Bio of Andrew Boss (b.1835)Wabasha Co., MN

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Andrew Boss, an early settler in Gillford Township, and at one time one 
of the leading citizens of Wabasha County, was born in Kinloss, 
Scotland, July 6, 1835, and came to America at the age of 17 years. For 
two years he remained in New York City, being employed as a clerk in a 
drug store. He then came west and at Janesville, Wis., about 1859, he 
met and married Jeanette Nesbit. In 1863 Mr. Boss came with his wife to 
Wabasha County, Minnesota, buying a homestead claim on section 15, 
Gillford Township. The place was but slightly improved, only a small 
part of the land being broken, the house being a shack, and straw sheds 
in use as a substitute for stables. Mr. Boss at once started to develop a 
good farm, erecting a substantial house and other buildings. For a long 
period he served as town clerk, and in time acquired such local 
popularity that he was elected to the state legislature, in which he served 
for two year, in politics being a Democrat. He died on the farm August 
22, 1897, and was survived by his wife, who passed away in 1905, also 
on the old homestead. Their children were as follows: Marcia, now Mrs. 
A. H. Lamb of Oak Center; Jean, wife of J. E. Knight of Sherwood, Ore.; 
Andrew, an instructor in the Minnesota Agricultural College at St. Paul; 
William, who holds a similar position there; James, of Zumbro Falls, 
Minn.; Alexander, of Sherwood, Ore.; David, now proprietor of the old 
home farm in Gillford Township; John, who is deceased, and two others 
who died in infancy.

Note: This biography was taken from the book "History of Wabasha 
County" copyrighted in 1920.