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Note N932 Index

From Smith's obit files dated 6 Jan 1916 we read: William Gordon, one of our most respected citizens, died at his home about three miles east of town, Saturday evening. Funeral at the Presbyterian church at this place Tuesday at two p.m., Rev Vancamp officiating.

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Note N933 Index

Farmer

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Note N934 Index

A Benjamin is listed in the Pickens Co, Ga Census of 1860. This may not be him, however. A Pvt Benjamin Goss is listed in Company I, Cherokee Legion, Georgia volunteer Infantry, "Pickens Raid Repellers".
Death certificate lists birthplace as South Carolina.

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Note N935 Index

James M. Goss performed the ceremony when the parents of my source, Claudine Childers Prather, were maiired. Her parents were Arthur and Ella Fountain Childers.

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Note N936 Index

Lived in the Philadelphia District of Pickens Co, Ga.

"GOSS -- Rev. W. H. Goss, age 84, died Wednesday night. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. James Spence Goss; two daughters, Mrs. J.M. Johnson and Mrs. J.H. Prather; two sons, Mr. Jack Goss, Mr. Simon E. Goss, all of Jasper, Ga.; one sistser, Mrs. Leola Turner, fairmont, Ga.; one brother, Mr. Millard A. Goss, Calhoun, Ga.; also 24 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday from Philadelphia Baptist Church. Rev. Ed Frady and Rev. Alex Teague will officiate. Burial will follow in the church yard. Chapman Funeral Home, Jasper, Ga."--2 Jul 1954, The Atlanta (GA) Constitution

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Note N937 Index

Died at 2 years of age.

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Note N938 Index

Died of Lumpus sarcoma shortly after returning from the Marines and marrying.

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Note N939 Index

Served in the Marines for four years. First name may be Harry.

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Note N940 Index

In about 1883, George K. Truesdale, a stage coach driver, got a map of Shandon, San Luis Obispo County, and people started going there from Santa Paula. In about 1884, he along with Columbus Baxter Grainger and George Pfost, moved their families to Shandon. They drove their cattle and carried their family possessions on a wagon. Attributed to "Homesteaders in the Shandon Valley" by LaVista, vol 3, no 1.

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Note N941 Index

From Fleming County, Kentucky they moved to Lecompton, Douglas County, Kansas. David was a Justice of Peace and was murdered 6 Jan 1859 along the Kansas River. Mary and children are listed in the 1860 census in Jefferson County, Kansas, living near George W. Gray who was David's brother. After that she returned to Fleming County and married James Denton 1 Sep 1861, as his third wife.

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Note N942 Index

Barney is believed to be a descendant of John and Priscilla Alden, who came to America on the Mayflower in 1620. They were among the first of the Mayflower passengers to be married in America. Their descendants include President John Quincy Adams and the American poets Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and William Cullen Bryant.

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Note N943 Index

Date calculated from 1860 Census age.

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Note N944 Index

According to Conklin, the Grooms from which Abigail descends lived in the area of New Brunswick, NJ. Mary J. is the name given in the census source. Identified in father's will, dated 1823.

Not found in 1870 Census