Maternal Family Outline
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Goss, George Homer Maternal Great-Grandfather
1894-1946
Birth 19 Jun 1894 in Fannin County, Tennessee
Death 30 Mar 1946 in Harlan County, Lynch (city) Kentucky, United States at age 51
Cause of Death: “Crushing injuries to pelvis and trunk”- soft coal mine accident- “crushed by coal cutting machine”
Gravesite and Burial: Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery, McCaysville Fannin County, Georgia (Copper Hill, TN on 3 April 1946 on death certificate)
Wife: Birdie Lee Goss
Married: 30 Nov 1913 in Polk County Tennessee
Marriage info: 19 years of age, wife 18
Parents: John Franklin Goss 1852 – 1938 (from GA on 1900 census, Tennessee on Dewey’s 1930 Census) and Consada Chapman 1868 – 1930 listed …show more content…
Birthplace?)
2 kids at the time- Daphne (4) and TC (2)
Born in TN, both parents from TN
1930 Census as GH Goss:
Occupation: Machinist at Lynch, KY Coal Mine- not a veteran
Rented home- $9 a month, not a farm- on side of paper, Maine Street is written
No schooling, but could read and write
7 Kids:
Daphne Ophelia (15), TC (11), Dewey (10), Newl (7), Mildred “Sue” Rezar (5), Carlton “Carl” (2) murdered in a bar?, Viron (2 months)
Sister in law, Velva Morrow, 20, also lives in the home
Lynch History (Wiki)
Lynch is a city in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. It was plotted in 1917 by the US Coal and Coke Company (a subsidiary of U.S. Steel) as a company town to house workers at the company's nearby coal mines. It was named for the then head of the company, Thomas Lynch. By the 1940s Lynch had a population of over 10,000 and had such amenities as a hospital and movie theatre.
The population declined dramatically in the 1960s and 1970s as mining techniques shifted to less labor-intensive methods. In the 2000 census, the city population was 900. The 2008 population estimate had Lynch's population at
Goss, George Homer Maternal Great-Grandfather
1894-1946
Birth 19 Jun 1894 in Fannin County, Tennessee
Death 30 Mar 1946 in Harlan County, Lynch (city) Kentucky, United States at age 51
Cause of Death: “Crushing injuries to pelvis and trunk”- soft coal mine accident- “crushed by coal cutting machine”
Gravesite and Burial: Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery, McCaysville Fannin County, Georgia (Copper Hill, TN on 3 April 1946 on death certificate)
Wife: Birdie Lee Goss
Married: 30 Nov 1913 in Polk County Tennessee
Marriage info: 19 years of age, wife 18
Parents: John Franklin Goss 1852 – 1938 (from GA on 1900 census, Tennessee on Dewey’s 1930 Census) and Consada Chapman 1868 – 1930 listed …show more content…
Birthplace?)
2 kids at the time- Daphne (4) and TC (2)
Born in TN, both parents from TN
1930 Census as GH Goss:
Occupation: Machinist at Lynch, KY Coal Mine- not a veteran
Rented home- $9 a month, not a farm- on side of paper, Maine Street is written
No schooling, but could read and write
7 Kids:
Daphne Ophelia (15), TC (11), Dewey (10), Newl (7), Mildred “Sue” Rezar (5), Carlton “Carl” (2) murdered in a bar?, Viron (2 months)
Sister in law, Velva Morrow, 20, also lives in the home
Lynch History (Wiki)
Lynch is a city in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. It was plotted in 1917 by the US Coal and Coke Company (a subsidiary of U.S. Steel) as a company town to house workers at the company's nearby coal mines. It was named for the then head of the company, Thomas Lynch. By the 1940s Lynch had a population of over 10,000 and had such amenities as a hospital and movie theatre.
The population declined dramatically in the 1960s and 1970s as mining techniques shifted to less labor-intensive methods. In the 2000 census, the city population was 900. The 2008 population estimate had Lynch's population at