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Jesse Smith GASTON

Jesse Smith GASTON

Male 1860 - 1943  (82 years)


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  • Name Jesse Smith GASTON
    Birth 12 Jun 1860  Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birthdate would be May 12 1860 based on age 82y 11m 22d given in death record, but obituary and headstone state June 12 1860, and obituary gives his age at death as 82y 10m 22d. Name spelled "Jessie" on headstone and in obituary and death record, but "Jesse" in marriage record and wife's headstone. Birthplace from death record, but no birth record found for him in Doddridge Co. The family information sheet completed by his brother David as part of the W. Guy Tetrick survey in 1932 identified him as Jesse S. Gaston, born Jun 12 1860 in Doddridge Co.
    Gender Male
    Census 1900, 1910  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1924  Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 4 May 1943  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6] 
    Burial Gaston Family Cemetery, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I251  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2013

    Father Eli Morris GASTON,   b. 3 Aug 1822, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1909, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Mother Rulina A. LOWTHER,   b. 12 Aug 1825, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1911, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F82  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lucy May SWIGER,   b. 15 Jan 1868, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1891, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
    Marriage 11 Aug 1887  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Children 
    +1. Rulina Clemma GASTON,   b. 15 Apr 1889, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1967, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F89  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Gaston Cemetery    		251_JesseSmithGaston_LucyMaySwiger_GastonCem_DoddridgeCoWV.JPG

    Documents
    251_GASTON_JesseSmith_1860-1943.jpg    		251_GASTON_JesseSmith_1860-1943.jpg
    999999_OxfordNews_WestUnionHerald_6Nov1913.jpg    		999999_OxfordNews_WestUnionHerald_6Nov1913.jpg
    999999_GastonHomecoming_DoddridgeCoWV_Sep1941.jpg    		999999_GastonHomecoming_DoddridgeCoWV_Sep1941.jpg
    245_GASTON_RulinaLowther_BurialReceipt_UndertakerAllenJOsborne-StarFurnitureCo_SonJesseSGaston_2Oct1911.jpg    		245_GASTON_RulinaLowther_BurialReceipt_UndertakerAllenJOsborne-StarFurnitureCo_SonJesseSGaston_2Oct1911.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1810] W. Guy Tetrick files.

    3. [S1577] Obituary of sister.

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

    5. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 5, p. 64.
      Identified as Jessie [sic] Smith Gaston, b. Summers, Doddridge Co, WV, son of Eli M. Gaston & (mother blank), d. May 4 1943 at West Union, age 82y 11m 22d, burial at Gaston Cemetery.

    6. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 3, p. 204.
      Groom identified as Jesse S. Gaston, age 27, b. Doddridge Co, resident of Doddridge Co. Bride identified as Lucy M. Swiger, age 19, b. Harrison Co, resident of Doddridge Co. Married Aug 11 1887 "at the bride's father's, Doddridge Co, W. Va." Informants for the marriage license: Jesse S. Gaston & G. W. Swiger.

    8. [S110] Obituary of husband.