Person:GAUSS, Charles William (1813 - 1879)
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| GAUSS, Charles William (1813 - 1879) | |
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| Family(s): | Gauss |
| Link to Gauss genealogy: | GED link  I219
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| Sex: | M |
| Date born: | 1813 |
| Date died: | 1879 |
| Father: | GAUSS, Carl Friedrich (1777-1855) |
| Mother: | WALDECK, Friederica Wilhelmine (1788 - 1831) |
| Spouse(s): | FALLENSTEIN, Aletta Christiane Luise (1813 - 1883) |
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Biography
Charles William Gauss was a son of Carl Friedrich Gauss and Minna Waldeck Gauss. He came to the United States in the 1830s and tried farming, but eventually ended up in St. Louis, Missouri, founding Gauss and Sons Boots and Shoes and becoming a prominent citizen of St. Louis.
- 1870 census - listed occupation, Wholesale boots and shoes
Obituary
1879
Charles W. Gauss
GAUSS - Charles W. Gauss, on the 23rd inst at 3 o'clock A. M. in his 66th year. The funeral will take place on Monday, August 25, at 2 o'clock P. M. from his late residence, California Avenue near Lafayette Avenue. Carriages will be waiting until 1:20 o'clock at the corner of fifth Street and Washington Avenue. Boston Post please copy.
Death of an Old Citizen
Mr. C. W. Gauss, a well known and esteemed citizen, died yesterday of dropsy, at his residence on California Avenue, near Lafayette. He had attained his sixty-sixth year. He was a son of C. F. Gauss of Gottingen, Germany, the celebrated mathematician and astronomer. Mr. Gauss came to Missouri forty two years ago, and was for many years a farmer in Chariton County. He came to St. Louis in 1858 and started the wholesale boot and shoe business on Washington Avenue, where he continued up to the time of his death. He was regarded as a man of high sense of honor and integrity and was well known in the mercantile community. The funeral will take place from the late residence at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Source
William T. Gauss collection, p. 199. Transcribed to softcopy by Susan D. Chambless.
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- Gauss Index
- Gauss Index-Gen3
- Gauss Index-Gen4
- Gauss, Charles Frederick (DeathCertificate)
- Gauss, Mary Louise (DeathCertificate)
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Charles William Gauss, son of Carl Friedrich Gauss. |
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