Husband: Morris Samuel Gaston
Born: Feb- 9-1863 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1,2,3
Died: Jul-31-1951 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 4,5,6
Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 2,1,3
Resided: in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Father: Samuel Morris Gaston (1825 - 1911)
Mother: Elizabeth Law (1825 - 1882)
Wife: Hattie Idell Adams 1
Married: Sep-18-1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 7,8,9,10 (see note 1)
Born: Jul-25-1877 in Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 1,11,2,12
Died: Nov-17-1964 in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV 2,1,12
Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 2,12
Resided: in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV 1
Resided: formerly in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Census: 1880, 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: Joshua A. Adams (1835 - 1911)
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Woofter (1850 - 1921)
Notes 13
F Child 1: Lenora Squires Gaston [parents are foster parents] Also known as: Alda Lenora Squires Born: Oct-20-1917 14 Died: Dec- 4-2001 14 Resided: 1969 in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV 15 Census: 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Education: Doddridge Co H.S. (1937) Husband: Cyril Alfred Scott b. Feb-25-1914 d. Sep-20-1991 Married: Nov-23-1939 10
Sources: (1) Obituary. (2) Headstone. (3) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 5, p. 64-B. (4) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Morris Samuel Gaston, married, farmer, b. Feb 9 1863, son of Samuel Gaston & Elizabeth Law, d. Jul 31 1951 at Oxford, buried South Fork Cemetery. DR Bk 5, p. 64-B. (5) Obituary - At home. (6) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Groom identified as M. S. Gaston, age 32, b. Doddridge Co, and bride as Hattie I. Adams, age 18, b. Doddridge. Ceremony held Sep 18 1895 "at the bride's parents." Informants listed as S. Gaston and J. Adams. MR Bk 5, p. 92. (8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (9) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) (10) Ota Reed Fraker (1882-1970) in her 15-page genealogy of the descendants of her maternal grandparents, Samuel Morris & Elizabeth Law Gaston, misleadingly entitled "Genealogy or Family Tree of John Gaston, Sr." (11) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Hattie I. Adams, b. Jul 25 1877, dau of Joshna [sic] & Sarah E. Adams. BR Bk 1, p. 84. (12) Funeral card. (13) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 67. (14) Social Security Death Index. (15) Obituary of sister. Event Notes Note (1) Obituary of Hattie Adams Gaston erroneously states the date of her marriage to Morris Samuel Gaston as 1898. Doddridge County marriage records show that they were married in 1895.