Doddridge County Roots


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First Name Last Name
Wade GASTON

Wade GASTON

Male 1868 - 1943  (74 years)


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  • Name Wade GASTON
    Birth 7 Mar 1868  Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1880  Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati  [2] 
    Occupation physician in Parkersburg (retired in 1927)  [2, 3] 
    Residence PREVIOUSLY  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Residence From 1927  Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 17 Feb 1943  Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Harrison Co Death Record incorrectly states burial location as Jane Lew. But West Virginia State Death Certificate shows it as Parkersburg, and obituary specifies Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Parkersburg.
    Person ID I1651  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Feb 2011

    Father Enoch GASTON,   b. 16 Aug 1841   d. 31 Oct 1922, Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Mother Laura T. SHEETS,   b. 29 Aug 1846   d. 19 Feb 1877, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
    Family ID F558  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Dell HART,   b. CA 1887, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1910 (Age ~ 23 years)  [6]
    Marriage 30 Jun 1909  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F14668  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    1651_GASTON_Wade_1868-1943_WVStateDeathCertificate.jpg
    1651_GASTON_Wade_1868-1943_WVStateDeathCertificate.jpg
    1651_GASTON_Wade_1868-1943_HarrisonCoDeathRecord.jpg
    1651_GASTON_Wade_1868-1943_HarrisonCoDeathRecord.jpg
    1651_WadeGaston_AnnaDellHart_MarriageRecord_30Jun1909.jpg
    1651_WadeGaston_AnnaDellHart_MarriageRecord_30Jun1909.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1619] Harrison County Birth Records, Clarksburg, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 132.
      Identified as Wade Gaston, born March 7 1868 to Enoch Gaston and Laura T. Gaston. The 1880 Harrison Co Census shows Wade Gaston (age 12) living at his grandparents William (74) & Mary (70) with widowed father Enoch.

    2. [S14] Obituary.

    3. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR Bk 13, p. 91A.

    4. [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV.

    5. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR Bk 13, p. 91A.
      The entry shows Wade Gaston, son of Enoch Gaston and Laura Sheets, died a widower on Feb 17 1943 at the age of 74y 11m 10d. The person providing info identified as Charlie Gaston, presumably Wade's half-brother.

    6. [S110] Obituary of husband.