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August
Gauch Mr. Gauch was born in Baden, Germany, August 18, 1859. He is the son of Christian and Mary Ann (Blink) Gauch, both natives of Baden, Germany, where they grew to maturity, and were married and there the father spent his life, dying in the fatherland at the age of fifty-five years. The mother came to America with her son August, of this review, in the spring of 1868 and she died at Montour, Iowa, when sixty-two years old, and her remains rest in the cemetery at State Center. Three
sons and two daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Christian Gauch, namely: Anton
died in Marshall County, Iowa, in 1911; Mrs. Pauline Dischner died in Sioux
Falls, South Dakota; Mrs. Catherine Kuckert lives in Eden Township, Marshall
County; Joseph lives in Clear Creek Township, Jasper County; August, of this
review, is the youngest. They were
all born in Germany and there spent their early childhood, being reared
principally in Eden Township, Marshall County, Iowa, the subject having been
nine years old when
he came here. August
Gauch received his education in the common schools and early in life he turned
his attention to farming, which has been his chief life work. He was married on
September 25, 1894, to Minnie Schorman, who was born in Allamakee County, Iowa,
September 17, 1866, and there she grew up and was educated.
She is the daughter of Fred and Henrietta (Dravis) Schorman, both born in
Germany, the mother in Detmold, Lippe, and there they grew up and were married
and from there emigrated to America in early life and here became well
established and here spent the rest of their lives, the father dying in June
1878, and the mother on November 27, 1907.
They were the parents of four sons and three daughters, named as follows:
Fred, of Baxter, Jasper County; Minnie, wife of Mr. Gauch, of this
review; William is a well known merchant of the-town of Baxter, Iowa; Mrs.
Goodman, Henry, Herman, Sophia. They were all born in Allamakee County except the youngest,
whose birth occurred in Jasper County. To
Mr. and Mrs. Gauch have been born three daughters, as follows: Anna, born March
22, 1896; Henrietta, born January 16, 1897; Irene, born in Melbourne, September
29, 1899. The two eldest were born
in Baxter, and all three are now attending the public schools here. August
Gauch remained at home until he was twenty-two years old, then he went to Sioux
Falls, South Dakota, where he remained about ten years, then returned to Jasper
County, Iowa, where he has continued to reside to the present time.
He has been very successful in a business way and is the owner of
considerable valuable property, including a substantial business block in
Baxter, a modern and well furnished home here, eight acres within the city
limits of Baxter, and three hundred and twenty acres of excellent land in Texas.
He believes in securing the best of everything for his family, giving his
children every advantage, and in a public way he supports all measures having as
their object the general good. Politically,
he is a Democrat and was reared a Catholic.
Mrs. Gauch and children attend the Christian Church. He
belongs to Baxter Lodge No. 188 of Melbourne, and Baxter Lodge No. 168, Knights
of Pythias. This is one of the
highly respected and influential families of Baxter and this part of the County,
having here a host of warm personal friends. The
Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912
B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p.1133 |
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