Jacob D. Gossett

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1818-11-29

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1897-04-03

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"Jacob D. Gossett" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00018047, (accessed January 15, 2025).

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Bath County, Kentucky, farmer. Clark County, Kentucky, native. Married to Joan F. Ratliff Gossett on September 2, 1846. Father of Caleb Sanford Gossett, Matthias Gossett, Ann E. Gossett, Mary E. Gossett, Martin R. Gossett, Alfred N. Gossett, Emma L. Gossett, and Edward B. Gossett. Farmer in Bath County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Bath County 1850. Farmer in Bath County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Bath County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 1, p.112B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 42.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 77B.
"Independence," Kansas City Journal (Kansas City, MO), September 3, 1896, p. 3.
Howard L. Conrad, ed., Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, a Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference, (New York: The Southern History Company, 1901), pp. 71-73.
Elder Jacob Dunham Gossett (1818-1897)," Find A Grave, Memorial 51787796, accessed July 8, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51787796.

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