Bio of James Boss (b.1876)Wabasha Co., MN

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James Boss, a prosperous farmer residing in section 31, Gillford Township, 
was born in this township, October 12, 1876, son of Andrew and Jeanette 
(Nesbit) Boss. He acquired his education in the school of district 88, and 
subsequently for one year attended the Minnesota Agricultural College. He 
remained on the home farm until the spring of 1896, and the summer and 
fall of that year he spent in Crookston, Minn., working on the State 
Experimental Farm. Then returning to Wabasha County, he remained on 
the home farm until 1901. That fall he began farming for himself on a 
rented farm at Oak Center, where he remained two years. He then bought 
an 80 acre farm in Gillford Township which he operated three years, and 
then sold, at the end of that time renting a farm of 260 acres in Gillford 
Township adjoining the old homestead. His next move was to Zumbro 
Falls, where he lived for two years employed as a rural mail carrier. In 
1913 Mr. Boss bought his present farm of 120 acres in section 31, Gillford 
Township, adjoining the village of Zumbro Falls, it being an old improved 
farm with a good house and other buildings, and he has since been 
profitably engaged in its operation. He has 108 acres under the plow, has a 
good tile silo, and an adequate equipment, and does general farming. His 
stock consists of grade Shorthorn cattle, Poland-China hogs and 
Shropshire sheep. In addition to his work on the farm, for the last five 
years he has been manager of the Farmer's Shipping Association of 
Zumbro Falls. He is also a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator Co., The 
Zumbro Falls Telephone Co., and the Farmers Co-operative Creamery of 
Zumbro Falls. Mr. Boss was married October 29, 1901, to Media Ann 
Claflin, who was born in Big Stone, Minn., April 5, 1883, daughter of 
William H. and Adda M. Claflin of Zumbro Falls. Her parents, who were 
among the early settlers in Gillford Township, are now living at Sweet 
Briar, N.D. Mr. and Mrs. Boss are the parents of two children: Beth Mary, 
born November 29, 1903, who is attending the Zumbro Falls high school; 
and Clifford James, born November 20, 1907, who is a student in the 
seventh grade of the common school.

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