Individual Details
Charles Gasche
(16 Nov 1846 - 3 Jul 1886)
Marriage: Vol 7 pg 312 Wayne Co. Records
Graves registrations- Wayne Co. Ohio:
Buried lot 234 section? Block 8? grave # 4? Upright marker
was Private in Civil War: Co B 186 OVI enlisted 2/13/1865; discharged 9-18-1865.
BIOGRAPHY:
Charles Gasche was a painter of more than ordinary note and was an able instructor in this fine art.
He was an artist of much natural ability and of finely cultivated skill. Much of his excellent work lives here at home and specimens at many places abroad will keep his name and ability in memory. The elaborate oil fresco painting in the Court Room in Wooster Ohio, with its portraits of the Judges, are evidences of his skill, as is also much of the painted ornamentation of Quimby Opera House, also in Wooster. In many residences are samples of his skill, by way of beautiful decorations; also portraits, pieces of natural scenery and animals, fruits and flowers, gems of fancy sketches etc. He gave instruction in the art and was a popular teacher. He was also a Civil War Veteran, serving with Co. B 186 OVI 2/13/1865 to 9/18/1865.
Among the listings in a book titled "Ohio Arts & Artists" by Edna Maria Clark is: "Charles (P) Gasche, born in Wooster in 1846, died in Wooster, 1886. Studied with Reinhart in N.Y. Work: Portraits, Landscape, Figures, Interest Decoration of Churches and Masonic Halls in many Ohio towns, Court House in Wooster, 0. exhibited in Chicago."
Just a short time prior to his death at age 39 in 1886, at his home on North Buckeye Street (probably 529) , he completed a course of instruction to a large class of pupils and it is thought that the extra exertion required of him to complete this course hastened his death. He died after a long illness. Deceased had been afflicted for some time past with consumption of the lungs, which latterly induced other chronic ailments. He had been up and down for the two years before his death and , his last illness being for about two months.
One of his obit s notes that socially, he was clever, liberal and companionable, well informed on all topics, a fine conversationalist, and popular with acquaintances.
The Wooster Republican, on 30 Dec 1870 noted that Mr. Charles Gasche, Artist of Wooster and Master J.B. Adair, each presented two handsome stone axes, Indian relics, to the University of Wooster, for which they will please accept thanks.
The Wooster Republican, 16 Dec 1875(?):
Portrait of John Larwill
We stepped into Chas. Gasche's Gallery of Art the other day and were shown a portrait of John Lawill, deceased, which impressed us at once as being a truthful likeness. The features are admirable depicted, the position is one of quiet naturalness; even the cane stands a it was wont to do when the living hand held it. There is nothing unnatural or distorted about the portrait, and it presents the subject in the calmest repose. Mr. Gasche has handled the brush with consummate skill in producing this work and displayed his ability to draw the line true to life. It is certainly a meritorious production and meets with universal favor.
The 25 Sept 1878 Wayne County Democrat ( on page 3) noted:
The Wooster Artist, Charles Gasche has been awarded the contract for frescoing in oil and distemper the new German Reformed Church in Canton, and takes with him as assistants Messrs Pinney and Dieho. The job is worth about $600.00
The Wayne County Democrat 22 Oct 1879 pg. 3 noted that:
Charles Gasche has returned to Wooster from Erie PA, where he had been for the past month, frescoing the Presbyterian Church of that city in his artist style. On Monday he commenced frescoing the Court room, the ceiling and walls of which are to be richly paneled, moulded and ornamented. The work will take some weeks to complete.
From History of Wayne Co. OH --Ben Douglas OGS
pg. 562
Charles Gasche, artist, was the contractor for all decorative paintings- was assisted by Mr. Busch, Pinney and Diehl of Quimby Operal House, corner of N. Buckeye & Lawill- opened Feb 1, 1877 in Wooster.
In 9 May 1989 The Daily Record, a Wooster Oh Newspaper there is an article written by James Fetzer (now deceased) about the Artist Charles Gasche entitled "Few Details Are Known About Artist Gasche, Who Painted a Century Ago". It tells of two pictures in the possession of The Wayne County Historical Society painted by Gasche (a horse and a portrait of an unidentified man). The article speculates about the Gasche family and asks for help with info about the family. (Full text of Article is in the source notes for this person)
In 1880-1881 was called upon to repair a rotting dead whale that was touring the county. He traveled to Bay City Michigan to work on the carcass and then again later in the year to Washington DC.
In the late 1990's I was working at the Ohio Genealogical Society Library when a patron came in who was working on a book about early Ohio Photographers. He had a note in his information that according to an undated clipping he found at Wayne County Public Library, a Charles Gasche purchased Albright's Gallery the same day a son was born.
from ", compiled and edited by Mary Sayre Haverstock, Jeannette Mahoney Vance, and Brian L. Meggitt; Kent State University Press. pg 327:
Gasche, Charles. View artist, fresco and portrait painter, born in Wooster (Wayne) in 1846 or 1847. A son of Godlove Gasche, a butcher, he has embarked, by 1870, on a career as a fresco artist, but from 1873-1875 he was employed by the Philadelphia publishing firm of J.C. Caldwell to provide farmscapes and sketches of local landmarks of the county atlases of Wayne, published in 1873, Ashland, 1874, and Holmes, 1875. In 1876 and 1877 he executed an elaborate scheme of pictorial decoration for the new thousand-seat Quimby Opera House in Wooster, described in detail in the town's weekly newspaper. He also pained a number of portraits, some conventional and some bordering on genre, of which the Wooster Historical Society owns four examples. According to an 1884 directory, Gasche had retired, but was still working on a series of judicial portraits in 1885. He died in 1895. Ohio dir. 1883; Wooster fir 1884; Wayne Co Census, listed twice (#1281), 1880 (#1077); Wayne Co. Hist 1878, 562; "All the World's a Stage", Wooster Republican Jan 25, 1877; "A Wooster Artist", "Cleveland Plain Dealer, Oct 30 1885; Wooster Cemetery records
Graves registrations- Wayne Co. Ohio:
Buried lot 234 section? Block 8? grave # 4? Upright marker
was Private in Civil War: Co B 186 OVI enlisted 2/13/1865; discharged 9-18-1865.
BIOGRAPHY:
Charles Gasche was a painter of more than ordinary note and was an able instructor in this fine art.
He was an artist of much natural ability and of finely cultivated skill. Much of his excellent work lives here at home and specimens at many places abroad will keep his name and ability in memory. The elaborate oil fresco painting in the Court Room in Wooster Ohio, with its portraits of the Judges, are evidences of his skill, as is also much of the painted ornamentation of Quimby Opera House, also in Wooster. In many residences are samples of his skill, by way of beautiful decorations; also portraits, pieces of natural scenery and animals, fruits and flowers, gems of fancy sketches etc. He gave instruction in the art and was a popular teacher. He was also a Civil War Veteran, serving with Co. B 186 OVI 2/13/1865 to 9/18/1865.
Among the listings in a book titled "Ohio Arts & Artists" by Edna Maria Clark is: "Charles (P) Gasche, born in Wooster in 1846, died in Wooster, 1886. Studied with Reinhart in N.Y. Work: Portraits, Landscape, Figures, Interest Decoration of Churches and Masonic Halls in many Ohio towns, Court House in Wooster, 0. exhibited in Chicago."
Just a short time prior to his death at age 39 in 1886, at his home on North Buckeye Street (probably 529) , he completed a course of instruction to a large class of pupils and it is thought that the extra exertion required of him to complete this course hastened his death. He died after a long illness. Deceased had been afflicted for some time past with consumption of the lungs, which latterly induced other chronic ailments. He had been up and down for the two years before his death and , his last illness being for about two months.
One of his obit s notes that socially, he was clever, liberal and companionable, well informed on all topics, a fine conversationalist, and popular with acquaintances.
The Wooster Republican, on 30 Dec 1870 noted that Mr. Charles Gasche, Artist of Wooster and Master J.B. Adair, each presented two handsome stone axes, Indian relics, to the University of Wooster, for which they will please accept thanks.
The Wooster Republican, 16 Dec 1875(?):
Portrait of John Larwill
We stepped into Chas. Gasche's Gallery of Art the other day and were shown a portrait of John Lawill, deceased, which impressed us at once as being a truthful likeness. The features are admirable depicted, the position is one of quiet naturalness; even the cane stands a it was wont to do when the living hand held it. There is nothing unnatural or distorted about the portrait, and it presents the subject in the calmest repose. Mr. Gasche has handled the brush with consummate skill in producing this work and displayed his ability to draw the line true to life. It is certainly a meritorious production and meets with universal favor.
The 25 Sept 1878 Wayne County Democrat ( on page 3) noted:
The Wooster Artist, Charles Gasche has been awarded the contract for frescoing in oil and distemper the new German Reformed Church in Canton, and takes with him as assistants Messrs Pinney and Dieho. The job is worth about $600.00
The Wayne County Democrat 22 Oct 1879 pg. 3 noted that:
Charles Gasche has returned to Wooster from Erie PA, where he had been for the past month, frescoing the Presbyterian Church of that city in his artist style. On Monday he commenced frescoing the Court room, the ceiling and walls of which are to be richly paneled, moulded and ornamented. The work will take some weeks to complete.
From History of Wayne Co. OH --Ben Douglas OGS
pg. 562
Charles Gasche, artist, was the contractor for all decorative paintings- was assisted by Mr. Busch, Pinney and Diehl of Quimby Operal House, corner of N. Buckeye & Lawill- opened Feb 1, 1877 in Wooster.
In 9 May 1989 The Daily Record, a Wooster Oh Newspaper there is an article written by James Fetzer (now deceased) about the Artist Charles Gasche entitled "Few Details Are Known About Artist Gasche, Who Painted a Century Ago". It tells of two pictures in the possession of The Wayne County Historical Society painted by Gasche (a horse and a portrait of an unidentified man). The article speculates about the Gasche family and asks for help with info about the family. (Full text of Article is in the source notes for this person)
In 1880-1881 was called upon to repair a rotting dead whale that was touring the county. He traveled to Bay City Michigan to work on the carcass and then again later in the year to Washington DC.
In the late 1990's I was working at the Ohio Genealogical Society Library when a patron came in who was working on a book about early Ohio Photographers. He had a note in his information that according to an undated clipping he found at Wayne County Public Library, a Charles Gasche purchased Albright's Gallery the same day a son was born.
from ", compiled and edited by Mary Sayre Haverstock, Jeannette Mahoney Vance, and Brian L. Meggitt; Kent State University Press. pg 327:
Gasche, Charles. View artist, fresco and portrait painter, born in Wooster (Wayne) in 1846 or 1847. A son of Godlove Gasche, a butcher, he has embarked, by 1870, on a career as a fresco artist, but from 1873-1875 he was employed by the Philadelphia publishing firm of J.C. Caldwell to provide farmscapes and sketches of local landmarks of the county atlases of Wayne, published in 1873, Ashland, 1874, and Holmes, 1875. In 1876 and 1877 he executed an elaborate scheme of pictorial decoration for the new thousand-seat Quimby Opera House in Wooster, described in detail in the town's weekly newspaper. He also pained a number of portraits, some conventional and some bordering on genre, of which the Wooster Historical Society owns four examples. According to an 1884 directory, Gasche had retired, but was still working on a series of judicial portraits in 1885. He died in 1895. Ohio dir. 1883; Wooster fir 1884; Wayne Co Census, listed twice (#1281), 1880 (#1077); Wayne Co. Hist 1878, 562; "All the World's a Stage", Wooster Republican Jan 25, 1877; "A Wooster Artist", "Cleveland Plain Dealer, Oct 30 1885; Wooster Cemetery records
Events
| Birth | 16 Nov 1846 |  | |||
| Marriage | 12 Oct 1869 | Living | |||
| Death | 3 Jul 1886 | Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio | | ||
| Burial | 5 Jul 1886 | Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Child | Paul Gasche ( - 1882) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Gotlieb Gasche (1816 - ) |
| Mother | Christina Nold (1825 - ) |
| Sibling | Augustus E. Gasche (1847 - 1875) |
| Sibling | William Gasche (1849 - 1886) |
Endnotes
1. Lloyd Vandersall, compiler, "Wayne Co. Ohio Births 1800-1870 from IGI, Census, Co. Histories & Newspapers" 1990.
2. Wooster Rebublican H.N. Clemens & Co., page 3, Column 5.
3. Wayne County Democrat R.P. Gravatt & Co., pg. 3 col. 4.
4. Wooster Rebublican H.N. Clemens & Co., page 3, Column 5.
5. Wayne County Democrat R.P. Gravatt & Co., pg. 3 col. 4.