Re: Eli C. Gause Obituary
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Eli C. Gause Obituary
Karen McMains 5/29/03
This is probably just a coincidence but I'll post anyway. In looking at the 1880 Census for North Carolina I ran across the name Elva Perkins Gause. It caught my attention for two reasons. First because Perkins and Goff are both names I am researching and I though Gause might be a variation of Goff. Second- she was listed as a phrenologist which I think meant that she "read" the bumps on people's heads/skulls. Later in going through the census for 1870, I saw that her husband was Eli Gause. He was listed as a Peace Officer and she was listed as a "minister of the gospel."The 1880 census showed her as being divorced.This seems to match your Eli. He may have married her when he was traveling around and then divorced before moving back up.
Jan Norwood
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