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Amzi Cason "Case" GASTON

Amzi Cason "Case" GASTON

Male 1874 - 1962  (87 years)

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  • Name Amzi Cason "Case" GASTON 
    Born 4 Nov 1874  Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Reidville, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education Reidville Male Academy, Reidville, SC  [2] 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 4] 
    Residence 1944  Reidville, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died 9 Apr 1962  Rutherfordton, Rutherford Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Buried Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • He served one term in the South Carolina House of Representatives. [5]
    Person ID I36470  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Jan 2011 

    Father Amzi Williford GASTON, II,   b. 17 May 1841, Duncan, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1911, Duncan, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Margaret "Maggie" HOLDER,   b. 17 May 1847, Olney, Pickens Co, AL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1937, Duncan, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Family ID F14502  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Georgia Anna GASTON,   b. 19 Jul 1875,   d. 12 Feb 1941, Travelers Rest, Greenville Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)  [6] 
    Married 8 Nov 1899  [2] 
    Notes 
    • As direct descendants of Thomas Gaston and Sarah Nickels, Amzi Cason Gaston and Georgia Gaston were second cousins, once removed. [7]
    Children 
    +1. Stobo Rosborough GASTON,   b. 23 Aug 1900, Reidville, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1957, Travelers Rest, Greenville Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
    +2. Amzi Cecil GASTON,   b. 1 Feb 1902,   d. 1 Aug 1957, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     3. Georgia Leona GASTON,   b. 4 Apr 1904,   d. 6 Jul 1906  (Age 2 years)
     4. Lela GASTON,   b. 21 Jun 1905,   d. 4 Sep 1905  (Age 0 years)
    +5. Margaret Lucile GASTON,   b. 28 Dec 1906, Reidville, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 2001, Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
    +6. John William GASTON,   b. 14 Nov 1912,   d. Nov 1974  (Age 62 years)
     7. Pearl (twin) GASTON,   b. 2 May 1914,   d. 26 Sep 1914  (Age 0 years)
     8. Berle (twin) GASTON,   b. 2 May 1914,   d. 25 May 1917  (Age 3 years)
    Family ID F14467  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S1868] The Ancestry and Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston II (1841-1911) of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Mary Gaston Gee (1899-1987), (Charlottesville, VA, 1944), p. 36.

    3. [S2440] North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database online], (Ancestry.com and North Carolina State Archives).

    4. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    5. [S2438] Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston and Jane A. Peden, Bruce Price Reynolds, Travelers Rest SC , (self-published, 2009).

    6. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

    7. [S1868] The Ancestry and Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston II (1841-1911) of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Mary Gaston Gee (1899-1987), (Charlottesville, VA, 1944).