GAUSS, Eugene (1811-1896)

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Eugene Gauss
Eugene Gauss

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Biography

Eugene Gauss was born to Carl Friedrich Gauss and Minna Waldeck in Hannover in 1811.

Obituary

1896, Eugene Gauss - The venerable EUGENE GAUSS died last Saturday, July 4, 1896, at the family residence in Boone County, Missouri, near Columbia, aged almost 85 years. The funeral took place from the First Presbyterian Church, St. Charles, Missouri, to the city cemetery (Oak Grove). For many years Mr. Gauss was a leading citizen of St. Charles and was a prominent business man. He raised a large family here and about nine years before his death removed to Boone County. He came to this country from Germany when a young man, after being educated at the University of Goettingen. He served an enlistment in the army (having declined any opportunities his father's influence could have secured for him), being stationed at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Here his education was discovered and he was put in charge of the post library. After this he engaged in the fur trade in the upper Mississippi Valley, having an adventurous life, agreeable to his naturally restless disposition. In his early thirties he settled in St. Charles, where he married Miss Henrietta Fawcett. The father of Mr. Gauss (Carl Friedrich Gauss) was an eminent scholar in Germany and was especially famous as a mathematician and astronomer. The son, Eugene, inherited much of the father's scholarly tastes, and in his long life had read extensively and accumulated a vast fund of information. Mr. Gauss became totally blind soon after moving to Boone County, but otherwise retained good health until about a year ago. He leaves a wife and five children: Henry, Robert, Eugene, Albert and Virginia. A son, Theodore, died last October, and was buried in the family lot in the city cemetery of St. Charles. A daughter, Theresa, died when a small child, many years ago.(From St. Charles newspaper)

Source

From the Black Book, notes of Anne Durfee Gauss and Minna Gauss Reeves.

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Notes on Eugene Gauss

  • I keep searching for that clue that will tell me why, why things turned out like they did. Your Eugene Gauss held my Wilhelm Bock's life in his hand so to speak. He bailed him out with a note on his land in 1844 but did not do anything when it went unpaid years after it was due. Finally he broke down and had Sam McClure call for a Sheriff sale and bought it himself. But he still didn't evict the old man. And not until Bock was dead did Eugene Gauss break down and sell Bock's beloved Dutzow. --Dorris Keeven
  • GAUSS, Virginia to Anne D. Gauss - 1914-12-26: He had a general merchandise store, Gauss & Weidner, there in the grain business, Then Lumber, also President of the First-National Bank. Eugene thinks he was the first president of the Bank. Resigned on account of his eyes.

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  • Gold - Article on Eugene Gauss by Kevin S. Brown.
Facts about GAUSS, Eugene (1811-1896)RDF feed
Child of GAUSS, Carl Friedrich (1777-1855)  +, and WALDECK, Friederica Wilhelmine (1788 - 1831)  +
Mentions GAUSS, Eugene (1811-1896)  +, Boone County, Missouri  +, First Presbyterian Church of St. Charles, Missouri  +, Oak Grove Cemetery  +, University of Goettingen  +, Fort Snelling, Minnesota  +, FAWCETT, Henrietta (1817-1909)  +, GAUSS, Carl Friedrich (1777-1855)  +, GAUSS, Charles Henry (1845-1913)  +, GAUSS, Robert (1851 - 1913)  +, GAUSS, Eugene Jr. (1856-1951)  +, GAUSS, Albert Fawcett (1862 - 1953)  +, GAUSS, Virginia (1853-1930)  +, and GAUSS, Theodore (1849 - 1895)  +
Spouse of FAWCETT, Henrietta (1817-1909)  +
Year born 1811  +
Year died 1896  +
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