Edwin Lincoln Goss, M.D., came to Carrington in 1902. He was born at Morris Illinois and a graduate of Rush Medical College, Chicago. He practiced for nine years at Sheffield, Iowa before he came to Carrington and bought Dr. J.J. Hamilton's practice. For years thereafter his professional card in the newspaper read "E.L. Goss, Physician and Surgeon, Successor to Dr. J.J. Hamilton". In later years his card read "eyes tested, glasses fitted" but in his practice he tended to specialize in obstetrics, possibly because his first wife died in childbirth. He had a brother who lived in Eddy County and his nephew Perry Goss was the owner of the Dakota Electric Company in Carrington for many years. Dr. Goss' first wife, the former Sarah Vincent died while he was practicing in Iowa leaving two sons, Robert and Rollin. In 1905 after coming to North Dakota he married on January 15, as his second wife Nellie Standish the daughter of Miles Standish of Underwood, ND. She had been a teacher in the Carrington Schools and was prominent in Women's Club and the D.A. R. They had a daughter Dorothy.

After 47 years in Carrington, Dr. Goss, who had started out as a "horse and buggy doctor", drove by automobile to his retirement home in Portland, Oregon.

Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 221