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John Smith GASTON

John Smith GASTON

Male 1830 - 1893  (62 years)


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  • Name John Smith GASTON
    Birth 12 Dec 1830  Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Death 12 Nov 1893  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Burial Gaston-Hart Cemetery, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • John Smith Gaston built his log house in 1853 on Camp Run, near Summers, Doddridge Co, WV. He was then able to bring his wife Elizabeth (Richards) from Harrison County to Camp Run. The frame part of the house was built in 1890. He had to buy his farm back after going on the bond of a man he thought was his best friend. That took many years of hard work and put a great financial strain on the family.
    Person ID I1365  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Mar 1998

    Father John GASTON,   b. 24 May 1796, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 1884, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Mother Elizabeth MORRIS,   b. 8 Nov 1797, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jul 1882, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    Family ID F444  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Eliza RICHARDS,   b. 27 Feb 1835   d. 27 Jul 1864, Camp Run, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)
    Marriage 15 Jun 1854  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
    >1. Elizabeth Jane GASTON,   b. 23 Dec 1855, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1932 (Age 76 years)
    +2. Mary Isabel "Bell" GASTON,   b. 29 Aug 1857, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1929, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     3. Rulina O. GASTON,   b. 3 Feb 1859, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Apr 1859, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +4. John Irvin GASTON,   b. 4 Jun 1860, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1948, Athens Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     5. Samuel J. GASTON,   b. 1862, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)
     6. Henry T. GASTON,   b. 16 Jul 1864   d. YOUNG
    Family ID F454  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Catherine LEGGETT,   b. 17 Jul 1836, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1914, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Marriage 24 May 1865  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Children 
    +1. Marion Oscar GASTON,   b. 25 Aug 1866, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1956, Camp Run, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    +2. Francis Enoch GASTON,   b. 13 Mar 1868, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1950, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    +3. Sarah Anna GASTON,   b. 6 Feb 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1921, Akron, Washington Co, CO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    +4. Elizabeth Catherine GASTON,   b. 26 Dec 1872, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1966, Glen Morgan, Raleigh Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
    >5. Rosa Bird GASTON,   b. 23 Apr 1876   d. 29 Jul 1959, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     6. Ida Mae GASTON,   b. 17 May 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1880 (Age 2 years)
    Family ID F455  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.
      - Marker gives only date of death, Nov 12 1893, and age at death as 62y 11m.

    2. [S313] Lorna Reese Overberg, The History of Ritchie County, West Virginia to 1980, (Ritchie County Historical Society, Taylor Publishing Co, 1980), p. 123, in entry by Vonda Gaston Hatfield.

    3. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    4. [S5] Headstone.

    5. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as John S. Gaston, age 23, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of John; and (name blank), age 19, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of James T. Richards. Married Jun 15 1854.

    6. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as John S. Gaston, widowed, 34, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of John & Elizabeth; and Catharine Legget [sic], 21, b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Enoch B. & Sarah. Married May 24 1865. Her stated age is two years older than what appears on her headstone.

    7. [S1574] West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900, (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm).