Darius Goff (May 10, 1809 – April 14, 1891[2]) was one of the foremost textile manufacturers in the United States and a leading citizen of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

His father, Lt. Richard Goff, was a partner in the Union Manufacturing Company in Rehoboth, dyeing yarn which would be made into cloth.

In 1826, at age 17, Goff headed to Fall River to study the woolen business with John and Jesse Eddy.

[1] After Goff recovered from his injury, together with his brother Nelson he bought the Union Cotton Mill in Rehoboth in 1836.

Goff eventually wound up creating his own process through trial and error, becoming the first manufacturer of plush in the United States in 1882.

[1] Goff served repeatedly on the Town Council of Pawtucket,[1] and in 1871, he was elected to the Rhode Island State Senate.

Their three children were Darius Lee and Lyman Bullock Goff, who went into the family business; and his daughter Sarah married Thomas S. Steele of Hartford, Connecticut.

[5] Darius Goff is buried with his family in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island.