Dr. Alexander GASTON
1769 - 1825 (55 years)
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Name Alexander GASTON Title Dr. Born 22 Jul 1769 Northampton Co, PA 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Occupation physician [2] Died 9 Jul 1825 Morristown, Belmont Co, OH [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Buried First Cemetery, Union Twp, Morristown, OH Notes - Dr. Alexander Gaston settled with his mother in Canton Twp, Washington Co, PA about 1792. He later moved to Brooke Co, (W)VA, and from there, in about 1800, to near St. Clairsville, Belmont Co, OH, and from there, in about 1811, to Morristown, Belmont Co, OH. Upon his move in 1800, he "was accompanied by two men, who helped him cut the timber and build a cabin on his land. They camped out two weeks under the cover of their wagons, and were often awakened from the howling of wolves which infested the forests. His family consisted of a wife and three children. For several years after their settlement, they went all the way to Washington, Pa., to purchase groceries. At the time that Dr. Gaston's mother settled in Washington, the place contained but four houses. He followed blacksmithing for a couple of years. Read medicine and began practice of the same in 1809. In 1811 he removed to Morristown, where he died in 1825. He had an extensive practice which took in Woodsfield, Middletown and Freeport." [3, 5]
- (Note: Hanna, after presenting Alexander's family and lineage as we have it here, describes another account of this Alexander Gaston which states that he was the son of Ephraim Gaston, who was the son of Ebenezer Gaston, who migrated from Ireland with his brother Matthew (died unmarried); that Alexander had a brother Joseph, who settled in southern Indiana, and another brother who settled in West Virginia. Hanna points out that this account probably assumes Joseph, son of John, who married in South Carolina and settled in Butler County, Ohio, to have been the brother of Alexander.) [7]
Person ID I3515 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 19 Jan 2006
Father Joseph GASTON, b. CA 1725, d. 1775, Mt. Bethel Twp, Northampton Co, PA (Age ~ 50 years) Mother Isabel SIMONTON, d. Aft 1792 Family ID F1235 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Rachel PERRY, b. 1 Sep 1773, d. 14 Sep 1833 (Age 60 years) [2, 3] Children 1. John Perry GASTON, b. 24 Apr 1793, Washington Co, PA , bur. Harrison Co, OH 2. Jane GASTON, b. 10 Apr 1795, Washington Co, PA , d. 4 Nov 1796 (Age 1 years)3. Robert GASTON, b. 17 Jan 1797, Washington Co, PA , d. 27 Sep 1834 (Age 37 years)+ 4. Ephraim GASTON, b. 26 Jun 1799, Virginia , d. May 1868 (Age 68 years)5. Mary GASTON, b. 20 May 1801, Belmont Co, OH , d. 20 Dec 1846 (Age 45 years)+ 6. Charity GASTON, b. 27 Jul 1803, St. Clairsville, Belmont Co, OH , d. 28 Sep 1888, Morristown, Belmont Co, OH (Age 85 years)7. Joseph GASTON, b. 14 May 1805, Belmont Co, OH , d. 9 Jul 1833 (Age 28 years)8. Alexander GASTON, b. 4 Aug 1807, Belmont Co, OH + 9. Matthew GASTON, b. 9 Jul 1809, Belmont Co, OH , d. 17 Mar 1878, Plattsmouth, Cass Co, NE (Age 68 years)10. Isaac GASTON, b. 16 Sep 1811, Belmont Co, OH , d. 30 Apr 1881, Kalona, Washington Co, IA (Age 69 years)11. James GASTON, b. 1 Nov 1813 Family ID F1257 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Sources - [S595] .
- [S517] Gaston Family Lines of Somerset, "Somerset County Historical Quarterly," Somerville, NJ, Vol. 5 (1916), Anna Reger Gaston, (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~windmill/html/somersev.html).
- [S504] Ohio Valley Genealogies, Charles A. Hanna, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900)), p. 44.
- [S2539] Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Ancestry.com), SAR Membership No. 90621.
- [S1766] History of Belmont & Jefferson Counties, Ohio, J. A. Caldwell, (1880), p. 373.
- [S601] History of the Upper Ohio Valley, (Brant & Feller - 1890), p. 635.
- [S504] Ohio Valley Genealogies, Charles A. Hanna, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900)), p. 45.
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