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Claudius GASTON

Claudius GASTON

Male 1869 - 1948  (78 years)

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  • Name Claudius GASTON 
    Born 3 Oct 1869  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2
    Residence Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Died 17 Apr 1948  Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    • Death date of Feb 17 1948 reported elsewhere is incorrect.
    Buried Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Rt. 19 S, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I1652  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2018 

    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 Ella J. SOMMERVILLE,   b. 1871,   d. 1956  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 19 Aug 1894  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Notes 
    • Ella J. Sommerville and Claudius Gaston were double cousins, in that they were both second cousins (both were great-grandchildren of John Gaston, Jr. (b. 1752 in NJ)) and also fourth cousins (both were great-great-great-grandchildren of John Smith (b. 1699)).
    Children 
     1. Eva Irene GASTON,   b. 13 Sep 1897, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1977  (Age 80 years)
     2. Parley Ford GASTON,   b. 16 Jan 1900,   d. 10 May 1978, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     3. Mildred Elizabeth GASTON,   b. 21 Sep 1909, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1989  (Age 79 years)
     4. Flora Jane GASTON,   b. 4 Sep 1913, Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1992  (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F566  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Apr 1948 - Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Rt. 19 S, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    1652_GASTON_Claude_1869-1948_WVDeathCertificate.jpg
    1652_GASTON_Claude_1869-1948_WVDeathCertificate.jpg
    1652_GASTON_Claude_1869-1948_HarrisonCoDeathRecord.jpg
    1652_GASTON_Claude_1869-1948_HarrisonCoDeathRecord.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1619] Harrison County Birth Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    2. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    3. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    4. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).
      An incorrect date of death was entered on the death record. The physician's medical certification stated that he had attended the deceased from Nov 25 1942 to Apr 17 1948, that he had last seen him alive on Mar 27 1928, and that the date of death was Feb 17 1948. The certification was dated Apr 17 1948, and date of burial was stated as Apr 19 1948. The date of death was clearly intended to be Apr 17 1948, the same date inscribed on the headstone. The birth date and age at death recorded on the death record also calculate to the same Apr 17 1948 death date. The handwritten entries made on this form were the basis for the typed entries subsequently made for the death record on file at Harrison County, which reflects the same conflicting information and incorrect death date.

    5. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    6. [S5] Headstone.

    7. [S5] Headstone.
      Name appears as "Claude"

    8. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).