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Matthew GASTON

Matthew GASTON

Male 1809 - 1878  (68 years)


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  • Name Matthew GASTON
    Birth 9 Jul 1809  Belmont Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850, 1860, 1870  Cambridge, Guernsey Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation lawyer  [3] 
    Residence (SETTLED)  Plattsmouth, Cass Co, NE Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 17 Mar 1878  Plattsmouth, Cass Co, NE Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I3586  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 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 Drusilla BUTE,   b. CA 1817, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1]
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Guernsey Co, OH (Cambridge), enumerated on Sep 28 1850:
      Matthew Gaston, 41, lawyer; Druzella, 33; Mary (I or J), 12; Eleanor, 10; Burtha A, 8; Henrietta, 6.

      1860 Census, Guernsey Co, OH (Cambridge), enumerated on Jul 12 1860:
      Matthew Gaston, 51, lawyer; Louisa, 35; Mary J, 20; Elma, 18; Amelia, 16; Henrietta, 14; Ann, 4; Adora, 1.

      The 1870 Census found Matthew Gaston living in a hotel in Cambridge, with no other family members.

      In 1877, the Nebraska State Census shows Matthew Gaston residing in the home of his daughter Henrietta and her husband Eli Plummer and their children.
    Children 
     1. Mary J. GASTON,   b. CA 1838, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Eleanor "Elma" GASTON,   b. CA 1840, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Bertha Amelia GASTON,   b. CA 1842, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Henrietta GASTON,   b. CA 1844, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1264  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. [S602] Jane Carson Topoly, Fort Washington, MD 20744, (http://www.reocities.com/heartland/8904/).

    3. [S184] 1850 Census.