BIOGRAPHIES:  Richard B. GOSS, Durand, Pepin Co., WI

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RICHARD B. GOSS, merchant, Durand. Son of Philip and Huldah Goss; was
born in Huntington, Luzerne Co., Pa., Sept. 30,1826. He was employed as
clerk in a store at Tunkhannock, Pa., for a few years, and then came to
Springfield, Ill., and engaged in railroad bridge building for about a
year; then returned to Wilkes Barre, Pa.; engaged for a while in a
store; then went to farming and hotel-keeping, until he came to
Wisconsin, in 1864, and settled in Durand. Here he was employed a short
time as clerk, by George Tarrant, until he commenced in the mercantile
business for himself. He was married, Aug. 11, 1861, to Miss Rosina
Hille, of Wilkes Barre, Pa., formerly from Wurtemburg, Germany. They
have five children living, one deceased.

-Transcribed from the "History of Northern Wisconsin, 1881," page 701


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