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John Irvin GASTON

John Irvin GASTON

Male 1860 - 1948  (87 years)


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  • Name John Irvin GASTON
    Birth 4 Jun 1860  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1900, 1910  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Carthage Twp, Athens Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 3] 
    Residence 1922, 1929, 1936  Guysville, Athens Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6] 
    Death 9 Feb 1948  Athens Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7] 
    Burial Carthage Cemetery, Coolville, Athens Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • Notice in the West Union Herald, Mar 5 1936: "Farms for Sale. Some good farms for sale cheap near Guysville, Ohio, on U.S. Route 50. Come and see them or write J. I. GASTON, Guysville, OH."
    Person ID I1393  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2017

    Father John Smith GASTON,   b. 12 Dec 1830, Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1893, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Mother 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)
    Family ID F454  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice Virginia CHAPMAN,   b. 31 Jul 1863, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1941, Guysville, Athens Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [8]
    Marriage 30 Nov 1882  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Wife's obituary gives marriage date as Nov 30 1883, an apparent error. Online marriage records (identifying him as John O. Gaston) indicate marriage on Nov 30 1882 in Doddridge County. Wes Cochran's "Doddridge County Marriages" (identifying him as John I. Gaston) also show the Nov 30 1882 date.
    Children 
    +1. Minnie Ada GASTON,   b. 19 Nov 1884, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1969, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +2. James Lee GASTON,   b. 7 Apr 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1968, Athens, Athens Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     3. Ida B. GASTON,   b. 24 Jan 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +4. Ella May GASTON,   b. 8 Dec 1891, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1972, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     5. Charles D. GASTON,   b. 2 Mar 1894   d. Apr 1982 (Age 88 years)
     6. Okey McKinley GASTON,   b. Aug 1896   d. 11 Mar 1965, Athens Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years)
    +7. Ira Clinton GASTON, Sr.,   b. 4 Mar 1898, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1984, Athens, Athens Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    >8. Mary Itha GASTON,   b. 11 Mar 1900, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1983, Athens Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    +9. Tidal Wave "Jake" GASTON,   b. 7 Oct 1902, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1974, Athens, Athens Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     10. (Unnamed female) GASTON,   b. 19 Sep 1905, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1905
    Family ID F532  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    2. [S2110] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    3. [S1734] 1920 Census.

    4. [S1612] Obituary of half-sister.

    5. [S1577] Obituary of sister.

    6. [S691] West Union Herald.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    9. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as John I. Gaston, 22, of Doddridge Co; and Alice V. Chapman, 19, of Doddridge Co. Married Nov 30 1882.