"Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3S-L1KT : 4 April 2020), Wm Allen Rowe Goss in entry for Mary Nutting Goss, 24 Oct 1841; citing Danville, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6J2-5HF : 4 April 2020), William Goss, Danville, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing family 259, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Maine, Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1620-2014," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5W9-H2JP : 3 September 2019), William A R Goss, 11 Oct 1886; citing Death, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 101200855.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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