Joseph Gossett (1821-1855) belonged to the fifth generation of Gossetts in America. He was born in Brush Creek Township near Sinking Spring about five miles southeast of New Market. According to Highland County records, his parents, John and Mary Eyler Gossett, were buying land soon after 1830 in the western part of the county, and the family moved to their new home in Salem Township near Harwood. Joseph was reared in Salem Township. At an early age he distinguished himself as a brilliant student and a great reader. He was the executor of his father's will.

Louisa Rader Gossett

Louisa Rader Gossett Joseph Gossett was married February 2, 1839, (Bible record) to Louisa Rader, born February 19, 1820; died March 8, 1900. She was born near Harwood on her father's farm located on Buford Pike (now Highway 334). She endeavored to preserve family tradition and history. Her Bible states that her mother was buried under a thorn tree (crabapple tree) on the west bank of White Oak Creek on their own farm home. Since that is about the location of Harwood Cemetery, her grave may have marked the beginning of the cemetery.

Louisa Rader's parents were George and Mary (called "Polly") Whitlatch Rader. They had eight children, whose names were:

1. Patterson, died early in life.
   
2. Charles, m. Elizabeth Workman. Went west.
   
3. Betsy, m. Jim Abers.
   
4. Katie, m. George Hickathorne.
   
5. Louisa, m. Joseph Gossett.
   
6. Minerva, m. Jesse Chaney, son of the Rev. Edward Chaney.
   
7. Margaret, m. John Chaney, a cousin of Jesse Chaney.
   
8. Rachel, m. Percy Dryden.

Joseph and Louisa Rader Gossett located in Salem Township on a farm, which they soon exchanged for a farm near Sinking Spring in Brush Creek Township. Their oldest child Riley, born December 22, 1840, died of diphtheria January 27, 1849, and was buried in the Joe Countryman Cemetery located on a hill about four miles from Sinking Spring.

In 1849, Joseph Gossett sold his farm and removed his family to New Market, where his children attended school in the old brick schoolhouse, which is octagon in shape and is still standing and is used as a school building.

Before he purchased land again, family tradition relates, Joseph rode on horseback alone, investigating land as far west as the Mississippi River, but he returned to Ohio. A grandson, Halder H. Gossett, owns the watch-like compass he used for directions.

Finally, a few miles across the fields from his father's home, Joseph Gossett bought an undeveloped farm of 377 acres at Fort Salem, a historic spot, which lies about two and one-half miles southwest of Pricetown. Fort Salem is a grove with two Indian mounds and a fort on a hill. Joseph build his house on another hill, which is separated from the grove by a road and a valley. This farm is known as the Gossett home farm or the Gossett homestead, called "Fort Salem". There Joseph Gossett lived until his death.

On this farm Joseph Gossett built a brick house. At the end of the hall downstairs he constructed a highboy with ingenious series of drawers to be used for a bank. When the house was replaced by another brick house in 1883 by his son Worth, who owned the property, the highboy was transferred into the new house and is still in existence.

In U. S. Census of 1850 of Highland County, Ohio, Joseph Gossett of Salem Township was credited as owner of 1600 acres. He was very ambitious, a most progressive man of exceptional ability. He championed public education, to which many of the "householders" in the district objected because of the taxation. He denounced his opponents with great vigor and forceful speeches. He was adamant and, upon establishing himself and family in Salem Township, he immediately formed a free school system for the district, acting as the secretary and treasurer from June 2, 1849, and remained the clerk until his death. His brother-in-law, Amos Chaney, was another director.

An interesting record book kept by Joseph Gossett for the "School District no. 8 of Salem Township, Highland County, Ohio", is in the possession of a descendant. The entries describe the boundaries of the district and the difficulties of organizing and maintaining the school by taxation and donations. The preface composed and signed by Joseph Gossett is written in the metaphorical and poetical style of the age. An excerpt is quoted:

"It is my hope and desire that the cause of education may prosper and flourish in this district. Education is one of the noblest gifts parents can bestow, for wealth like the morning dew may soon pass away and beauty like a flowering blossom soon fades away. But the divine excellencies of the mind like the medical virtues of the plant remain in it when all those charms have withered farewell."

Joseph Gossett had a deep sense of duty. To him "Stern Duty was the Voice of God." In an appeal for education he exhorted: "I would say with love for the young, honor to yourselves, fear of your God and obedience to the law, do your duty. . ." In addition to farming, Joseph Gossett owned and operated a brickyard in Lynchburg and, subsequently, a tannery at Pricetown. He assisted in promoting every improvement and subscribed to every development of his community. To help finance and encourage the building of a railroad in Highland County he invested in stock of the Hillsboro and Cincinnati Railroad Company (which failed). A rare old paper, a certificate for 16 shares at $50.00 each of this stock issued to Joseph Gossett, February 1, 1855, is owned by a grandson, Joseph Orland Gossett, of Stockton, California.

Joseph Gossett died December 9, 1855, of pneumonia, which he contracted from the exposure of walking to Lynchburg during inclement weather soon after he had the measles. He is buried in Harwood Cemetery, in the older section, near the graves of his father and mother.

The following biographical sketch from State Centennial History, pub. 1902, Page 323, is quoted in part:

"Joseph Gossett ... proved during a comparatively short life to be the worthy offspring of a worthy sire ... being in fact one of the busiest and most enterprising men in the county. He was a great friend of education and one of the first promoters of the free school system in Salem Township, his sympathies being due largely to the fact that he was himself a man of reading and fully appreciated the advantages of learning. His life, so bright and promising of future usefulness, was cut off in the very flower of his manhood, at the age of thirty-four years. His widow continued to live on the home place for nine years, when she married Daniel Workman and shortly thereafter moved to Iowa, where she died at the age of eighty."

Joseph Gossett's will was executed December 6, 1855, and is on file and of record in the Probate Court, Highland County, Ohio. Joseph and Louisa Rader Gossett were survived by children of whom records follow. Their children belonged to the sixth generation (VI) in America.

John Henry Gossett

Louisa Rader Gossett was married February 16, 1864, to Daniel Workman. They moved to Iowa in 1867 and were accompanied by five of her children, namely: Mary Margaret, wife of Marion Young; Martha Jane, wife of Benjamin Steers; Anne Elizabeth (unmarried, returned to Ohio a year later to marry Alpheus Cochran); Louisa Rachael who married William Phifer; and, Joseph who was eleven years old. They bought excellent farms near Des Moines, Iowa. Details of these families will be narrated after records are given of those children who continued to live in Highland County, Ohio.

Only three children of Joseph and Louisa Rader Gossett remained in Ohio, John Henry, James Worth, and Anne Elizabeth. John Henry and James Worth bought from the other heirs "the home farm" and developed it into their two respective homes. They married the Roberts sisters. John Henry, married February 9, 1865, Lavina Roberts (b. February 9, 1846; d. October 13, 1884), and James Worth married September 5, 1865, Sarah Ann Roberts (b. June 4, 1843; d. December 20, 1932). They were daughters of Abraham Roberts, whose parents were among the earliest settlers of Ohio. A short narrative of the Roberts family is recorded in Chapter 7 under "Allied Families" in this history.

State Centennial History, pub. 1902, pp. 323-4, gives a sketch of John Henry Gossett (b. September 4, 1845; d. December 1922) in the following quotation: "John Henry Gossett . . . in conjunction with his brother bought the home farm. He is one of the substantial farmers of the township. His home place is well developed with modern dwelling house and convenient farm buildings, and everything indicates good management and painstaking care. He is a member of the Christian Church and is serving his second term as trustee of Salem Township."

1. John Gossett of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
2. Matthias and Mary Littler Gossett of Virginia
3. John and Honor Gossett of Ohio
4. John and Mary Eyler Gossett
5. Joseph and Louisa Rader Gossett
6. John Henry and Lavina Roberts Gossett
   1. Wyatt H. Gossett of Clay Twp. was married to Maggie Finnegan (b. Feb. 24, 1870; d. Feb. 13, 1920). They had five sons, whose names follow:
      1. Charles Clinton Gossett, b. September 2, 1888, in Highland County.

         Charles Clinton Gossett

         He lives in Nampa, Idaho, and is the only one living of the five sons. The following biography is printed in the Biographical Directory of the American Congress: "Gossett, Charles Clinton, a Senator from Idaho; born in Pricetown, Highland County, Ohio, September 2, 1888, attended the public schools at Pricetown, Highland County, Ohio; moved to Cunningham, Washington, in 1907, Ontario, Oregon, in 1910, and to Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho, in 1922; engaged in agricultural pursuits, also livestock, feeder, and shipping business since 1922; member of the State House of Representatives 1933-1937; delegate to several state conventions; Lieutenant Governor 1937-1939 and 1941-1943; served as Governor of Idaho from January 1945 until his resignation on November 16, 1945; appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Thomas and served from November 17, 1945, to January 3, 1947; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to fill the vacancy in 1946; resumed his former business pursuits, and is a resident of Nampa, Idaho." Charles Clinton Gossett, m. Nov. 28, 1916, Clara Louise Fleming, b. April 23, 1892, who moved with her parents to Idaho from Howard Lake, Minnesota. Charles and Clara Fleming Gossett have 3 sons:
         1. James Wyatt Gossett, b. February 16, 1919. He lives at home and is employed in State Highway Department of Idaho.
         2. Robert Milton Gossett, b. March 26, 1923, in Nampa, Idaho. He is Division Director, Nobility Plate Division, Empire Crafts Corp. of Newark, New Jersey. He lives in Fresno, California. Was married December 23, 1946, to Ardis Elaine Cummings (b. December 20, 1928) of Whiting, Iowa. They have two sons: Charles Murray, b. July 19, 1949, in Denver, Colorado; and, Steven Philip, b. April 12, 1951, in Fresno, California.
         3. Charles Elmer Gossett, b. February 25, 1928; graduated June 1952 from University of Idaho; associated with his father in buying livestock for a packing plant in Nampa. Married February 3, 1952, Marilyn Jean Moulton (b. July 21, 1928) of Weiser, Idaho.
      2. Ovid Gossett, b. July 9, 1890; d. February 2, 1920; m. Florence Fenner (b. June 4, 1890; d. February 13, 1920). They had one son, Le Roy, who lives at Tipp City north of Dayton, Ohio.
      3. James Everett Gossett, b. in Clay Township., Highland County, Ohio, March 28, 1893; d. in Nampa, Idaho, July 16, 1925; m. November 7, 1917, Callie Landon. One daughter Betty Jean, b. in 1924.
      4. Frank Gossett, d. January 29, 1920, aged 26 years of pneumonia in Akron, Ohio.
      5. Ward Gossett, d. February 23, 1920, aged 21 years. During an epidemic of influenza in 1920, Wyatt Gossett's widow, 3 sons (Frank, Ward, and Ovid), and Ovid's wife and infant daughter --six members of the family, died within a brief period.
   2. Alva Gossett, b. May 8, 1870; d. June 3, 1937; m. Carrie Pulliam. They had 2 children:
      1. Dwight Gossett, b. May 31, 1894; d. in 1941; m. in 1917 Lena Hess. Their children: Norris, Robert, and Donald Gossett, who carry on the Gossett name.
      2. Mary, b. July 4, 1896; d. June 1, 1941; m. Hoyt Leninger. One son, John Philip.
   3. Mary Gossett, m. Alva C. Robinson. No children.
   4. Elmer Gossett, d. February 1941; m. Cora Moberly. Two children: Madge, and Grant who died in infancy.
   5. Myrta Gossett, m. William P. Roberts. Children: Hoyt, Mary, Guy, Alva, and Lavina.
   6. Verda Gossett, m. Dr. R. W. Pratt of Pricetown, Ohio. Children: Vera, Pearl, Lillian, and John. All are married except Vera, a teacher.
   7. John Albert Gossett, b. September 24, 1883; d. May 20, 1914; m. October 17, 1910, Lavon Roush. They had one son:
      1. John Henry Gossett, b. Sept. 30, 1913; m. Dec. 29, 1938, Thelma Workman of Pricetown. They own the farm and live in the original house which belonged to his grandfather, John Henry Gossett. Their children are four boys, who carry on the Gossett name, and one girl:
         1. Charlotte Sue, b. November 24,1939.
         2. John Albert, b. August 21, 1941.
         3. Charles Lee, b. December 30, 1942
         4. David Leon, b. November 25, 1946.
         5. Ronald Edward, b. June 26, 1948.

John Henry Gossett's wife, Lavina Roberts Gossett, died in 1884. He married Caroline (Carrie), daughter of James M. and Millie Faris of Salem Township. They had issue:

1. Clarence Gossett, m. Louise Campbell. Children: Virgil, Margery, and others
2. Halder Gossett, b. Oct. 23, 1893; m. April 17, 1918, Ethel Prine. They have three sons and three daughters, namely:
   1. Mary Margaret, b. December 26, 1919; m. July 12, 1941, William Duke. Two children: Ethel Mae, b. September 26, 1941; and, Thelma Jean, b. September 13, 1943.
   2. Hugh Malcolm Gossett, b. February 22, 1921; m. January 19, 1946, Wilma Roush. Two children: Bonnie Sue, b. January 24, 1947, and James Malcolm, b. November 7, 1950.
   3. Paul Edward Gossett, b. August 20, 1922; m. May 12, 1950, Phillis McCartney. One child, Ralph Edward, b. February 10, 1951.
   4. Velma Pearl, b. April 11, 1924; m. March 23, 1944, John E. Layman. Three children: John Reese, b. June 17, 1945, Dawn Lucille, b. April 10, 1948, and Charles Stephen, b. July 3, 1950.
   5. Viola Mae, b. October 25, 1926.
   6. Roger Earl Gossett, b. September 28, 1932.
3. Bessie, died in infancy.

James Worth Gossett

1. John Gossett of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
2. Matthias and Mary Littler Gossett of Virginia
3. John and Honor Gossett of Ohio
4. John and Mary Eyler Gossett
5. Joseph and Louisa Rader Gossett
6. James Worth Gossett owned the home farm, "Fort Salem". He was a successful farmer, industrious, and very religious; was born April 24, 1847; d. January 12, 1922; m. September 5, 1865, Sarah Ann Roberts. They had eight children, who owned farms within a radius of twelve miles of "Fort Salem" Their children:

   James Worth Gossett

   1. Ira Gossett, b. Jan. 11, 1867; d. Sept. 21, 1936; m. Sept. 13, 1888, Anna Cochran, who died February 19, 1923, at age of 55 years. He married Dec. 16, 1925, a widowed sister of his first wife, Amanda C. Pulliam. Children and grandchildren of Ira and Anna Cochran Gossett:
      1. Grace Gossett, b. February 17, 1890; d. November 8, 1950; m. April 30, 1912, William Harley Hawk. She died of a heart attack which followed a prolonged illness from asthma. Grace was very active in public affairs and lived a life of service for others. Before her marriage she was a teacher in the public schools, and she was a constant leader among the youth in the Pricetown Church of Christ. She was certainly a splendid mother to her son by encouraging him in his efforts and taking an active interest in his many praiseworthy undertakings. William and Grace Gossett Hawk had one child:
         1. Ira Gossett Hawk, b. July 13, 1926; married August 2, 1949, Clarice Jean Jackson of Wilmington, Ohio. They have two small children: Gail Ann and Philip Jay. Ira Gossett Hawk was gifted with remarkable mentality. During his youth and throughout his high school course he published a paper, “The Salem Echo”, which had thousands of subscribers. He was valedictorian of his class when he graduated from Lynchburg High School in 1943 and was awarded a four-year scholarship to Wilmington College in Ohio. In college he was active in student affairs, editor of year books, president of the student body and various organizations. He was college reporter for Wilmington News-Journal and in the summer of 1946 was employed as a city reporter on the staff of the Columbus Citizen. He completed college in three years and at 20 was graduated, cum laude, in 1946. He was elected to the faculty of Wilmington College as Director of Public Relations and instructor in journalism. He was awarded membership to Sigma Delta Chi, national journalism fraternity. For nine years he taught at Wilmington College, then resigned in 1952 to accept a position with the General Motors Corporation in Dayton. In his new work in the public relations for the Dayton divisions which include Frigidaire, Delco, and three others, employing a total of 40,000 men, he is in charge of radio and television relations, educational activities, and special assignments including the writing of speeches for executives.
      2. Lillie Gossett, b. January 15, 1891; m. in 1911 to W. H. Turner (deceased). Three children:
         1. Willene D. Turner, b. April 24, 1917; m. December 1, 1937, Gertrude Willis (b. January 8, 1919). He was awarded medals for distinguished services in Electrical Maintenance in World War II. Children: Thomas Nelson, b. December 26, 1940, d. in infancy; and, Kenneth Daniel, b. April 19, 1943.
         2. Hugh Madison Turner, b. September 5, 1919; m. February 1, 1942, Margaret Ashmore, daughter of Frank Ashmore of Hillsboro, Ohio. A staff sergeant and tank commander in the gigantic thrust into Germany, he won distinction and medals in World War II.
         3. Violet, b. February 26, 1926, at Pricetown, Ohio. She graduated from Hillsboro High School 1944. She is very musical. In 1945 she entered the U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps in Cincinnati, Ohio, and completed her nurses' training course as a graduate nurse in 1948.
            
      3. Claude Cochran Gossett, b. October 10, 1894. He is Superintendent of Schools at Montgomery near Cincinnati. Married December 24, 1916, Ruth Pulliam. Two daughters:
         1. Jean, b. February 25, 1919; m. Thomas Scott. A son, Tommy.
         2. Dare, b. February 9, 1921; m. Dr. W. B. Ingram. Two sons, William and Charles.
      4. Otho, b. August 27, 1898; d. May 15,1909.
      5. Letha Fern Gossett, b. May 2, 1903; m. August 13, 1930, Elmer M. Teets, who is Superintendent of Schools of Adams Co., Ohio. They live in West Union. Two daughters:
         1. Anna Lee, b. July 27, 1931; a graduate of Wilmington College. Was elected in her senior year (1952) to Who's Who, a national publication of American Colleges and Universities.
         2. Sara Lou, b. August 28, 1935; a student at Wilmington College.
   2. Addie Viola Gossett, second child of James Worth and Sarah Roberts Gossett, was born March 14, 1870; died April 1, 1942. She was very active in church work, and in October 1893 was married to the Rev. Frank Foust, a brilliant young minister of Ohio. He was born September 14, 1862, and died about 90 years of age at Pricetown. Shortly after their marriage they moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and a little later removed to Russellville, Brown Co., Ohio, where Mr. Foust held a pastorate. In 1897, they returned to Pricetown and bought a farm, where they established a permanent home. She was outstanding as a minister's wife, a helper to her husband who devoted his efforts in ministerial work in the country churches for over fifty years. They had 3 children:
      1. Leona Ruth, b. July 31, 1894, in Pricetown, Ohio; was a piano teacher; also, taught school. Was married August 1915 to Ben L. Brown of the Pricetown community. In 1921 they bought a farm and established their home near Danville, Ohio. He is a prosperous farmer and is a member and leader in various farm organizations. Two daughters:
         1. Mariana, b. June 17, 1917. Graduated from Wilmington College; taught school in Hillsboro; also attended Cincinnati College of Music and taught pianoforte. She is active in church work, particularly in connection with music.
         2. Miriam, b. March 28, 1921. Graduated with scholastic honors from Hillsboro High School. Graduated from Wilmington College 1942. She is a teacher; is very musical; is very active in church work.
      2. Worth Franklin, b. December 9, 1895. Graduated from Wilmington College, B. S. degree, 1913. Taught school. Owns and lives on his father's farm near Pricetown. He is a leader in church and community affairs. Married, September 1919, to Pauline J. Patton of Fall Creek. They have three sons:
         1. John Franklin, b. March 1921; graduated from Wilmington College; m. January 1942 Delores Hughes.
         2. Paul Worth, b. November 1922; attended Wilmington College.
         3. Roger Louis, b. January 1928.
      3. William Floyd Foust, b. September 22, 1904. Graduated from Wilmington College in 1926; then, received A.B. degree from Ohio State University at Columbus. Taught school. M.A. degree in philosophy at Ohio State University 1929. Became pastor of the Broad Street Christian Church in Columbus. Continued his study of philosophy at Ohio State University and received Ph.D. degree in 1935. In addition to his being a minister at Columbus, he has been a widely-known lecturer and social service worker. He was married in 1927 to Dorothy Elizabeth Lewis of Ft. Wayne, Indiana. She attended Ohio State University. Three children:
         1. Jeanne La Del, b. July 4, 1929.
         2. Jo Ann, b. October 11, 1930.
         3. Fred Lewis, b. November 18,1932.
   3. Joseph Orland Gossett was born August 4, 1872; died December 3,1938; m. August 4,1894, Mollie B. Pulliam. Six children:
      1. Nellie Blanche, b. August 12, 1895; d. October 29, 1923; m. August 28, 1916, Paul J. Patton. Two daughters, Doris Eileen and Carol Isabel.
      2. Hazel Fay, b. December 27, 1896; m. April 22, 1920, William Cary Walker. Three children: Shirley, Betty Jean, and Max Gossett. Betty Jean, b. September 24, 1926, graduated from Hillsboro High School 1944; attended the Cincinnati Bible Seminary in Cincinnati; enrolled in the Cadet Nurse Corps of the Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati 1945; was graduated 1948.
      3. Laura Lee, b. March 2, 1899; m. August 22, 1918, M. G. Sauner. Three children: Jack, b. June 21, 1919; Joseph Charles, b. May 15, 1921; and, June, b. February 19, 1929.
      4. Forest Pulliam Gossett, b. March 2, 1904; is the only son of Joseph Orland Gossett; Forest has one son, James Orland. They are the only members who carry down the Gossett name in the family of James Worth Gossett. Forest Gossett lives in Ashland, Ohio, but always attends the family dinner at "Fort Salem" each year in June. He was married December 8, 1926, to Pauline Marble. Two children:
         1. James Orland Gossett, b. January 13, 1928, m. October 14, 1951, Jean Darr.
         2. Joanne, b. December 31, 1932; attended Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
      5. Lucy, daughter of Joseph Orland and Mollie Pulliam Gossett, was born September 24, 1908; d. March 27, 1924.
      6. Noama, b. January 31, 1914; m. August 8, 1933, J. Delmer Prickett. Three children: Daryl Lane, Joyce, and Larry.
   4. Minnie Gossett, daughter of James Worth and Sarah Roberts Gossett, was born in 1875; m. Minott Pulliam, brother of Orland's wife. Frequently, the Pulliam and Gossett families have intermarried. Minnie and her husband lived on their farm for 52 years. They retired in Lynchburg in 1950. They have four children:
      Blanch, m. Floyd Ruble. Two children: Marilyn and Bobby.
      George Hubert, m. Josephine Britton; daughter Carol Sue.
      Madge, died at 2 years of age.
      
      Hester, m. the Rev. Joe D. Hill; one son, Joe.
   5. Pearl Mae Gossett, b. July 18, 1878; m. December 25, 1900, Albert Duvall of Hillsboro. The Duvall ancestry would be an interesting study. In the English records of the landed gentry Duvall families reappear. The Duvall name is of French origin. "Du", the French for "of the", when connected with a name as a prefix (Of the Vall), signifies the family belonged to the French nobility. Being in England, the Duvall family may be of Huguenot ancestry. Albert and Pearl Gossett Duvall have three children:
      Lucille, b. April 30, 1902; graduated from Lynchburg High School and attended Wilmington College. Taught three years; m. August 18, 1926, Howard Steritz of Lynchburg. Three children: David Waldo, Robert Dale, and John Albert.
      Charles, b. January 29, 1904. Graduated from Hillsboro High School and attended Wilmington College; m. August 20, 1930, Ruth Grandstaff of Wilmington. They have three daughters:
      Martha Ann, b. July 28,1932.
      Mary Jo, b. July 22, 1933; m. January 31, 1954, to Robert Swanbeck
      Carol Sue, b. March 23, 1937.
      Wilma Mae, b. October 17, 1909. Graduated from Hillsboro High School 1928 and from Wilmington College 1934. She taught in public schools at Lynchburg and Lebanon, Ohio, for ten years. Married November 23, 1940, Lawrence Wamsley of Fairmont, West Virginia.
   6. Martha Le Verne Gossett, b. August 2, 1881, on the Fort Salem farm; m. December 30, 1903, Flavius Clarence Pulse. They were married by the Rev. Frank Foust of Pricetown, Ohio. Inasmuch as Clarence Pulse belongs to another prominent pioneer family of Highland County, a few facts with regard to his forebears are presented in Chapter 7 under "Allied Families". Clarence and La Verne Gossett Pulse live on their large farm at Pulse, Highland Co. They have two sons:
      Paul Flavius, b. August 11, 1905, at Pulse, Ohio. Attended grade school at Pulse; graduated from Hillsboro High School 1924; graduated with B.S. degree from Ohio State University at Columbus, Ohio, 1927; received M.A. degree from Ohio State University 1936. Married April 15, 1927, Elizabeth McCall of Rainsboro, Ohio. Three children:
      Paul Flavius Pulse II, b. December 25, 1930
      Eleanor, b. January 4, 1933.
      Ann, b. July 23, 1942.
      Ozro, b. December 7, 1906. Attended grade school at Pulse; graduated from Hillsboro High School 1926; m. September 12, 1933, Virginia Ervin of Hillsboro; son, Ervin, b. August 28, 1935. Paul and Ozro Pulse now own the land surrounding the Harwood Cemetery. Originally this land was part of the homestead of Jack Gossett, their great-great-grandfather.
   7. Clara Alice Gossett, b. September 3, 1884; m. September 6, 1905, Elza Duvall, brother of Albert. He died in November 1933. Two children:
      Lorie, b. April 20, 1907; m. August 4, 1929, J. Russell Briggs; daughter Judith, b. March 23,1938.
      John Elza, b. September 22, 1913; m. July 31, 1936, Lena Elizabeth Gavey; one child, Jean Elizabeth, b. July 31, 1936. [Correction by author after printing: John Elza and Lena Elizabeth Duvall have 3 children: Jean Elizabeth, b. Oct 6, 1938; Janet Ann, b. Apr. 4 1943; Jacquelyn Sue, b. Jan. 24, 1951.]
   8. Lavina Gossett, youngest child of James Worth and Sarah Roberts Gossett, was born July 16, 1887; m. August 23, 1906, Ted Roush. Information on the Roush genealogy appears with the collateral lines in Chapter 7 of this history. Ted and Lavina Gossett Roush live on their farm near Russell. They have three children, namely:

Iowa was included in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, was part of Louisiana 1805, of Missouri 1812, of Michigan 1834, of Wisconsin 1836. A district territory 1843, Iowa was admitted to the Union as a state December 28, 1846. When separated from Wisconsin, Burlington was the capital. Later the capital was Iowa City and from there was moved to Des Moines 1857. Drake University in Des Moines was founded in 1881.

Twenty-five miles east of Des Moines is Monroe in Jasper County, south of which lies Marion County. Jasper County, Iowa by Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-in-Chief, pub. 1912 in 2 vols., states the following facts:

"The first settlers to come to the unorganized county of the present Jasper arrived about 1843. The first election in the territory of Jasper County, then in Marion County, was held in April 1844. Mahaska County had been formed in February and its territory included that of the present Marion Co. The little settlement in Jasper County voted at the house of Adam Tool at Tool's Point. Adam Tool had the first home, or house, built in 1843 in the town of Monroe, Iowa. It was a cabin of shakes, running up and down. The roof was handmade shingles cut with axe. For some time the cabin was so small that the children of the family slept in the covered wagon in which the family made the trip overland from Augusta Co., Virginia. Their cabin was a landmark for many years in the county and town of Monroe. Adam Tool was born in Augusta Co., Virginia, in 1794. There were many wolf hunts organized in the county by the settlers. The hides and fur came into good use for warmth of cover, rugs, and the fur hats or caps of the period were often made from the tanned hides."

The Tax List of 1847 is given by the editor of the aforementioned history. This Tax List of 1847 includes no families by the names of Carter and allied families. However, microfilms of the U. S. Census of 1850 of Marion County, Iowa, reveal that the grandparents of Ailsy Ann Carter had located in Marion Co.. That is, the parents of her father and the parents of her mother with their children settled in Marion County, Iowa, between 1848 and 1849. Accounts of the Mullins and Carter families are recorded at the conclusion of Part II in Chapter 7, where a few of the collateral lines are briefly introduced in this history.

For about three years Joseph and Ailsy Carter Gossett lived on their farm near Monroe in Jasper Count, Iowa. Then they purchased and removed to a larger farm located twenty miles southeast of Des Moines, less than a mile north of Percy in Marion County. A New Englander had improved the farm, but he and his family discovered they were too far removed from their former home and attachments in Massachusetts. The winters of the western plains, they considered, were too rigorous.

The New Englander had planted ornamental trees, shrubs, fruit trees; erected barns, granaries, fences; and, built the majestic, two-story colonial house which stood on a high elevation. The large white house with green shutters and stately porches was surrounded by beautiful gardens, a large greensward, and a white painted picket fence. There was a background of graceful elm trees and a grove of oak trees. As time went on Joseph Gossett added valuable improvements and his farm became very productive.

Joseph Gossett's mother and his sister Martha purchased adjoining farms and built attractive homes. For many years his mother made yearly visits to her beloved Ohio. She is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Percy, Iowa, beside the grave of a grandson, Riley H. Gossett (b. March 31, 1887; d. February 24, 1893), who was a son of Joseph Gossett.

Joseph and Ailsy Carter Gossett were always keenly interested in the civic and cultural life of their community and were active in church affiliations. They began the education of their children by sending them to Des Moines to study music and to attend the Academy at Drake University. However, in 1899, they decided to move to Palo Alto, California, where all advantages for education were accessible and where their children, living at home, could attend the public schools and Stanford University. They bought a home in Palo Alto. Joseph Gossett became a leading horticulturist in the Santa Clara Valley.

Dr. A. H. Young of Pomona, California, recently eulogized Joseph and Ailsy Carter Gossett in the following manner:

"Uncle Joseph and Aunt Ailsy were superior people. As their family physician I was closely associated with them for many years. Uncle Joseph was a born gentleman. He lived by standards which demanded honesty and consideration and courtesy. Moderation in all things was his philosophy of life. He had a marvelous physique. We depended upon Aunt Ailsy for her good judgment and leadership. She was talented, capable, self-sacrificing. She had an exceptional memory. Both of them were clear-thinking and tolerant and had serenity of character that goes with acceptance of whatever responsibility life thrusts upon us."

Joseph Gossett was very musical. He possessed that sixth sense of "absolute pitch", which some of his children and grandchildren have inherited. After an operation for appendicitis, he died at the age of 59, and his wife died of a heart attack at the age of 54. They are buried in Alta Mesa Cemetery, Palo Alto, California. With their children the name of Gossett vanishes in this family. They are survived by children and grandchildren, namely:

1. John Gossett of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
2. Matthias and Mary Littler Gossett of Virginia
3. John and Honor Gossett of Ohio
4. John and Mary Eyler Gossett
5. Joseph and Louisa Rader Gossett
6. Joseph and Ailsy Carter Gossett

   Evangeline Gossett Newcomer

   1. Edith Elizabeth, b. December 27, 1879; exceedingly fair complexioned with golden hair. At an early age she manifested rare ability in music, as well as in other subjects. She was very studious and had a retentive memory. She attended a girls' private school in Monroe and was a student at Drake University in Des Moines; was graduated from King's Conservatory of Music in San Jose, California, 1902; continued the study of music in New York, where she has lived most of her life. She is the widow of Dr. S. B. Battey who was a surgeon in New York and was a member of an old Southern family, socially prominent in Georgia. Several of his immediate relatives were celebrated doctors. By a former marriage to Robert Melville, who died in South America (1906), Edith had a daughter, Theodora, who is an accomplished musician. Theodora was married to Gabriel Kellert, the first cellist of the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York. One son, Eugene.
   2. Evangeline, b. October 3, 1881; studied at the Academy at Drake University in Des Moines; graduated from the high school in Palo Alto, California; graduated from Stanford University 1906; taught English Literature and History in the high schools of California at Huntington Beach and at Chico, 1906-1909. Has been associated with musical and literary organizations, a member of the Women's Committee for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; a member of the Hollywood Opera Reading Club; a life member and a former counselor of The Huguenot Society of California. Married December 15, 1909, Robert Hitt Newcomer of Mt. Morris, Illinois. He was a cadet at the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland; transferred to Stanford University and was graduated 1906. For many years Mr. Newcomer was a revenue agent (now retired), employed in the U. S. Treasury Department as chief of the legal division, Los Angeles office. Formerly, Mr. and Mrs. Newcomer lived in Santa Monica and Westwood Hills, but now reside on their avocado grove near Los Angeles. Robert Hitt Newcomer descended from pioneer families of Illinois. His genealogy is recounted briefly in Chapter 7.

      Margaret Newcomer Barber

      1. Margaret Newcomer Barbour. Robert and Evangeline Gossett Newcomer have one child, Margaret Hitt Newcomer, b. December 10, 1910, in Hollywood, California. She was graduated from Girls' Collegiate School, Glendora, California, 1928 and graduated from Stanford University 1932. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority. She attended Graduate School at University of California at Los Angeles and, also, at the University of Southern California; was Dean of Women and an instructor at El Centro Junior College at El Centro, California, 1941-42; was appointed in the Women's Naval Reserve ("Waves") October 1942 with commission as an ensign. Upon completing the indoctrination course at Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, she was assigned as officer in charge of Secretariat, Progress Section, in office of Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Materiel in Washington, D. C., where she served during World War II. Among her duties as office supervisor she was in charge of confidential communications, was historian for her section, and later was aide to the Commanding Officer. She was promoted January 1, 1944 to the rank of lieutenant (j. g.), and was promoted May 1, 1945 to lieutenant. Was separated from the Naval Reserve Service 30 October 1945. She attended Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, 1946-47; won membership to the national educational societies, Pi Lambda Theta and Kappa Delta Pi, and received A. M. degree at Columbia University 1947; studied for her doctorate 1947-48 and was a member of the faculty as an assistant in guidance, Teachers College, Columbia. She is a member of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a member of the Huguenot Society of California. Was married to Arthur Webb Barbour of Union, New Hampshire, who is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire. Arthur Webb Barbour is a New Englander. Both sides of his family are old New England residents of many generations. He is in the federal service with the Office of Secretary of the Army as inspector of salary and wage programs. He has organized administration programs and inspected the personnel management programs at various Army installations throughout the United States. In 1948 he was stationed in Panama (where his wife joined him) as chief of a division involving wage and salary administration and reevaluation of civilian positions in the entire Canal Zone. His surveys extended to Puerto Rico, and to Lima, Peru. A very interesting study, on one occasion, for the Inter-American Geodetic Survey took him into the interior to such places as Penonome, Ocu, Bocas del Torro, and other spots of fascinating background. Part of this journey was made by plane and part in a cayuca (primitive, wooden, canoe-type boat). He has written a book, entitled Principles of Salary and Wage Administration, pub. 1949, Nat. Foreman's Institute. Arthur and Margaret Newcomer Barbour have three daughters, Elizabeth Carter, Susan Lyford, and Catherine Hutchins, who were born in Curundu, Canal Zone.
   3. Mary-Louisa, b. June 12, 1883, daughter of Joseph and Ailsy Carter Gossett, is, also, a blonde with an exceptionally rosy-white skin and of youthful appearance. After attending Palo Alto High School, she studied voice at Purnell Conservatory of Music of San Francisco. She specialized in fashion designing, in later years, and has conducted a most successful school of dress design in Beverly Hills, California, where she continues to live. She was married October 29, 1915, to Harry S. Brill (d. July 24, 1946) of San Francisco.

      Joseph Orland Gossett

   4. Joseph Orland Gossett, b. March 11, 1885; graduated from public schools in Palo Alto; graduated from Stanford University 1909. He was a brilliant student in mathematics and won membership to scholastic societies. He was a teacher and a principal of high schools of California; was instructor and athletic director at Riverside Junior College. Formerly his home was in Stockton, California, where he owned a box factory and sawmill and engaged in building. He owns with his brother a remanufacturing lumber mill in Shasta County, California. For nearly 40 years he was connected with the Stockton schools as a teacher and principal, and as a member and president of the school Board of Education. He has held position as vice-chairman of federal housing, San Joaquin County, California; chairman of Republican County Central Committee of San Joaquin County; chairman of the Board of Trustees of First Christian Church of Stockton; member of Lions Club, Masons, Elks, Y.M.C.A. Was married December 25, 1913, to Algie Hoessel of Stockton. Their home is in Anderson, California.
   5. Earl Gossett, b. January 31, 1894; graduated from Palo Alto High School and for two years attended Stanford University where he took a prelegal course. He is a talented musician and devoted many years to the study of the violin. He has been associated as a business partner with his brother in Stockton and in the lumber industry in Shasta County, California. A resident of Stockton, he was president of the Yacht Club, a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and was active in civic, service, and fraternal organizations. He has retired and lives in Anderson, Shasta Co., California
   6. Merle Ruth Gossett, b. January 22, 1896. She is greatly talented in music; she possesses the charm and the poise of her mother; attended Castelleja School for Girls in Palo Alto, California. Was married August 16, 1916, to John Wilhoit, son of George and Jessie Woods Wilhoit of pioneer and banking families at Stockton, California. Their one child, Douglass Woods Wilhoit, born September 24, 1918, was graduated from Santa Barbara School at Carpinteria, California, then attended Stanford University. In World War II he served as radio operator in the Navy in both of the Atlantic and Pacific areas. He was married May 14, 1941, to Olympe Bradna of Beverly Hills, California. They live in Stockton and have three children: Douglass, Antoinette, and Jean. In 1926, Merle was married to Clarence R. Mattei, well-known portrait painter who studied art in New York, Paris, and London. He contributed to artists' exhibitions in New York, in Los Angeles and elsewhere. He painted numerous portraits of distinguished persons. Clarence and Merle Gossett Mattei lived for many years in Montecito in proximity to Santa Barbara, California. He died April 1, 1946.