1911 - 1996 (84 years)
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| Name |
William Earl Gossman |
| Birth |
3 Mar 1911 |
Rural Columbus, Platte, Nebraska, United States  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
2 Jan 1996 |
Thompson, Winnebago, Iowa, United States [1] |
| Burial |
Olena Mound Cem, Buffalo Center, Winnebago, Iowa, United States [1] |
| Person ID |
I2139 |
Tarbert - Waldo |
| Last Modified |
20 Oct 2013 |
| Father |
William A. Gossman, b. 4 Apr 1864, Crooksville, Perry, Ohio, United States d. 9 Jul 1936, St Marys Hosp., Columbus, Platte, Nebraska, United States (Age 72 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah Belle Woods, b. 8 Sep 1875, near Langsville, Meigs, Ohio, United States d. 25 Jul 1963, Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States (Age 87 years) |
| Marriage |
4 Apr 1893 |
Minerton, Vinton, Ohio, United States [1] |
| Family ID |
F740 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family  |
Pearl Minnie Sprunk, b. 16 Jul 1916, Columbus, Platte, Nebraska, United States d. 12 Jul 1996, Buffalo Center, Winnebago, Iowa, United States (Age 79 years) |
| Marriage |
23 Feb 1938 |
Columbus, Platte, Nebraska, United States [1] |
| Family ID |
F755 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 May 2021 |
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| Notes |
- from the notes of Kent M. Gossman:
Always went by name Earl. Farmer. Farmed the family farm until 1944 when they moved to a farm near Thompson, IA. His mother moved with them and lived with them for awhile but also lived in her own house in Buffalo Center during some period.
HIS MEMORIAL LISTED HIS BIRTHDAY AS MAR 3, I HAD IT AS MAR 4. ASSUMING HIS CHILDREN KNEW WHEN HE WAS BORN, I CHANGED IT TO MAR 3. HE MARRIED AND THEN HIS WIFE MOVED IN WITH HIS PARENTS AND HIM. HIS FATHER WILLIAM KEPT HIM ACTIVE IN FARMING IN NEBRASKA. WILLIAM DIED AND THEN HE STAYED IN THE HOUSE WITH HIS MOTHER AND HIS FIRST 3 CHILDREN WERE BORN THERE. THEY THEN MOVED TO IOWA AND BELLE CONTINUED TO LIVE WITH EARL AND PEARL FOR WHAT MY FATHER REMEMBERS WAS 6-8 MORE YEARS. AFTER THAT THE BOYS PURCHASED THE HOUSE IN BUFFALO CENTER FOR HER TO LIVE AND EARL LIVED ON SAME FARM IN THOMPSON FOR 52 YEARS. HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE TRUSTEE DRAIN #13 IN 1968. HIS WIFE WENT INTO THE NURSING HOME (WITH A BELIEVE M.S.) WHILE I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH OR HIGH SCHOOL.
Downloaded from Rootsweb WorldConnect Project, file of Helen Rehart Fagerburg <granolamama@gmail.com>.
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