Eugene Gauss was the eldest son of Carl Friedrich Gauss, the German mathematician and his second wife, Minna Waldeck. He emigrated to the United States in 1832, served as a clerk, then joined the Army, serving in S. Dakota. He settled in St. Charles where he variously farmed, ran a lumber yard and was president of a local bank. He married Henrietta Fawcett. Later he moved to Boone county with his wife and two single children where he died.
Eugene Gauss was the eldest son of Carl Friedrich Gauss, the German mathematician and his second wife, Minna Waldeck. He emigrated to the United States in 1832, served as a clerk, then joined the Army, serving in S. Dakota. He settled in St. Charles where he variously farmed, ran a lumber yard and was president of a local bank. He married Henrietta Fawcett. Later he moved to Boone county with his wife and two single children where he died.
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