GAUSS, Charles Henry b. 14 AUG 1845 St. Charles, Missouri d. 18 JAN 1913 St. Charles, Missouri : Gauss and his children

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Birth	14 Aug 1845	St. Charles, Missouri
Gender	Male
Died	18 Jan 1913	St. Charles, Missouri
Person ID	I18
Last Modified	16 May 2010

Father	GAUSS, Eugene , b. 29 Jul 1811 , Gottingen, Germany , d. 04 Jul 1896 , Booneville, Missouri
Mother	FAWCETT, Henrietta , b. 03 Feb 1817 , Harrisonburg, Virginia , d. 24 Nov 1909 , Missouri
Married	14 Feb 1844	St. Charles, Missouri
Family ID	F20

Family JOHNS, Charlotte Elizabeth , b. 26 Feb 1850
, Point Prairie, Missouri , d. 1938
, St. Charles, Missouri

Married 04 Nov 1869 St. Louis, Missouri

Children

	1. GAUSS, Blanche Lindsay , b. 18 Oct 1870 , St. Charles, Missouri , d. 26 Feb 1950 , Miami, Florida
	2. GAUSS, Henrietta , b. 04 Apr 1872 , St. Charles, Missouri , d. 12 Sep 1872 , Sedalia, Missouri
	3. GAUSS, Eugene, b. 12 Nov 1873, St. Charles, Missouri , d. 11 Dec 1891, San Antonio, Texas
	4. GAUSS, Anne Durfee , b. 27 Jun 1876 , Sedalia, Missouri , d. 25 Apr 1932 , heart failure, St. Charles, Missouri
	5. GAUSS, Charles Frederick , b. 09 Apr 1878 , Sedalia, Missouri , d. 27 Jun 1879 , Sedalia, Missouri
	6. GAUSS, Martha , b. 24 Sep 1879 , Sedalia, Missouri , d. 17 Dec 1882 , Sedalia, Missouri
	7. GAUSS, Henry , b. 18 Jun 1881 , Sedalia, Missouri , d. 19 Jun 1881 , Sedalia, Missouri
	8. GAUSS, John Montgomery , b. 29 Nov 1882 , Sedalia, Missouri , d. 12 May 1932 , St. Charles, Missouri
	9. GAUSS, Virginia Fawcett , b. 28 Nov 1883 , St. Charles, Missouri , d. 1955 , St. Charles, Missouri
	10. GAUSS, Matthew Johns , b. 11 Apr 1887 , San Antonio, Texas , d. 18 Sep 1954 , St. Charles, Missouri
	11. GAUSS, Lois Erskine , b. 03 Oct 1888 , San Antonio, Texas , d. Oct 1966 , Knoxville, Tennesee
	12. GAUSS, Minna Waldeck , b. 02 Jul 1892 , San Antonio, Texas , d. Dec 1984 , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Family ID F18

Headstones
GAUSS, Charles Henry (1845-1913)
Status: Located

Notes

CHARLES HENRY GAUSS was born in St. Charles, Missouri on August 14, 184
5 to Eugene Gauss and Henrietta Fawcett (1900 Census Boone
County MO Columbia Twn #137). Henry Gauss graduated from Washington Univ
ersity (-1864), then studied engineering at Yale
University as a member of the Theta Xi fraternity. He finished his degr
ee at Yale through the Sheffield Scientific School
(-1866). Henry Gauss then worked as an engineer on the St. Louis, Wabas
h and Pacific Railroad, before entering his father's
lumber business in St. Charles (1867-1872). The Gauss lumber yard was co
nsumed by fire in 1878 (Letter W Fawcett to V Fawcett
5/12/1878). From 1869 through 1872 Henry Gauss served as a deacon in th
e St. Charles 1st Presbyterian Church.
After marrying Charlotte Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Johns at St. Charles, Missou
ri, they lived there for several years (1871-72), and then
moved to Sedalia, Missouri (1873-82) where he continued in the lumber b
usiness (Pettis County 1882:655; Letter V Fawcett
11/17/1877). They returned to St. Charles (1883), but soon moved to Sa
n Antonio, Texas where he started another lumber and
construction business with his brother-in-law: Arthur C. Johns. John
s & Gauss--both residents of Sedalia--ran an announcement in
the San Antonio newspaper (Light 8/10/1883:4) that showed they would soo
n move there. They were partners in Gauss & Johns
(1885-92) at 336 S. Flores. Arthur Johns continued the business there u
nder his name (1892-93) before selling out and managing it
for others: William Cameron & Co (1894-1900) and R.H. Downman (1901- ?)
. Charles Gauss became an insurance agent (Equitable Life,
1892-93; Manhattan Life, 1894-95), before he returned to St. Louis wit
h his family. In San Antonio they lived at 108 San Pedro
Ave (1885-91) and 509 Murphy Ave (1892-95).
The children of Henry Gauss and Lizzie Johns are: Blanche Gauss (1870-af
t 1900), Henrietta Gauss (4/4/1872-9/12/1872 St. Charles
of brain fever, buried Oak Grove [Index 1860-89:16]), Eugene Gauss (1873
-91), Ann Durpee Gauss (1877-1932), Carl/Charles Frederic
Gauss (1878-79), Martha íMattieâ Gauss (9/24/1879-12/17/1882 [St. Charle
s Journal 12/22/1882]), Henry Gauss (6/18-19/1881), John
Montgomery Gauss (1882-1932), Virginia Fawcett Gauss (1883-1955), Matth
ew Johns Gauss (1887-1954), Lois Gauss (1888-aft 1910),
Minna Waldeck Gauss (1892-1938). All of their children were born in Miss
ouri (Gauss 1982:196, Stephens 1921:935-36).
During the winter of 1893-94 Henry brought his entire family back to hi
s parents home near Columbia in Boone County, Missouri to
celebrate his parents 50th wedding anniversary in mid-February. This wa
s the first time that his children had experienced snow,
and they spent the winter sledding (Letter: Henrietta Gauss to Lucy Fawc
ett 2/38/1894). They were still living with his widowed
mother in 1900 (Columbia Twn, Boone County MO #137). He was a lumber sal
esman.
Charles H. Gauss resided in St. Louis before settling permanently in St
. Charles by 1909. In 1910 he, his wife, her mother (Jane
A. Johns), and 5 of their children (Ann, Matthew, Lois and Minna) live
d at 701 Tompkins Street (Census #109/124). He was a
traveling lumber salesman. Charles H. Gauss died from a heart attack o
n January 19, 1913 at the Johns Residence (701
Tompkins)--within a few hours of the death from the same cause of his br
other Robert Gauss. Both suffered, like their father, from
eye disease. Charles H. Gauss was buried on January 20 (Gauss 1982:196
, Stephens 1921:935-936; Steinbrinkers 1911-39; Rocky
Mountain News 1/20/1913:1; Denver Republican 1/20/1913:5). Wiechesn (n.d
.) incorrectly places the date of his death as June 18,
1913. Elizabeth, and their children (Ann, Virginia, Mathew, and Minna) c
ontinued to live in their house (701 Tompkins [1920 Census
#312]). Elizabeth died there in 1938.
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Sources
[S4] Bill Fawcett's Book , William Bloys Fawcett, Jr. .

GAUSS, Charles Henry 1845 - 1913

GAUSS, Charles Henry
1845 - 1913