Ephraim Goss (June 12, 1806 – July 27, 1877) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of John Goss (c.1768–1848) and Mary (Lamont) Goss (c.1767–1844). He was born in that part of the Town of Middleburgh which was separated in 1828 as the Town of Fulton, in

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. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1831, and practiced in Pittsford. On November 13, 1832, he married Margaret Porter (1814–1896), and they had several children, among them Assemblyman

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(born 1834). He was a

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; a

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of the State Militia; Supervisor of the Town of Pittsford for several terms; Clerk of

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from 1838 to 1840; and a member of the

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(28th D.) in

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and

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. He was buried at the Pittsford Cemetery.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pg. 364 and 442)
''Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York''
by William D. Murphy (1861; pg. 56ff)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goss, Ephraim 1806 births 1877 deaths Republican Party New York (state) state senators People from Fulton, Schoharie County, New York Town supervisors in New York (state) People from Pittsford, New York 19th-century American legislators