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Charles Nicoles GASTON

Charles Nicoles GASTON

Male 1899 - 1967  (68 years)


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  • Name Charles Nicoles GASTON  [1]
    Birth 5 Jun 1899  Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Military PVT, Svc Co, 39th Infantry, World War I & II  [4] 
    Census 1900  Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1918  [5] 
    mail carrier 
    Residence Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1929, 1949  Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Death 19 Jun 1967  [1, 3, 4] 
    Burial Baltimore National Cemetery, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7] 
    • Charles Nicoles Gaston's place of interment at Baltimore National Cemetery is marked by an upright military monument. Another gravestone for him, a flat marker with his name and year of birth, is found at Peterson Cemetery in Weston, Lewis County, WV. It appears to have been placed before his death and would now be considered to be a cenotaph.
    Person ID I3175  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Aug 2025

    Father Thomas Charles GASTON,   b. 3 Aug 1863, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 1945, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Mother Nona Myrtle NICOLES,   b. 11 May 1867, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1949, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F1121  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Velma SMITH,   b. 4 Oct 1905, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 May 1988 (Age 82 years)
    Divorce Y  [8, 9]
    Children 
    +1. Milton Charles GASTON,   b. 17 Sep 1924, Philippi, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 2009, York, York Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F32154  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Henrietta Mae BECKMAN,   b. 26 May 1895, Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1960, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    Marriage 3 Jul 1929  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Documents
    3175_CharlesNicolesGaston_HenriettaMaeBeckman_MarriageRecord_3Jul1929.jpg    		3175_CharlesNicolesGaston_HenriettaMaeBeckman_MarriageRecord_3Jul1929.jpg
    Family ID F22222  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Lena Esta COFFMAN,   b. 22 Nov 1901, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1982 (Age 80 years)
    Marriage 15 Apr 1949  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Documents
    3175_CharlesNicolesGaston_LenaEstaCoffman_MarriageRecord_15Apr1949.jpg    		3175_CharlesNicolesGaston_LenaEstaCoffman_MarriageRecord_15Apr1949.jpg
    Family ID F1129  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    3175_GASTON_CharlesNicoles_WorldWarOneDraftRegistration_12Sep1918.jpg    		3175_GASTON_CharlesNicoles_WorldWarOneDraftRegistration_12Sep1918.jpg
    3175_CharlesNicolesGaston_LenaEstaCoffman_MarriageRecord_15Apr1949.jpg    		3175_CharlesNicolesGaston_LenaEstaCoffman_MarriageRecord_15Apr1949.jpg
    3175_CharlesNicolesGaston_HenriettaMaeBeckman_MarriageRecord_3Jul1929.jpg    		3175_CharlesNicolesGaston_HenriettaMaeBeckman_MarriageRecord_3Jul1929.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1755] Veterans Administration, http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov.

    2. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV.

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    5. [S1875] National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com online database).

    6. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S1966] Record of husband's remarriage.

    9. [S2156] 1930 Census, Barbour County, WV.

    10. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 225.
      Identified as Charles Nicholes Gaston, divorced, 30, b. Lewis Co, res. Weston, son of Thomas Charles Gaston & Nona Myrtle Nicholes; and Henrietta Mae Beckman, single, 30, b. May 26 1899 in Preston Co, res. Shinnston (Harrison Co), dau of Henry Beckman & Lillian Thompson Beckman. Married Jul 3 1929 in Grafton. (Note: Although the ceremony was held in Grafton, Taylor County, the marriage is recorded in Harrison County, residence of the bride.)

    11. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, MR p. 33.
      Identified as Charles Nicoles Gaston, 49, b. Jan 5 1899 in Lewis Co, res. Weston, son of T. Chas Gaston & Nona Myrtle Nicoles Gaston; and Lena Esta Coffman, 47, b. Nov 22 1901 in Taylor Co, res. Lewis Co, dau of Arther Lee Coffman & Emily Susan McDaniel. Married Apr 15 1949 in Clarksburg. (Note: Although the ceremony was held in Harrison County, the marriage is recorded in Lewis County, residence of the bride.)