Bio of Foss, R. H. (b.1849) Wabasha Co., MN
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Foss, R. H., stock-dealer, Lake City, was born at Rye Beach, near
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, January 29, 1849. His father, Joel N. Foss, is
of Scotch descent, and was born in the same state, as was his wife,
Adeline Locke, of Puritan stock. In July, 1857, our subject came to
Minnesota with his parents, and was reared on a farm in West Florence,
Goodhue county. His education was furnished by a limited course in the log
schoolhouse of that region. He became a resident of Lake City in 1874, and
has ever since been engaged in the purchase and sale of horses and other
stock. Has real estate in Minneapolis and Moorhead and in Pepin county,
Wisconsin. In July, 1874, he was united in marriage to Miss Ellen A.,
daughter of Robert Gray, elsewhere sketched in this book. They have three
children Christened respectively, Bernard, Clarence and Viginia. Mr. Foss
is a thorough and consistent republican. He was five successive times
elected constable of the town of West Florence.