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Leroy Wellington Goss

Birth	:	22 Mar 1850 Oswego County, New York, USA
Death	:	1931
Burial	:	Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Cairo, Hall County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.9888992, -98.6303024
Description	:	From the Grand Island Herold published Thursday, Dec 24, 1931 Death of Pioneer Resident Leroy Wellington Goss was born in 1850 in Oswego county, New York, the son of Oliver and Sophronia Goss, of New York state, and passwd away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Henry Vierk, Sunday evening, Dec. 20, 1931. Mr. Goss has been a patient sufferer from dropsy, for the past year. LeRoy Goss was united in marriage to Miss Laura L. Holly, in 1872, who preceded him in death. They homesteaded on 160 acres two miles south and four miles west of... Read More	From the Grand Island Herold published Thursday, Dec 24, 1931 Death of Pioneer Resident Leroy Wellington Goss was born in 1850 in Oswego county, New York, the son of Oliver and Sophronia Goss, of New York state, and passwd away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Henry Vierk, Sunday evening, Dec. 20, 1931. Mr. Goss has been a patient sufferer from dropsy, for the past year. LeRoy Goss was united in marriage to Miss Laura L. Holly, in 1872, who preceded him in death. They homesteaded on 160 acres two miles south and four miles west of Cairo, which place Mr. Goss still owned at the time of his death. In 1909 they retired to Cairo. Surviving him are five daughters: Mrs. Minnie Vierk, Mrs. Ruth Vierk, and Mrs. Nora Van Winkle, all of Cairo; Mrs. Mabel Mortimer of Shelton, and Mrs. Blanche Stahl of Lincoln, Neb; on son, Leon H. Goss of Chicago, Illinois. One daughter, Mrs. Bernice Harriman, preceded him in death a few months ago. Mr. Goss experienced many hardships in the early days and could relate many interesting stories of these days. ***** info courtesy of [email protected] Leroy Wellington Goss was bom in 1850, in Oswego County, New York, the son of Oliver and Sophronia Goss, both natives of the Empire state. He was one of four children, the others being: Orsemous, who is deceased; Ada, the wife of Albert Thomas, a dairyman in Jefferson County, New York, and Arleta, who also lives in New York. Leroy W. Goss came to Hall County in 1872 and soon secured a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, situated six miles south of Cairo. Later he went to Wyoming to work on a railroad, but shortly returned and began the cultivation of his land, breaking the virgin sod with a yoke of oxen. It was not until his second year on this prairie farm that he owned a wagon. Today Mr. Goss has fine improvements on his place which include a comfortable farm house, but when he first settled here he lived in a sod house, as did most of his neighbors. He engaged in general farming and raised cattle and stock until he retired in 1909. Leroy W. Goss married Miss Laura L. Holly, who was born in Jefferson County, New York, in 1853, became the mother of the following children: Minnie, the wife of Henry Vierk, a mail carrier at Cairo; Leon II., assistant treasurer of the Cudahy Packing Company, Chicago; Bernice, the wife of Emory llerriman, a carpenter living in Oregon; Nora, the wife of L. E. Van Winkle, a farmer in Hall County; Mabel, the wife of George Mortimer, in the automobile business at Shelton; Blanche, the wife of C. C. Stahl of Lincoln; and Ruth, who is the wife of Herman Vierk, a farmer of Buffalo County, Nebraska. All his children have been given educational advantages and all are well fixed in life. He has never been much of a politician in the sense of following the dictates of any political party but he always casts his vote as a good citizen, giving support to the candidate who in his estimation is qualified for the office. Mr. Goss can relate many interesting stories of the early days in Hall County. ~ History of Hall County, Nebraska: A Narrative of the Past with Special ... edited by August F. Buechler, Robert J. Barr, Dale P. Stough, Western Publishing and Engraving Company, 1920 - Hall County (Neb.)

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Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Laura Lucinda Holly Goss

(1853 - 1928)

Siblings

Children

Minnie A. Goss Vierk

(1871 - 1965)

Launora L Goss Van Winkle

(1881 - 1966)

Mabel C Goss Mortimer

(1885 - 1965)

Ruth Ann Goss Vierk

(1887 - 1949)

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