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Name

Goss, Arthur H.

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Judge Arthur Hibbard Goss (1862- 1946)

The judge was born in Oshkosh, February 17, 1862, to Hibbard A. & Alice B West Goss. The family came to Wisconsin from Vermont in 1855. Arthur went to the Normal School in Oshkosh and then to the University of Wisconsin, graduating with a law degree in 1884. He returned to Oshkosh and worked with Mr. Moses Hooper until he was elected the first Municipal Judge in the city in 1895.

He married Hallie Lyn Maxwell, of the Town of Vinland, November 5, 1896, they had one daughter Marion, born in Oshkosh, February 20, 1899. Marion died in Glendale, CA., on September 19, 1986.

The judge died in Oshkosh on April 16, 1946, Hallie died the following month later on May 31, 1946.

Per Lawson, Publius V., 1853-1920. / History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin : its cities, towns, resources, people
Volume II (1908)