Husband: Amzi Williford Gaston II
Born: May-17-1841 near Duncan, Spartanburg Co, SC 1
Died: Sep-16-1911 near Duncan, Spartanburg Co, SC 2
Buried: in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC 3
Census: 1880, 1900, 1910 in Reidville, Spartanburg Co, SC
Military: Jeb Stuart's 2nd South Carolina Cavalry, CSA (Civil War) 3,1
Father: Amzi Williford Gaston (1813 - 1841)
Mother: Jane A. Peden (1815 - 1893)
Wife: Margaret "Maggie" Holder
Census name: Maggie 4
Married: Aug-16-1870 5
Born: May-17-1847 at Olney, Pickens Co, AL 5
Died: Jul-30-1937 near Duncan, Spartanburg Co, SC 2
Buried: in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC 3
Father: John Anthony Holder (1795 - 1870)
Mother: Anna Mary Knox (1810 - 1887)
M Child 1: John Williford "Will" Gaston 2 Born: Jul- 3-1871 in Spartanburg Co, SC 2,6 Died: Jul-15-1966 in Duncan, Spartanburg Co, SC 3,6 Buried: in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC 3 Resided: in Duncan, Spartanburg Co, SC 6 Census: 1910, 1920 in Reidville, Spartanburg Co, SC Occupation: farmer 2 Wife: Nettie Griffin b. Oct- 4-1874 d. May-29-1965 Married: Dec-21-1893 2
M Child 2: Robert White Gaston Born: Aug-18-1873 7,6 Died: Nov-26-1967 in Columbia, Richland Co, SC 3,6 Buried: in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC 3 Resided: in Columbia, Richland Co, SC 6 Resided: in Spartanburg Co, SC 7 Census: 1910, 1930 in Reidville, Spartanburg Co, SC Occupation: farmer, formerly a teacher (4 yrs) and merchant (10 yrs) 7 Education: Reidville Male Academy, Presbyterian College (Clinton, SC), Rome (GA) Business College (1893) 7 Wife: Belie Etholia Wofford b. Oct- 8-1882 d. Sep-13-1965 Married: Dec-22-1903 8
M Child 3: Amzi Cason "Case" Gaston Census name: A. Cason Gaston Born: Nov- 4-1874 in Spartanburg Co, SC 9,10,11 Died: Apr- 9-1962 in Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co, NC 11 Buried: in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC 11 Resided: 1944 near Reidville, Spartanburg Co, SC 10 Census: 1900 in Reidville, Spartanburg Co, SC Occupation: farmer 10,12 Education: Reidville Male Academy, Reidville, SC 10 Wife: Georgia Anna Gaston b. Jul-19-1875 d. Feb-12-1941 Census name: Georgia Bridwell Married: Nov- 8-1899 10
F Child 4: Fitzie Hampton Gaston 13,6 Born: Jan-23-1877 13,6 Died: Jan- -1968 6 Buried: in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC 3 Resided: in Duncan, Spartanburg Co, SC 13,6 Education: Reidville Female College 13 Husband: Joseph Silas Nesbitt b. Oct- 7-1867 d. Jun- 2-1958 Married: Oct-18-1901 13
M Child 5: James Gordon Gaston Born: Mar- 4-1878 14 Died: Sep- 6-1958 in Woodruff, Spartanburg Co, SC 3 Buried: in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC 3 Occupation: farmer 14 Wife: Stella Aurelia Wofford b. Oct-30-1883 d. Oct-23-1958 Married: Dec-28-1905 14
M Child 6: Thomas Craig Gaston Also known as: Tom C. Gaston 12 Born: Sep-29-1879 in South Carolina 15,16 Died: Mar-25-1942 in Enoree, Spartanburg Co, SC 15 Buried: in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC 15 Resided: in Enoree, Spartanburg Co, SC 16 Resided: in Woodruff, Spartanburg Co, SC 16 Occupation: farmer, policeman, mayor of Woodruff 16 Wife: Minnie Iola Rogers b. Sep- 7-1884 d. Sep-27-1970 Married: May- 3-1903 16
M Child 7: Jeb Stuart Gaston Born: Mar-18-1881 in South Carolina 17 Died: Dec- 9-1945 in Walton Co, FL 18 Resided: in Defuniak Springs, Walton Co, FL 17,19 Occupation: Florida Dept of Hwys (20 yrs), law enforcement, construction 17 Wife: Mary G. Douglass b. Sep-11-1885 d. Feb- -1967 Married: Jun-16-1915 17
F Child 8: Mary Elizabeth "Mayme" Gaston Born: Oct-18-1882 in South Carolina 3,20 Died: Jun-16-1961 in Duncan, Spartanburg Co, SC 3 Buried: in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC 3 Occupation: teacher, Spartanburg Co, SC (6 yrs) 20 Education: Reidville Female College (1900), Converse College, Univ of Tennessee 20 Husband: Newton Pierce Anderson b. Jan-26-1877 d. Nov-28-1944 Married: Sep-19-1906 20 No children: 20
M Child 9: Palmer DeWitte Gaston Born: May-16-1884 20 Died: Mar- 7-1886 20 Buried: in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC 20
M Child 10: Bayard Lamar Gaston Born: Dec-15-1885 21 Died: May-31-1887 21 Buried: in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC 21
M Child 11: Norton Reid Gaston Born: Aug-20-1887 in Woodruff, Spartanburg Co, SC 3,21 Died: Aug-16-1925 in Spartanburg Co, SC 15,21 Buried: in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC 15,21 Education: Reidville Male Academy, Presbyterian College at Clinton SC 21 Military: U.S. Army (Jun 1918 - Jan 1919) 21 Wife: Elizabeth Teasley b. Feb- 9-1888 d. Jun-29-1913 Married: Jan-15-1913 21 No children: 21
M Child 12: David Holder Gaston Born: Mar-23-1889 21 Died: Jun- 7-1910 21 Buried: in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC 21 Education: University of North Carolina (medical student at time of death) 21
Sources: (1) Mary Gaston Gee (1899-1987), The Ancestry and Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston II (1841-1911) of Spartanburg County, South Carolina (Charlottesville, VA, 1944), p. 25. (2) Mary Gaston Gee (1899-1987), The Ancestry and Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston II (1841-1911) of Spartanburg County, South Carolina (Charlottesville, VA, 1944), p. 28. (3) Bruce Price Reynolds, Travelers Rest SC