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ABRAHAM GOSSETT, farmer, P. O. Elmwood, Pierce county, is a son of James
Gossett, who was born in Tennessee in 1801, and married Lucy A., daughter of
James and Nancy Hill.  To them ten children were born, namely: Jacob 
(deceased), Isaac (deceased), Rebecca, Nancy (deceased), Abraham, John, Polly
Jenkings, Lucinda (deceased), Fanny (Mrs. Howard), and Peggy (Mrs. Pullen,
deceased).  Abraham was born June 9, 1827, in Hamilton county, Ill., but 
when quite young moved with his parents to Fort Madison, Iowa, and lived on
a farm.  In 1858 he married Rhoda, daughter of John and Elizabeth Jenkings.
Five years later he came to Maiden Rock, Wis., and enlisted from there June
11, 1862, in Company A, Twentieth regiment Wisconsin volunteer infantry, and
served nine months, and then was honorably discharged on account of 
disability.  In 1863 he came to Pierce county and took a homestead, and his
was the second family in the township.  He farmed during the summer and was
engaged in lumbering some during the winters, but being quite a hunter he
would hunt deer and bear, selling part to Carsen & Co.  He was a mill-wright
by trade and has served as surveyor two terms.  When he came here provisions
were very scarce and high, pork costing twenty-four cents per pound, flour
$16 per barrel.  Now he has a comfortable home with his children near him.
He has four children, namely: Amanda M. (Mrs. Smith), Rebecca J. (Mrs. Rima,
deceased), Willis W. (deceased), and Laura (Mrs. Layman), who lives in Warren,
Chippewa county, Wis.  Politically Mr. Gossett is a republican and has been
constable of the township for a number of terms.  He is a member of the 
G. A. R. and is widely known and respected by all.

--Taken from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley
Wisconsin Including A General Historical Sketch of the Chippewa Valley;
Ancestral Records fo Leading Families; Biographies of Representative Citizens,
Past and Present; and Portraits of Prominent Men.  Edited by George Forrester.
Published in Chicago, Illinois by A. Warner. Publisher. 1891-2. Page 545