John Alonzo Guss was born at Trinity on November 20, 1876, and was proprietor of a store in Trinity which was in the family for three generations.Joseph Guss Sr came to Catahoula Parish shortly before the Civil War and established a general store in Trinity. He operated the store until his death when his son, Joseph Guss Jr, who continued the operation until his death, when his son John A. Guss,…