Henry Gosch 1810--1892

GOSCH, GRAVES, MUSENBRING

Posted By: Jeanne Catron (email)
Date: 8/31/2005 at 09:56:01

HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, IOWA 1879

HENRY GOSCH, FARMER, SEC. 6; PO GREEN ISLAND; BORN GERMANY IN 1810; CAME TO AMERICA IN 1858 AND IMMEDIATELY TO JACKSON CO., WHERE HE HAS SINCE RESIDED. HIS FIRST WIFE DIED IN 1860; HER MAIDEN NAME WAS ELSIE GRAVES. MR. GOSCH MARRIED AGAIN; HIS PRESENT WIFE'S NAME (BEFORE MARRIAGE) WAS MUSENBRING; THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1861; NO CHILDREN BY LAST MARRIAGE, BUT BY THE FIRST--SEVEN, FIVE OF WHOM ARE STILL LIVING, NAMED AS FOLLOWS: ELLA, ANNIE, HENRY, KATHERINE AND MARY; THOSE DEAD WERE NAMED JERRY AND ELLEN. MR GOSCH HAS A PLACE AMONG THE EARLY SETTLERS OF JACKSON CO. OWNS 150 ACRES OF LAND, 80 OF WHICH IS UNDER CULTIVATION. MR. G IS A REPUBLICAN.