Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Gause, Nathan October 5, 1824 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Glapha Cox rcoxfam@earthlink.net January 9, 2006, 10:17 am Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884) Jackson Township p. 560 & 561 Nathan Gause was born in Preble County, Ohio, Oct. 5, 1824, a son of Nathan and Mary Gause. His parents afterward moved to Henry County, where his father died about twenty-six years ago. His mother then made her home with her children, till her death, at the advanced age of ninety-six years. Nathan Gause was married in Bethel meeting-house, in 1845, to Ann, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Cox. They have had a family of five sons, four still living--- Clarkson, Sylvester J., Oscar K. and Joseph C. Their son Thomas C. began the study of medicine with Dr. Hobbs, of Knightstown, Henry Co., Ind., and afterward attended medical college at Cincinnati, Ohio. He commenced the practice of his profession at Washington, Wayne County, and had a large and successful practice, with bright prospects for the future, when on the evening of Aug. 29, 1882, while sitting by the door of his office talking to a friend, he was shot by one Arthur Brooks. He left a wife and two children---Clarent and Freddie Carl. Mr. and Mrs. Gause are members of the Society of Friends, Mr. Gause being a minister of the society. They have a fine farm of forty-one acres of choice land, which is well adapted for raising all kinds of grain. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/wayne/bios/gause51gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb