Curd
"Cusa"
Goss
Born in Tennessee
Ancestors 
Son of John Goss
and Mary (Griffin) Goss
Brother of
Allen G. Goss, Alvis Goss, Sherman Goss, John Sherman Goss, James Goss, Mary Elizabeth Goss and Elizabeth E (Goss) Foster
Husband of
Mary Ellen (Alexander) Goss
— married
about 1837 in Tennessee, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Martha E Goss, Emily Goss, Samantha Alice (Goss) Matthis, Nancy Goss, William J. A. Goss, James Goss, Mary Ellen Goss, John S Goss, Margaret Jane Goss, Wiley Jerome Goss and Harriet Lutishey Goss
Died
at age 43
in Cooke, Texas, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Nov 2012
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Biography
Birth: Mar. 19, 1819 Tennessee, USA Death: Oct., 1862
Son of John and Mary Griffin Goss
Married Mary Ellen Alexander
November 25, 1852, John Goss Sr. sold 160 acres to Curd Goss for $1600/McMinn County. December 23, 1852, John Goss Sr. deeded 280 acres to Curd Goss/McMinn County TN.January 1855, Curd Goss purchased land in Harrison County, Iowa.
Parents: John Goss (1783 - ____) Mary Griffin Goss (1784 - 1855)
Burial: The Great Hanging Burial Site Gainesville Cooke County Texas, USA
Curd was found in LaGrange Township, a farmer from Tennessee, age 37, resident of the state for one year, a voter and militia. His family included Polly, age 41, from North Carolina; Martha E. 17, born in Missouri; Samantha, age 14, born in Missouri; Nancy, age 10, born in Tennessee; William J.A., age 8, born in Tennessee; James, age 6, born in Tennessee; Mary E., age 4, born in Tennessee; John, age 2, born in Tennessee; and Margaret, age ΒΌ, born in Iowa.
Martha E. (1838), Emily (1840-1854), Samantha (1842), Nancy (1845), William (1847), James (1849), Mary Ellen (1852), John S. (1854), Margaret Jane (1856-1859), Wiley (1858) and Harriet (1860-1861).
Find A Grave Memorial# 57211544
In what some call "one of the worst atrocities of the Civil War", at least 40 men, suspected of Union sympathies, were hanged in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas during the month of October 1862. Several others were lynched in neighboring communities... From Great Hanging at Gainesville, Cooke County, TX during the Civil War - October, 1862
Curd Goss was part of the group of men who opposed secession and was hanged with others as a traitor in Gainesville.
Sources
- WikiTree profile Goss-710 created through the import of Goss Family Tree.ged on Nov 25, 2012 by Karen Goss. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Karen and others.
Acknowledgement: Robert Bennett
http://gainesvilletx1862.blogspot.com/2012_04_01_archive.html
Findagrave.com https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57211544
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Curd 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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Curd:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Curd 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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Curd:
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~3.12%
Mary (Knight) Williams
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member MJWilliams50
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~0.78%
Patricia (Patterson) Hotze :
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