Facts: - death place: wellsburg , west virginia , u.s. - thumb|upright|caption: patrick gass - death date: 2 april 1870 - spouse: maria children hamilton -lrb- 1831-1846 ; her death -rrb- 7 - birth date: 12 june 1771 - name: patrick gass - image: patrick gass from centennial history of oregon.png - birth place: philadelphia , pennsylvania , u.s. Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of patrick gass .
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patrick gass -lrb- june 12 , 1771 -- april 2 , 1870 -rrb- served as sergeant in the lewis and clark expedition -lrb- 1804 -- 1806 -rrb- .he was important to the expedition because of his service as a carpenter , and he published the first journal of the expedition in 1807 , seven years before the first publication based on lewis and clark 's journals .