Lucien Coatsworth Gause
Born: December 25, 1836
Birthplace: Wilmington, North Carolina
Father: Samuel Sidney Gause 1804 – 1867
Mother: Elizabeth Ann Martha Sweet 1812 – 1843
Wife: Virginia Ann “Jennie” Page 1837 – 1884
Children:
Percy Page Gause 1867 – 1869
(Buried: Patterson Minor Cemetery, Diaz, Arkansas)
Bertha Page Gause Woodard 1870 – 1961
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Springfield, Tennessee)
Ada Page Gause 1873 – 1874
(Buried: Patterson Minor Cemetery, Diaz, Arkansas)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
Graduated from University of Virginia
Graduated from Cumberland University
Occupation before War:
1859 – 1861: Attorney in Jacksonport, Arkansas
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: 1st Lt. Company G, 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment
1862: Lt. and Adjutant for 32nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment
1862: Major of 32nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1865: Colonel of 32nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment
Brigade Commander in Arkansas First Division, under General Tappen
1865: Surrendered at Shreveport, Louisiana in May
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1875: Attorney in Jacksonport, Arkansas
1866: Arkansas State Representative
Arkansas State Commissioner in Washington, D.C.
Unsuccessfully contested election of U.S. Congressman Asa Hodges
1875 – 1879: United States Congressman from Arkansas
1875 – 1879: Member of House Public Lands Committee
1877 – 1879: Member of House Treasury Department Expenditures
1878: Choose not to be a candidate for renomination to U.S. Congress
1879 – 1880: Attorney in Jacksonport, Arkansas
Died: February 5, 1880
Place of Death: Jacksonport, Arkansas
Cause of Death: Consumption
Age at time of Death: 43 years old
Burial Place: Unknown Burial Place
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