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Ephraim GASTON

Ephraim GASTON

Male 1799 - 1868  (68 years)


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  • Name Ephraim GASTON
    Birth 26 Jun 1799  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850, 1860  Morristown, Belmont Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation physician  [1, 3, 4] 
    Death May 1868 
    Burial Morristown Union Cemetery, Belmont Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • From "History of the Upper Ohio Valley," p. 635: Dr. Ephraim Gaston "was one of the most distinguished physicians of his time." Also served one term in the legislature, but then returned to medicine until "compelled to abandon it on account of cataract of the eyes, dying about two years afterward."
    Person ID I3581  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2011

    Father Dr. Alexander GASTON,   b. 22 Jul 1769, Northampton Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jul 1825, Morristown, Belmont Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    Mother Rachel PERRY,   b. 1 Sep 1773   d. 14 Sep 1833 (Age 60 years)
    Family ID F1257  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary WILSON,   b. 1805   d. 1847 (Age 42 years)
    Marriage 7 Nov 1826  Belmont Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. William GASTON,   b. CA 1829, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Samuel W. GASTON,   b. 1831, Morristown, Belmont Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. CA 1862 (Age 31 years)
    Family ID F1259  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Agnes VANCE,   b. CA 1805, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1875 (Age ~ 70 years)
    Marriage 31 May 1849  Belmont Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F1260  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S504] Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900)), p. 44.

    2. [S603] 1860 Census, Belmont County, OH (Union Twp).

    3. [S184] 1850 Census.

    4. [S1766] J. A. Caldwell, History of Belmont & Jefferson Counties, Ohio, (1880), p. 183.

    5. [S569] Peter J. Topoly & Jane Carson Topoly, Fort Washington, MD 20744-2535, (http://topolyp.com/JanesNames/).

    6. [S2538] Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900 (online database), (Ancestry.com).