Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Moss, William F. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com October 23, 2006, 12:53 am Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) WILLIAM F. MOSS, county commissioner from the second district, and a Summit Lake township farmer, has lived in Nobles county nearly twenty-three years. He owns a 480-acre farm, all of which is in Summit Lake township except 80 acres, which adjoins his other land and lies in section 1, Dewald. His place is finely improved, and he has a splendid orchard of 400 trees. Mr. Moss is of German birth, having been born in Mecklenburg. He is the eldest of a family of five children, all of whom except himself are living in New York state. His father is Joseph Moss, who came from Germany in 1870, and who now resides at Bushell's Basin, near Fairport, N. Y., aged-83 years. The mother of our subject was Hannah (Smith) Moss, who was born in Germany and died in New York state in 1888. On November 16, 1870, Mr. Moss came with his parents to the new world and located at Fairport, N. Y. In the vicinity of that town he worked for wages until 1883, when he came west and located at Marcus, Iowa. There he farmed two years and then moved to Nobles county. He purchased property in Summit Lake township, and there he has resided ever since. At Pittsford, N. Y., in February, 1881, occurred the marriage of Mr. Moss to Miss Mary Schroeder, a native of Germany. They are the parents of the following children: Henry, Emma, Roy, Lilly, Minnie and Clarence. Mr. Moss has taken quite an active part in local politics. He has served several terms as chairman of the Summit Lake board of supervisors, and has also been treasurer of the board, as well as clerk of the school district in which he resides. In 1906 Mr. Moss was elected a member of the board of county commissioners on the republican ticket, and is now serving the second year of the term. He is treasurer of the Farmers Mutual Telephone company and is secretary of the Reading Threshing company. Additional Comments: Extracted from: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY MINNESOTA BY ARTHUR P. ROSE NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA PUBLISHERS 1908 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/nobles/bios/moss124gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb