Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

1847 - 1926 (79 years)

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Name	John M. "Lank" GASTON
Born	27 Jun 1847	Harrison Co, (W)VA [1]
Gender	Male
Census	1870	Lewis Co, WV
Occupation	1870 [2]
	shoemaker
Occupation	1900 [3]
	traveling salesman
Census	1900, 1920	Skin Creek, Lewis Co, WV
Occupation	dry goods merchant [1, 4]
Residence	Gaston, Lewis Co, WV
Died	6 Sep 1926	Gaston, Lewis Co, WV [1, 5]
Buried	Peterson Cemetery, McGuire Park (Weston), Lewis Co, WV [1]
Person ID	I1469	Doddridge County Roots
Last Modified	7 Nov 2011

Father	James GASTON, b. 1804, Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, (W)VA , d. Bef Sep 1870 (Age 66 years)
Mother	Charlotte "Lottie" SWISHER, b. 10 Jun 1807, Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA , d. 31 Aug 1875 (Age 68 years)
Family ID	F480	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Margaret "Mollie" MORRIS, b. Sep 1843, Virginia (now West Virginia) , d. 3 Jun 1913, Gaston, Lewis Co, WV (Age ~ 69 years)

Married 22 Dec 1870 Lewis Co, WV [6]

Children

+	1. Minnie Iris GASTON, b. 10 Jan 1872, Lewis Co, WV , d. 22 May 1946, Lewis Co, WV (Age 74 years)
+	2. Daisy Deen GASTON, b. 11 Mar 1874, Lewis Co, WV , d. 23 Jun 1948, Horner, Lewis Co, WV (Age 74 years)

Family ID F600 Group Sheet | Family Chart

[S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).
[S334] 1870 Census, Lewis County, WV (Lincoln Township).
[S2150] 1900 Census, Lewis County, WV.
[S668] 1880 Census, Lewis County, WV.
[S1631] Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV, DR Bk 4, p. 69 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4935072&Type=Death.
Age at death given as 79y 2m 9d.
[S1784] Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

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