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Hugh GASTON

Hugh GASTON

Male 1804 - 1857  (52 years)


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  • Name Hugh GASTON
    Birth 9 Apr 1804  Columbiana Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birthplace given in 1850 Census as Pennsylvania. "History of the Upper Ohio Valley" [p. 146] reports birth date as 1805.
    Gender Male
    Occupation teacher & farmer  [1] 
    Residence Knox Twp, Jefferson Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 23 Mar 1857  [1, 2] 
    • A death date of Mar 27 1854 has been reported by other researchers.
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Columbiana Co, OH (Middleton Twp), enumerated in Aug 1850:
      Hugh Gaston, 46, b. Pa, farmer; Jane, 43, b. Pa; Hamilton, 25, b. Ohio; Mary, 16, b. Ohio; James, 18 (?), b. Ohio.

      "He was a prominent man in public and church affairs, and held several official positions in which he was a faithful servant of the public." Had total of five children.
    Person ID I3526  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 May 2005

    Father Hugh GASTON,   b. 18 Jan 1764, Somerset Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1839, East Liverpool, Columbiana Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Mother Grace GASTON,   b. 25 Nov 1764   d. 14 Mar 1838 (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F1238  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane MASON,   b. CA 1807, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1888 (Age ~ 81 years)
    Marriage CA 1824  [1] 
    Children 
    +1. Hamilton D. GASTON,   b. 26 Dec 1825, Columbiana Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Martha GASTON
     3. Elizabeth GASTON
     4. Mary GASTON
    Family ID F1250  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S601] History of the Upper Ohio Valley, (Brant & Feller - 1890), p. 146.

    2. [S517] Anna Reger Gaston, Gaston Family Lines of Somerset, "Somerset County Historical Quarterly," Somerville, NJ, Vol. 5 (1916), (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~windmill/html/somersev.html).