Enoch Henry Gosney was born in Clermont County, Ohio in 1817 to William Gosney and Mary "Polly" Elsberry.
He was a member of the Methodist church in Walnut Grove, Pulaski County, Kentucky and was a farmer. He married Elizabeth Jane Hoskin in about 1845 in Pendleton County, Kentucky. They had children:
2. Mary "Mollie" Gosney, b. 1848. m. Thomas Sharp
3. Katherine "Kate" Gosney, b. 1860. m. John W. Fossitt
4. Richard "Orner" Gosney, b. 1853. m. Avermadell Drake
Enoch died July 1886 in Pendleton County, Kentucky.