"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 ... 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 May, born November 29, 1903, who is attending Zumbro Falls high school; and Clifford James, born November 20, 1907, who is a student in the seventh grade of the common school." ["History of Wabasha County Minnesota," compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge and others, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Company, Winona, Minnesota, 1920, p. 707)
"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 ... 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 May, born November 29, 1903, who is attending Zumbro Falls high school; and Clifford James, born November 20, 1907, who is a student in the seventh grade of the common school." ["History of Wabasha County Minnesota," compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge and others, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Company, Winona, Minnesota, 1920, p. 707)
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