEL FRANCIS GOVE

Gove, Samuel Francis (1822-1900), a Representative from Georgia; born in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Mass., March 9, 1822; attended the common schools; moved to Georgia in 1835 with his parents, who settled in Twiggs County; engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits; was also a missionary; upon the readmission of the State of Georgia to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from June 25, 1868, to March 3, 1869; presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-first Congress, but was not permitted to qualify; ordained as a Baptist minister in 1877 and was a traveling missionary from 1879 until his death in St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Fla., December 3, 1900; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Macon County, Ga.
Parents: Samuel Gove, Sarah Hollis
Spouse 1: Unknown
Children:
Sarah E Gove b. abt 1847 Georgia
Samuel F Gove b. abt 1848 Georgia
Emma A Gove b. abt 1850 Georgia
Spouse 2: Georgia A. [Gove] b. abt 1842 Georgia
Children:
Lucy A Gove b. abt 1859 Georgia
Mattie C. Gove b. abt 1861 Georgia
Richard B. Gove b. abt 1863 Georgia
Lillian Gove b. abt 1869 Georgia

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell