Albert and Rebecca Gay Coss moved to Isabel from Mankata, Kansas in
     about 1901. They lived on a farm bordering the northwest corner of town.
     They later moved into town.
          Albert was a Civil War veteran. Mr. and Mrs. Coss were active in the
     Methodist Church.
          When they moved to Isabel there were 8 living children - Emma Coss
     Costner, Leroy Coss, Thomas A. Coss, John F. Coss, Verna Coss Haworth, 
     Charles D. Coss, Florence Coss McEntire and Nellie Coss McCulley. Several
     of these lived in the Isabel area at least part of their lives. They are all
     deceased. Albert deceased in 1923 and Rebecca in 1941. They are both buried
     in Isabel Cemetery.
               
     Source: Isabel, Kansas - The First 100 Years, 1887 - 1987,  pg. 64 
     
     Submitted by: Margaret Coss Jewell