About Ephraim Goss
Lived 1806 – 1877 (aged 71). Ephraim Goss was an American politician.
Ephraim Goss (June 12, 1806 – July 27, 1877) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life He was the son of John Goss (c.1768–1848) and Mary (Lamont) Goss (c.1767–1844). He was born in that part of the Town of Middleburgh which was separated in 1828 as the Town of Fulton, in Schoharie County, New York. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1831, and practiced in Pittsford. On November 13, 1832, he married Margaret Porter (1814–1896), and they had several children, among them Assemblyman George A. Goss (born 1834).
He was a Justice of the Peace; a colonel of the State Militia; Supervisor of the Town of Pittsford for several terms; Clerk of Monroe County from 1838 to 1840; and a member of the New York State Senate (28th D.) in 1860 and 1861.
He was buried at the Pittsford Cemetery.
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American politician (1806-1877)
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Ephraim Goss was born on 12 June 1806.
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Ephraim Goss died on 27 July 1877.
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Ephraim Goss was a politician.
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