Re: James William Goss b: abt 1828 in AL - Son of Matthew Goss & Margaret White
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James William Goss b: abt 1828 in AL - Son of Matthew Goss & Margaret White
Walter Goss 4/15/07
Amanda McBroom was my 2ggm. She married Thomas J. Meek (my 2ggf) 8 Sep 1859 (when she was 17, thus born in 1842, not 1839), in San Augustine Co, TX. When the 1860 census for San Augustine Co. census was enumerated, this couple was on it, living next door to his mother, Mary Meix/Meeks. Thomas J. Meek died probably c1863, possibly in Civil War service. I've never foound any record of his death.
Amanda married (2) William Goss, possibly c1864. I do not know where she and Goss were married - have not found a record yet (but it's definitely not in the San Augustine or Shelby Co, TX, records). This family was found on the 1870 Shelby Co, TX, census, but after that I haven't been able to find them. My ggf, William Wesley Meek, was not listed as a Meek, but as another child of William Goss, but you can figure from his age (9), that he was born before Amanda married Goss. And sure enough, he was born in Oct 1860.
I am aware of other information about this couple that has widely disparate dates, so perhaps there was another earlier couple with the same names.
Hope this helps you.