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Deborah GASTON

Deborah GASTON

Female 1798 - 1885  (87 years)


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  • Name Deborah GASTON
    Birth 9 Aug 1798  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female
    Death 10 Nov 1885  Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial Middleville Baptist Church Cemetery, Middleville, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I1073  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Jun 2005

    Father John GASTON, Jr.,   b. 16 Sep 1752, Monmouth Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1829, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Mother Anna DAVISSON,   b. 20 Feb 1765, Tennent, Monmouth Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1854, Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F343  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joseph TAYLOR,   b. 1793   d. 2 Sep 1868 (Age 75 years)
    Marriage 11 Feb 1822  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • Joseph and Deborah Gaston Taylor are buried in the Middleville Cemetery, Taylor Co WV, with five of their children, Nancy Ann Taylor Corbin, Margaret Taylor Carr, William Davidson, Andrew Allen and Josiah Taylor. Nancy, Andrew and Josiah all died in 1856, with Nancy known to have died of typhoid; her brothers are suspected to have suffered the same fate. [5]
    Children 
    +1. John TAYLOR,   b. 18 Jan 1823, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jul 1888, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    +2. Nancy Ann TAYLOR,   b. 29 Sep 1824, Peddlers Run, Harrison Co VA (now Taylor Co WV) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1856 (Age 31 years)
    +3. Elizabeth Jane TAYLOR,   b. 21 Aug 1826   d. 12 May 1884 (Age 57 years)
    +4. Margaret TAYLOR,   b. 24 Sep 1828   d. 4 Jan 1909 (Age 80 years)
    +5. James Gaston TAYLOR,   b. 12 Jan 1831, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1908 (Age 77 years)
    >6. Mary TAYLOR,   b. 9 Mar 1833   d. 24 Sep 1886 (Age 53 years)
    +7. William Davidson TAYLOR,   b. 29 Sep 1835   d. 20 Dec 1890 (Age 55 years)
     8. Andrew Allen TAYLOR,   b. 2 Sep 1837   d. 24 Jun 1856 (Age 18 years)
     9. Josiah TAYLOR,   b. 12 Nov 1838   d. 7 Aug 1856 (Age 17 years)
    +10. Sarah "Sally" TAYLOR,   b. 24 Nov 1840   d. 1 May 1909 (Age 68 years)
    +11. Henrietta TAYLOR,   b. 18 Jun 1845   d. 11 Dec 1924 (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F359  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1716] Taylor County Death Records, Grafton, WV, DR Bk 2, p. 34.
      Identified as Deborah Taylor, dau of John & Anna Gaston, wife of Joseph Taylor, d. Nov 10 1885 in Taylor Co, WV, at age 87y 3m 1d. Informant: W. D. Taylor, son.

    2. [S1623] William F. Donnelly, The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997), p. 457 & 557.

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Marriage Bonds Bk 3, p. 430.
      A marriage bond was executed on Feb 11 1822 between Joseph Taylor and John Gaston for the marriage of Joseph Taylor and Deborah Gaston. Although there is no indication as to when the wedding ceremony took place, the Feb 11 1822 date is used here for that purpose.

    5. [S243] E. Murray Taylor, Jr. (1921-2011), Ancestral Record of John Gaston and Anna Davison, (self-published).