John Sheridan GASTON
1888 - 1972 (84 years)-
Name John Sheridan GASTON Birth 27 May 1888 Toll Gate, Doddridge Co, WV 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Occupation 1917 [3] common laborer for A.J. Riddle & Son of Smithton Residence 1917 Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV [3] Census 1930 Salem, Harrison Co, WV [4] Occupation 1940 [5] laborer for gas company Census 1940, 1950 Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Occupation 1950 [6] coal loader in deep coal mine Residence Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV [7] Death 17 Jul 1972 [2, 8] Burial K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV [9] Person ID I156 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 22 Jan 2023
Father John Morris GASTON, b. 4 Sep 1853, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV d. 11 Nov 1927, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 74 years)Mother Elizabeth HART, b. 15 Aug 1858, Lower Run, Doddridge Co, WV d. 28 Feb 1921, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 62 years)Family ID F51 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Birdie Arizona COTTRILL, b. 17 Aug 1890, Doddridge Co, WV d. 9 Sep 1952, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV (Age 62 years)Marriage 21 Aug 1913 Doddridge Co, WV [10] Children 1. Alfred GASTON, b. 12 Jun 1914, Doddridge Co, WV d. 28 Jun 1918, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 4 years)+ 2. Mildred GASTON, b. 30 Jul 1918, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV d. 27 Mar 1982, Harrison Co, WV (Age 63 years)3. Junior Dale GASTON, b. 16 Mar 1922, Doddridge Co, WV bur. IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 4. Sarah Jane GASTON, b. 8 Dec 1925, Harrison Co, WV d. 11 Mar 1926, Salem, WV (Age 0 years)> 5. Mary Elizabeth GASTON, b. 8 Jul 1927, Salem, Harrison Co, WV d. 14 Jun 2015, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 87 years)+ 6. Emma Lucille GASTON, b. 5 Oct 1930, Harrison Co, WV + 7. Rosalie Cottrill GASTON, b. 2 Jul 1933, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV d. 22 Jun 2009, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 75 years)Family ID F75 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos 
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Documents 
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Sources - [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 2, p. 122.
- [S5] Headstone.
- [S1875] National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com online database).
- [S2039] 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV.
- [S2638] 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV.
- [S288] 1950 Census, Harrison County, WV.
- [S692] Obituary of wife.
- [S15] Social Security Death Index.
- [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).
- [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
- [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 2, p. 122.