WABASHA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
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Biography transcribed & donated to Wabasha County, MN Bios by
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out her site "Biographies and Historical Sketches of Wabasha County,
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		    "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY MINNESOTA"
                               COMPILED BY
                         FRANKLYN CURTISS-WEDGE
                                AND OTHERS

                                ILLUSTRATED

                               WINONA, MINN.
                          H. C. COOPER, JR., & CO.
                                   1920



Boss, Andrew (page 706), an early settler in Gillford Township, and at one time one of the leading citizens 
 of Wabasha County, was born in Kinloss, Scotland, July 6, 1835, and came to America at the age of 17 
 years. For two years he remained in New York City, being employed as a clerk in a drug store. He then 
 came west and at Janesville, Wis., about 1859, he met and married Jeanette Nesbit. In 1863 Mr. Boss came 
 with his wife to Wabasha County, Minnesota, buying a homestead claim on section 15, Gillford Township. 
 The place was but slightly improved, only a small part of the land being broken, the house being a shack, and 
 straw sheds in use as a substitute for stables. Mr. Boss at once started to develop a good farm, erecting a 
 substantial house and other buildings. For a long period he served as town clerk, and in time acquired such 
 local popularity that he was elected to the state legislature, in which he served for two year, in politics being 
 a Democrat. He died on the farm August 22, 1897, and was survived by his wife, who passed away in 1905, 
 also on the old homestead. Their children were as follows: Marcia, now Mrs. A. H. Lamb of Oak Center; 
 Jean, wife of J. E. Knight of Sherwood, Ore.; Andrew, an instructor in the Minnesota Agricultural College at 
 St. Paul; William, who holds a similar position there; James, of Zumbro Falls, Minn.; Alexander, of 
 Sherwood, Ore.; David, now proprietor of the old home farm in Gillford Township; John, who is deceased, 
 and two others who died in infancy.