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Below is a family biography included in History of Warren County, Iowa published by Union Historical Company in 1879.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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GOSS, JOHN, farmer, 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.

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