. Centennial proceedings and historical incidents of the early settlers of Northfield, Vt. : with biographical sketches of prominent business men who have been and are now residents of the town . MOSKS LANK, (. K. * KY , : :o«, LENOX ANO ilLL Ew rGUNDAriON-al A -^ r. ALVIN BRALEY. ir>7 Hon. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN GOSS Was Itoni ill Peucham, Vt., October 1^, \H){>. At the agetil iiiiKtecu ho came to NortlilieM troin Moiitpelier, wherehe had lieeii a clerk ior Rti^er Ilultltard, and was ciiiidov-etl as a ck-rk in the Center vilhi};! a whiK-, and then hc-caiiie a j»artner ot Governor Paine, who
. Centennial proceedings and historical incidents of the early settlers of Northfield, Vt. : with biographical sketches of prominent business men who have been and are now residents of the town . MOSKS LANK, (. K. * KY , : :o«, LENOX ANO ilLL Ew rGUNDAriON-al A -^ r. ALVIN BRALEY. ir>7 Hon. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN GOSS Was Itoni ill Peucham, Vt., October 1^, \H){>. At the agetil iiiiKtecu ho came to NortlilieM troin Moiitpelier, wherehe had lieeii a clerk ior Rti^er Ilultltard, and was ciiiidov-etl as a ck-rk in the Center vilhi};! a whiK-, and then hc-caiiie a j»artner ot Governor Paine, who run \\\v stcirein tlie then Factory village. Here he occupied a vt-rvresponsible position, having tlie entire cliarge of a largestore, and also acted as paymaster otthe hands employedby Governor Paine in his factory, and other enterprisesat that time ret^uiring the disbursement oi a largeamount of money. While here he built tlie two storyhouse near the foot of Main street, where .John A. Kentnow resides, it being the iourth house built on thatstreet. Mr. Goss married Nancy Hutchins, of Waterbury, in1 S83, she living but two or three years after 1839 he married for his second wife Mrs. Mary JaneMoore, an(f they had four children, two of who
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