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This page is dedicated to
Robert Woods, Edward Barton, Roberta Grahame, and all the Eoff researchers past,
present, and future. Also, to my great
grandmother, Eliza Jane Eoff Spencer, because if I hadn't been looking for her,
I never would have found the rest! 
My
great grandparents, Eliza Jane Eoff and William Joseph Spencer | | Eoff
Family Folklore Stories
(links will open a new window) Marion
County Historical Society News Quarterly, August 1994 - (links will open a
new window) Pictures
of Silver Designed and Created by Garret Eoff
(link will open a new window) Places
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Did
you know?... - Family
Nicknames - Some of the most common names
in the Eoff family have been Isaac and John. This caused much confusion over the
years, especially in times when there were multiple family members with those
names within a community. Because of this, several family members are known by
knicknames that distinquish one from another. Some family knicknames are, Long
Ike, Prairie John, Humpty John, Go Back John and Come Back Lizzie. John and Lizzie
received their names because John kept moving from Carroll Co. to Izard Co., and
his wife, Lizzie, was always making him Come Back to Carroll Co.
- At
least two Eoffs have served time in prison
-Richard Eoff, born in Burnsville, Mo on August 9, 1900, spent time in Illinois
State Reformatory. He is said to have been arrested because he buried an axe,
which just happened to be in his wife's head. and
Carl Dobbins, grandson of
Eliza Jane Eoff Spencer, died in the electric chair in Texas in the 1930s. He
accidently shot and killed his mother in law (he was aiming at his wife!).
- Also, at least two Eoffs
were doctors in the 1800's -John Eoff
of Wheeling, West Virginia and another John Eoff of Savannah, Tennessee.
- Twins run in
the Eoff family - There are several notations
of twins, two of which were the twin sons of James Monroe Eoff, and Jasper E.
Eoff and his twin, John Newton Eoff. Jasper and Newton, being named for the town
and county name where the Eoff homestead is located in AR.
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