Jul-28-2018
Husband: James Thomas Gaston
Born: Apr- 7-1840 in Monroe Co, OH 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Died: Nov- -1925 8
Buried: in Victory (aka Big Moses) Cemetery, Indian Crk Rd, Booher, Tyler Co, WV 9
Resided: 1908 at Booher, Tyler Co, WV 10
Census: 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1873 in Wetzel Co, WV 3
Census: 1870 in Wetzel Co, WV
Resided: 1864 in Wetzel Co, WV 2
Census: 1850, 1860 in Monroe Co, OH
Father: John Gaston (1812 - )
Mother: Rachel ___ ( - 1850)
Other spouse 2
Notes
Wife: Mary Resecker
Census name: Mary Reaksecker 6
Married: May- 6-1864 in Wetzel Co, WV 11
Born: ca 1847 in Monroe Co, OH 2,4
Died: 1876 12
Census: 1870 in Wetzel Co, WV
Resided: 1864 in Wetzel Co, WV 2
Census: 1850, 1860 in Monroe Co, OH
Father: Christian Resecker (1804 - 1860)
Mother: Elizabeth ___ (1813 - )
M Child 1: John William Gaston
Born: ca 1864 in Ohio 4
F Child 2: Sarah Elizabeth Gaston
Born: May- -1868 in Wetzel Co, WV 13,4 (see note 1)
Died: Apr- -1956 in Virginia 14,12
Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 14,15
Resided: in Hot Springs, Bath Co, VA 14
Census: 1930, 1940 at Little Battle, Doddridge Co, WV 16,17
Census: 1900 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Wetzel Co, WV
Husband: Elias Swiger b. Sep- 4-1860 d. Jul-26-1940
Married: Jan- 4-1883 13
M Child 3: James Albert Gaston
Also known as: Albert J. Gaston 18,19,20
Born: Jan-17-1873 in Wetzel Co, WV 21,8,22
Died: Dec-30-1965 in Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH 23,8 (see note 2)
Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 24
Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV 16
Resided: Sep 1918 in Wallace, Harrison Co, WV 21
Resided: 1905 in Harrison Co, WV 22
Census: 1880, 1900 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 21
Wife: Armina Alice Trader b. Feb- 4-1885 d. Jun- 4-1953
Also known as: Alice A. Trader 19,24
Married: May-24-1905 in Doddridge Co, WV 25
Sources:
(1) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com)
(2) Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV.
(3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
(4) 1870 Census, Wetzel County, WV.
(5) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).
(6) 1850 Census.
(7) 1860 Census.
(8) Headstone (year only)
(9) Gary Patterson, Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website),
http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm.
(10) Marriage record of daughter.
(11) Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV, Identified as Jas. T. Gaston, single, farmer, 23, b. Monroe Co
Ohio, res. Wetzel Co, son of Jno. & Rachel Gaston; and Mary Resecker, single, 17, b. Monroe Co Ohio, res. Wetzel Co, dau
of Christian & Eliz Resecker. Married May 6 1864 at Thos. Hamiltons. MR p. 9.
(12) Bill Gaston, Austin TX , Descendants: The Huguenot John Jean Gaston b: About 1600, France.
(13) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District)
(14) Obituary.
(15) Findagrave.com.
(16) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District)
(17) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District)
(18) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).
(19) Marriage record of son.
(20) Death record of son.
(21) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online
database)
(22) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(23) Immediate family.
(24) Headstone.
(25) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as J. A. Gaston, 32, b. Wetzel Co, res. Harrison Co; and Armina A. Trader, 20, of Doddridge Co. Married Dec
24 1905.
Event Notes
Note (1) 1900 Census states birth date as May 1869, but her age was given as 2 in the
1870 Census. Age stated as 87 in obituary.
Note (2) Nursing home.
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