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Milo Jasper Goss

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Milo Jasper Goss

Birth
Lower Waterford, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA
Death
27 Jul 1856 (aged 39)
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Burial
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 8, 23
Memorial ID
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Removed from Kalamazoo, Michigan, to Oak Ridge Cemetery in January 1900. Name was listed in error as Milo J. Goff on Oak Ridge Cemetery records.


Milo Jasper Goss was born on 15 August 1816 in Lower Waterford, VT. The birth year of 1814 reflected on his tombstone here is in error.

Birth Record for Milo Jasper Goss
Name: Goss, Milo Jasper
Born: August 15 1816 in Waterford, Caledonia Co, VT
Source: Bk.2 p.111 [Town Records, clerk of Lower Waterford, VT.]

Milo Jasper Goss

Milo Jasper Goss died in San Francisco on Sunday, 27 July 1856.
"In this city, Gen. Milo J. Goss of Kalamazoo Michigan, age 40. His friends and acquaintances are invited to attend his funeral this day, Monday, at 9 o'clock at the house of Mr. Parker's on the corner of California and Powell streets." (The Daily Alta California, 28 July 1856)

Milo's age at the time of his death further supporting the year of his birth as 1816. He was originally buried in the Lone Mountain Cemetery in San Francisco.

Source Citation: California State Library "The Book of the Dead" - San Francisco, El Dorado County and Tehama County Cemetery Records, ca. 1850-1862; Sacramento, California; Microfilm Reel #30
http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=2054&iid=31806_212062-02963&fn=Miles+J&ln=Goss&st=r&ssrc=&pid=14519

At some point, he was moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan and was buried there in the Mountain Home Cemetery. [Lot #411, C-14] The date of his death given on this card is wrong.
http://kalamazoogenealogy.org/KPL%203x5%20Files/10506.HTM


Subsequent Milo Jasper Gosses –

His son:
Milo Jasper Goss II --
Milo J. b. Jun 20, 1848 d. Apr 19, 1894 -- http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/allegan/cemeteries/h42301.txt
[wrong birth year]

• Birth: 20 JUN 1846 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan [correct birth year]
• Death: 19 APR 1894 in Plainwell, Allegan, Michigan

Milo Jasper Goss II

His grandson:
Milo Jasper Goss III

Birth: Jan. 7, 1888
Death: May 12, 1963


His Great Grandson:
Milo Jasper Goss IV "Bill"

Birth: Dec. 31, 1923
Death: Aug. 5, 2006



Removed from Kalamazoo, Michigan, to Oak Ridge Cemetery in January 1900. Name was listed in error as Milo J. Goff on Oak Ridge Cemetery records.


Milo Jasper Goss was born on 15 August 1816 in Lower Waterford, VT. The birth year of 1814 reflected on his tombstone here is in error.

Birth Record for Milo Jasper Goss
Name: Goss, Milo Jasper
Born: August 15 1816 in Waterford, Caledonia Co, VT
Source: Bk.2 p.111 [Town Records, clerk of Lower Waterford, VT.]

Milo Jasper Goss

Milo Jasper Goss died in San Francisco on Sunday, 27 July 1856.
"In this city, Gen. Milo J. Goss of Kalamazoo Michigan, age 40. His friends and acquaintances are invited to attend his funeral this day, Monday, at 9 o'clock at the house of Mr. Parker's on the corner of California and Powell streets." (The Daily Alta California, 28 July 1856)

Milo's age at the time of his death further supporting the year of his birth as 1816. He was originally buried in the Lone Mountain Cemetery in San Francisco.

Source Citation: California State Library "The Book of the Dead" - San Francisco, El Dorado County and Tehama County Cemetery Records, ca. 1850-1862; Sacramento, California; Microfilm Reel #30
http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=2054&iid=31806_212062-02963&fn=Miles+J&ln=Goss&st=r&ssrc=&pid=14519

At some point, he was moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan and was buried there in the Mountain Home Cemetery. [Lot #411, C-14] The date of his death given on this card is wrong.
http://kalamazoogenealogy.org/KPL%203x5%20Files/10506.HTM


Subsequent Milo Jasper Gosses –

His son:
Milo Jasper Goss II --
Milo J. b. Jun 20, 1848 d. Apr 19, 1894 -- http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/allegan/cemeteries/h42301.txt
[wrong birth year]

• Birth: 20 JUN 1846 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan [correct birth year]
• Death: 19 APR 1894 in Plainwell, Allegan, Michigan

Milo Jasper Goss II

His grandson:
Milo Jasper Goss III

Birth: Jan. 7, 1888
Death: May 12, 1963


His Great Grandson:
Milo Jasper Goss IV "Bill"

Birth: Dec. 31, 1923
Death: Aug. 5, 2006





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  • Maintained by: dgossec
  • Originally Created by: BjJ
  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73662919/milo_jasper-goss: accessed ), memorial page for Milo Jasper Goss (15 Aug 1816–27 Jul 1856), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73662919, citing Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by dgossec (contributor 47398614).