Gose, Steven A.

GOSE

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Date: 6/29/2021 at 11:21:29

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.694

GOSE, STEPHEN A., (listed as Gase, S. A. in history book) farmer, Union Township, Sec. 2; P. O. Sandyville; born in Boone county, Indiana, Feb. 21, 1841; his parents removed to Marion county, this State, in 1851, where his youth and early manhood was spent; he enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, in Co. A, Thirty-third Iowa Infantry, and was in active service till the close of the war; he was mustered out with the regiment, Aug. 9, 1865, having been engaged in the following battles: Little Rock, Prairie de Anna, Jenkins' Ferry, Fort Blakely, Spanish Fort, and other skirmishes; after his return from the army he engaged in farming during the summer and school teaching during the winter; was married March 31, 1870, to Miss Rebecca A., daughter of T. J. and Julina (Lambert) Sinnard, who was born in Mahaska county, this State; they have one daughter, Ora J.; he came to this county in 1870; owns 200 acres fine land, well improved, and is now building a handsome residence.

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.554

STEVEN A. GOSE
S.A. Gose is not only one of the leading citizens of Union township but also fought for the preservation of the Union during the dark days of the Civil war and as such he is justly deserving of prominent mention in the history of his county. Throughout his active business life he has engaged in agricultural pursuits and is today the owner of a fine farm on section 2, Union township. Mr. Gose was born on the 21st of February, 1841, in Boone county, Indiana, and is a representative of an old Virginia family of German origin. His grandfather, Stephen Gose, and also his father, George W. Gose, were natives of Virginia and in that state the latter grew to manhood. On leaving the Old Dominion they removed to Boone county, Indiana, where in the midst of the wilderness they cleared and improved a farm. There George W. Gose was united in marriage to Miss Frances Brown, a native of Kentucky , and they continued to make their home in Boone county for a number of years.
In 1851 they removed to Marion county, Iowa , where he opened up a farm and is still residing at the advanced age of eighty-nine years. S. A. Gose was ten years of age when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Marion county, Iowa , and in the common schools of that county he acquired a good practical education, which well fitted him for teaching, a profession he followed in Marion county for one winter before entering the army. Joining the boys in blue, he enlisted August 8, 1862 , as a member of Company A, Thirty-third Iowa Volunteer Infantry, which was assigned to the Western Department. His first engagement of any consequences was at Helena, Arkansas, and he was later in the battles f Little Rock, Prairie Deanne, Jenkins Ferry, the siege of Spanish Fort and other engagements. He was never off duty on account of illness or other causes and at the close of the war was mustered out at New Orleans and honorably discharged. Returning home, he then engaged in farming during the summer months, while through the winter he taught school for a few years.
In March, 1869, in Warren county, Mr. Gose married Miss Rebecca Sinnard, a daughter of Thomas J. Sinnard, and they have one child, Ora J., the widow of E. F. Warren, who died here in February, 1898. She has a son, E. F. Warren, Jr., who is now ten years of age. After his marriage Mr. Gose located on a part of his present farm in Union township, commencing with eighty acers, only a part of which was under cultivation and the only improvement was a small house. As time passed and he prospered in his farming operation he kept adding to his property until he now has four hundred and fifty acres of rich and arable land, on which are two good sets of farm buildings. He raises and feeds quite a large amount of stock and is regarded as one of the most progressive and enterprising agriculturists of his community. Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise, Mr. Gose has been a stanch supporter of the republican party, casting his first vote for Abraham Lincoln while in the army in 1864. He has been a delegate to the county, state and congressional conventions of his party and has filled the office of justice of the peace in this county and as assessor in Marion county. Both he and his wife are prominent members of the Otterbein United Brethren church, the house of worship being built on the Gose farm. He has taken a leading and active part in church and Sunday school work, serving as superintendent of the Sunday school for twenty-two years and is now secretary of the Warren County Sunday School Association. His life has been one of continuous activity, in which has been accorded due recognition of labor and today he is numbered among the substantial citizens to any movement calculated to benefit the moral, intellectual or material welfare of this section of the country or advance its wonderful development.