Charles C. Goss (1852)

Born in Bridgewater, England in 1820, for several years he served appointments in the East Genesee conference and as a missionary for the American Sunday School Union.  He authored a statistical analysis of early American Methodist growth.  For the last thirty years of his life, before his death in 1891, he was the superintendent of the People’s Mission in New York city which sought to fill gaps in services not provided by other charities, offered free legal services, visitation of the sick, funeral services, and worship services in public parks.

Publication:

• Goss, C. C. Statistical History of the First Century of American Methodism: With a Summary of the Origin and Present Operations of Other Denominations. New York: Carlton & Porter, 1866.

Sources:

• Cary, Seth C. A Catalogue of the Alpha Chapter Boston University: Graduates of the School of Theology, 1850-1905. Boston: Published by the Biographical Secretary, 1906.
• New York Charities Directory.  Third Edition. New York: Charity Organization Society of the City of New York, 1888.
• “Obituary Notices,” The New York Times, July 24, 1891.