GOSS FAMILY | |||
 William Sprague GOSS, son of Horace Sprague GOSS and Jane M. SWAN.Born 23 Aug 1856 St. Johnsbury,Caledonia Co., VT, died 25 Dec 1945 Chanute,Neosho Co., KS, 89 years Married 13 May 1879 Sterling, KS (62 years married) to:  Ida Estelle HONEY, daughter of George William HONEY and Levina Marietta ORDWAY.Born 28 Aug 1858 Town Of Two Rivers,Manitowoc Co., WI, died 13 Apr 1942 Chanute,Neosho Co., KS, 83 years Notes Letter from daughter Ruth to William D. Goss indicated her mother, Ida Estelle was born in Rochester, NY. Census of June 1860 indicates her father and mother and one brother were resident in the Town of Two Rivers, Manitowac, Wisconsin. Census indicates Ida's birth place as Wisconsin. She is only one and half years old at the time of the census. Children: 1. Harry Leslie GOSSBorn 20 Feb 1880 Sterling, KS, died 13 Feb 1964 Phoenix,Maricopa Co., AZ, 83 years 2. Horace George GOSSBorn 26 Jan 1884 Genda Springs, Cowley, KS, died 01 Feb 1913 Chanute,Neosho Co., KS, 29 years Burial plot 1901000302 in Chanute Kansas records. 3. Grace Eliza GOSSBorn 06 Oct 1888 Geuda Springs,Sumner Co., KS 4. Kenneth Lyle GOSSBorn 19 Oct 1894 Geuda Springs,Sumner Co., KS, died 1979 Chanute,Neosho Co., KS, 84 or 85 years 5. Helen Ruth GOSSBorn 14 Nov 1897 Topeka,Shawnee Co., KS, died 1988 Chanute,Neosho Co., KS, 90 or 91 years 6. William Francis GOSSBorn 1911 Chanute,Neosho Co., KS, died 1927 Chanute,Neosho Co., KS, 15 or 16 years Notes Birth date estimated from Kansas Census records of 1915 which shows age as 4 years. Date and place of death from Chanute Cemetery records, showing burial plot 1901000301. 1915 census gives the nameas Francis W. However 1925 census and Cemetery records give the name as William F, Goss. | |||
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