Husband: Vance Edward Gaskins
Born: Jul- 9-1893 in Canton, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2
Died: Jul-19-1956 in Hardin Co, KY 3
Buried: in Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV 3
Resided: 1949 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 4
Census: 1930, 1940 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1917 in Canton, Doddridge Co, WV 2
Census: 1900, 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: 1940 assistant building superintendent for Hope Natural Gas Co. 5
Occupation: 1930 machinist at gas company 6
Occupation: 1920 farm worker 7
Occupation: 1917 hotel clerk in Parkersburg (employer Z. F. Evans) 2
Occupation: 1914, 1915 clerk at Columbian Hotel 8,9
Military: May-27-1918 - May-22-1919 Pvt, Co D, 125th Inf, 32nd Div, US Army, WW I (Purple Heart) 3
Father: Joseph Frederick Gaskins (1859 - 1949)
Mother: Lenora Sophia Gorby (1863 - 1920)
Notes
Wife: Edna V. Ridgeway 10 Married: ca 1926 6
Born: ca 1902 6 Census: 1930, 1940 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Father: Mother:
M Child 1: Edward Allen Gaskins Born: Aug-18-1934 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 11,12,13 Died: Dec-23-2004 12 Buried: in Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV 14 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 15 Resided: in Mineral Wells, Wood Co, WV 13 Census: 1940 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Military: Oct-12-1954 - Sep- 4-1956 SP3, US Army, Korea 16,14 Wife: Living
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