Goss, John

GOSS

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Date: 7/5/2021 at 13:42:27

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

GOSS, JOHN, farmer, Union Township, Sec. 23; P. O. Sandyville; born in Davison county, North Carolina, July 7, 1810, and lived there till 1821, when he removed to Owen county, Indiana, where he was raised; he was married Nov. 1, 1832, to Miss Rebecca Brown, a native of that State; in the spring of 1848 he came to this county and entered the homestead on which he now resides; Mrs. Goss died June 5, 1855, and he married for his second wife Mrs. Cavanaugh, June 20, 1856; by his first union he has seven children: Athelinda C. (wife of J. Sandy, of this State), Martha L. (wife of John P. Sutton), Juretta E. (now Mrs. Grimsley), John F., James M. and Rebecca A.; by his last marriage he has the following: Alfaretta, William C., Emaretta, D. Homer and Annetta; lost one daughter, Mary J. Beaman, and three others in infancy; Mr. Goss is a man who is respected by all who know him, and religiously is a Seventh Day Adventist, enthusiastic in his belief and true to his convictions.