A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative ..., Volume 2
by George Frederick Wright
Clair O. Goss is proprietor of one of the distinctive enterprises of Lorain County, namely: The Glendale Ferret Company of Wellington. This is an important department of his farm on Rural Route No. 1 out of Wellington, and he has had a great deal of success in raising ferrets for commercial purposes. He ships his animals to every state in the Union, and has a complete set of buildings and equipment necessary for the propagation and training of these very valuable animals. He has shipped as high as 1,000 in a season.
Mr. Goss was born in Brighton Township, January 22, 1883, and is one of the live and progressive younger citizens of Lorain County. His parents were Otis F. and Mary (Sinclair) Goss. His father was born at Berea, Ohio, April 23, 1839, and died March 20, 1908. He was a son of David and Aurelia (Porter) Goss, the former a native of Montague, Massachusetts, and the latter of Vermont. David Goss came out to Ohio when a single man and after investigating the country went back East and returned with his bride. He was a very prosperous and enterprising citizen, owned a large farm and operated two mills. Otis F. Goss was seven years old when he came with his parents to Brighton Township, received his education in this county, and became a farmer and also conducted a sawmill and followed his trade as a carpenter. He was a republican in politics, but later gave his support to the prohibition cause. He pursued his business as a farmer on eighty acres of land. Both he and his wife were active members of the Congregational Church. His wife, Mary Sinclair, was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, August 12, 1850, and is still living. They were married September 26, 1876. Her father was Alexander Sinclair and he brought his family to the United States in 1852 when Mrs. Goss was two years of age. The Sin clairs settled near Ruggles, and afterwards went to Clarksfield, where Mr. Sinclair bought a farm and spent the rest of his days. In the Sinclair family were eleven children, and the three now living are Mrs. A. E. Watt of Greensburg, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Isabelle Ross, a widow, living at Wakeman, Ohio; Mrs. Goss. Alexander, deceased, was a farmer at Clarksfield.
Clair O. Goss is the only child of his parents. He received his education in the district schools and had much preliminary training on a farm before taking up agriculture as his regular vocation. His farm comprises eighty acres of land, and he gives his time to general farming, to the operation of the Glendale Ferret Company, and he also does some dairying. The farm is well improved, and he has one of the best silos in the entire county.
On September 8, 1910, Mr. Goss married Ona Niles, a daughter of Jerome and Carminetta A. (Gillett) Niles, and a granddaughter ot Ichabod and Miranda (Lake) Niles. Her father was born in Canada in 1860 and died in 1890 and her mother was born in Lorain County in 1854 and is still living. Mrs. Goss has one brother, Edwin, who is a policeman at Kansas City. Mrs. Goss is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while Mr. Goss belongs to the Congregational Church. He is a member of the Maccabees and politically is a republican. In the fall of 1915 he was elected township trustee and had served two terms in that office prior to that election. He is a very popular and widely known citizen in Wellington Township.
Thanks to Msmith for this information.
by George Frederick Wright
Clair O. Goss is proprietor of one of the distinctive enterprises of Lorain County, namely: The Glendale Ferret Company of Wellington. This is an important department of his farm on Rural Route No. 1 out of Wellington, and he has had a great deal of success in raising ferrets for commercial purposes. He ships his animals to every state in the Union, and has a complete set of buildings and equipment necessary for the propagation and training of these very valuable animals. He has shipped as high as 1,000 in a season.
Mr. Goss was born in Brighton Township, January 22, 1883, and is one of the live and progressive younger citizens of Lorain County. His parents were Otis F. and Mary (Sinclair) Goss. His father was born at Berea, Ohio, April 23, 1839, and died March 20, 1908. He was a son of David and Aurelia (Porter) Goss, the former a native of Montague, Massachusetts, and the latter of Vermont. David Goss came out to Ohio when a single man and after investigating the country went back East and returned with his bride. He was a very prosperous and enterprising citizen, owned a large farm and operated two mills. Otis F. Goss was seven years old when he came with his parents to Brighton Township, received his education in this county, and became a farmer and also conducted a sawmill and followed his trade as a carpenter. He was a republican in politics, but later gave his support to the prohibition cause. He pursued his business as a farmer on eighty acres of land. Both he and his wife were active members of the Congregational Church. His wife, Mary Sinclair, was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, August 12, 1850, and is still living. They were married September 26, 1876. Her father was Alexander Sinclair and he brought his family to the United States in 1852 when Mrs. Goss was two years of age. The Sin clairs settled near Ruggles, and afterwards went to Clarksfield, where Mr. Sinclair bought a farm and spent the rest of his days. In the Sinclair family were eleven children, and the three now living are Mrs. A. E. Watt of Greensburg, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Isabelle Ross, a widow, living at Wakeman, Ohio; Mrs. Goss. Alexander, deceased, was a farmer at Clarksfield.
Clair O. Goss is the only child of his parents. He received his education in the district schools and had much preliminary training on a farm before taking up agriculture as his regular vocation. His farm comprises eighty acres of land, and he gives his time to general farming, to the operation of the Glendale Ferret Company, and he also does some dairying. The farm is well improved, and he has one of the best silos in the entire county.
On September 8, 1910, Mr. Goss married Ona Niles, a daughter of Jerome and Carminetta A. (Gillett) Niles, and a granddaughter ot Ichabod and Miranda (Lake) Niles. Her father was born in Canada in 1860 and died in 1890 and her mother was born in Lorain County in 1854 and is still living. Mrs. Goss has one brother, Edwin, who is a policeman at Kansas City. Mrs. Goss is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while Mr. Goss belongs to the Congregational Church. He is a member of the Maccabees and politically is a republican. In the fall of 1915 he was elected township trustee and had served two terms in that office prior to that election. He is a very popular and widely known citizen in Wellington Township.
Thanks to Msmith for this information.
A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative ..., Volume 2
by George Frederick Wright
Clair O. Goss is proprietor of one of the distinctive enterprises of Lorain County, namely: The Glendale Ferret Company of Wellington. This is an important department of his farm on Rural Route No. 1 out of Wellington, and he has had a great deal of success in raising ferrets for commercial purposes. He ships his animals to every state in the Union, and has a complete set of buildings and equipment necessary for the propagation and training of these very valuable animals. He has shipped as high as 1,000 in a season.
Mr. Goss was born in Brighton Township, January 22, 1883, and is one of the live and progressive younger citizens of Lorain County. His parents were Otis F. and Mary (Sinclair) Goss. His father was born at Berea, Ohio, April 23, 1839, and died March 20, 1908. He was a son of David and Aurelia (Porter) Goss, the former a native of Montague, Massachusetts, and the latter of Vermont. David Goss came out to Ohio when a single man and after investigating the country went back East and returned with his bride. He was a very prosperous and enterprising citizen, owned a large farm and operated two mills. Otis F. Goss was seven years old when he came with his parents to Brighton Township, received his education in this county, and became a farmer and also conducted a sawmill and followed his trade as a carpenter. He was a republican in politics, but later gave his support to the prohibition cause. He pursued his business as a farmer on eighty acres of land. Both he and his wife were active members of the Congregational Church. His wife, Mary Sinclair, was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, August 12, 1850, and is still living. They were married September 26, 1876. Her father was Alexander Sinclair and he brought his family to the United States in 1852 when Mrs. Goss was two years of age. The Sin clairs settled near Ruggles, and afterwards went to Clarksfield, where Mr. Sinclair bought a farm and spent the rest of his days. In the Sinclair family were eleven children, and the three now living are Mrs. A. E. Watt of Greensburg, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Isabelle Ross, a widow, living at Wakeman, Ohio; Mrs. Goss. Alexander, deceased, was a farmer at Clarksfield.
Clair O. Goss is the only child of his parents. He received his education in the district schools and had much preliminary training on a farm before taking up agriculture as his regular vocation. His farm comprises eighty acres of land, and he gives his time to general farming, to the operation of the Glendale Ferret Company, and he also does some dairying. The farm is well improved, and he has one of the best silos in the entire county.
On September 8, 1910, Mr. Goss married Ona Niles, a daughter of Jerome and Carminetta A. (Gillett) Niles, and a granddaughter ot Ichabod and Miranda (Lake) Niles. Her father was born in Canada in 1860 and died in 1890 and her mother was born in Lorain County in 1854 and is still living. Mrs. Goss has one brother, Edwin, who is a policeman at Kansas City. Mrs. Goss is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while Mr. Goss belongs to the Congregational Church. He is a member of the Maccabees and politically is a republican. In the fall of 1915 he was elected township trustee and had served two terms in that office prior to that election. He is a very popular and widely known citizen in Wellington Township.
Thanks to Msmith for this information.
by George Frederick Wright
Clair O. Goss is proprietor of one of the distinctive enterprises of Lorain County, namely: The Glendale Ferret Company of Wellington. This is an important department of his farm on Rural Route No. 1 out of Wellington, and he has had a great deal of success in raising ferrets for commercial purposes. He ships his animals to every state in the Union, and has a complete set of buildings and equipment necessary for the propagation and training of these very valuable animals. He has shipped as high as 1,000 in a season.
Mr. Goss was born in Brighton Township, January 22, 1883, and is one of the live and progressive younger citizens of Lorain County. His parents were Otis F. and Mary (Sinclair) Goss. His father was born at Berea, Ohio, April 23, 1839, and died March 20, 1908. He was a son of David and Aurelia (Porter) Goss, the former a native of Montague, Massachusetts, and the latter of Vermont. David Goss came out to Ohio when a single man and after investigating the country went back East and returned with his bride. He was a very prosperous and enterprising citizen, owned a large farm and operated two mills. Otis F. Goss was seven years old when he came with his parents to Brighton Township, received his education in this county, and became a farmer and also conducted a sawmill and followed his trade as a carpenter. He was a republican in politics, but later gave his support to the prohibition cause. He pursued his business as a farmer on eighty acres of land. Both he and his wife were active members of the Congregational Church. His wife, Mary Sinclair, was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, August 12, 1850, and is still living. They were married September 26, 1876. Her father was Alexander Sinclair and he brought his family to the United States in 1852 when Mrs. Goss was two years of age. The Sin clairs settled near Ruggles, and afterwards went to Clarksfield, where Mr. Sinclair bought a farm and spent the rest of his days. In the Sinclair family were eleven children, and the three now living are Mrs. A. E. Watt of Greensburg, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Isabelle Ross, a widow, living at Wakeman, Ohio; Mrs. Goss. Alexander, deceased, was a farmer at Clarksfield.
Clair O. Goss is the only child of his parents. He received his education in the district schools and had much preliminary training on a farm before taking up agriculture as his regular vocation. His farm comprises eighty acres of land, and he gives his time to general farming, to the operation of the Glendale Ferret Company, and he also does some dairying. The farm is well improved, and he has one of the best silos in the entire county.
On September 8, 1910, Mr. Goss married Ona Niles, a daughter of Jerome and Carminetta A. (Gillett) Niles, and a granddaughter ot Ichabod and Miranda (Lake) Niles. Her father was born in Canada in 1860 and died in 1890 and her mother was born in Lorain County in 1854 and is still living. Mrs. Goss has one brother, Edwin, who is a policeman at Kansas City. Mrs. Goss is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while Mr. Goss belongs to the Congregational Church. He is a member of the Maccabees and politically is a republican. In the fall of 1915 he was elected township trustee and had served two terms in that office prior to that election. He is a very popular and widely known citizen in Wellington Township.
Thanks to Msmith for this information.
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