Gause, Z. F.

GAUSE, MACY

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GAUSE & MACY
General Merchandise; Lynnville; the former, Z. F. GAUSE, born in Henry Co., Ind., Feb. 25, 1836, emigrated to Lynn Grove in 1857, and engaged in farming till 1864, when he moved to this town and engaged in the mercantile business in partnership with Calvin MACY; they have recently purchased and occupied their present place of business, a large, new store. Mr. GAUSE married Aseneth MACY in this township Oct. 14, 1858; she was also born in Henry Co., Ind.; they have two adopted children-Martha R. and Cora. Mr. G. owns 227 acres in Sugar Creek Tp., Poweshiek Co., valued at $25 per acre, and his residence and lot of eighteen acres in the town of Lynnville, on which he has upward of 1000 bearing apple trees, valued at $3,500. The latter, Calvin MACY, born in Henry Co., Ind., in 1822, moved to this county in 1860, and was engaged in farming till his partnership with Mr. GAUSE in 1864; owns 279 acres of land, valued at $9,000. Married Anna EDGERTON in Indiana, who died in 1864, aged 47 years; married again, Serena BALLINGER in 1866; she is a native of North Carolina; his children are Anna, Isaac, Lemuel, Oriana and William. GAUSE and MACY are members of the Society of Friends. ~ "Lynn Grove Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)