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Amzi Williford GASTON

Amzi Williford GASTON

Male 1813 - 1841  (28 years)

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  • Name Amzi Williford GASTON 
    Born 16 Apr 1813  Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 May 1841  Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Buried Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I36512  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2010 

    Father James Nickels "Jimmy" GASTON,   b. 18 Jan 1789, Lancaster Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1876  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Mary POWERS,   b. 1789,   d. 1860  (Age 71 years) 
    Family ID F3158  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane A. PEDEN,   b. 16 Dec 1815, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1893, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 24 Jan 1839  [2] 
    Notes 
    • Amzi Williford Gaston died the day after his second son, Amzi W. Gaston II, was born. "The young widow continued to live in her home near Duncan for eight years, when death struck again, two-fold -- Jamie Died, and also her mother, Jane McConnell Peden. Then she and Amzi II went to her father's home where she led a long and useful life in her family and community." [3]
    Children 
     1. James Andrew GASTON,   b. 13 Oct 1839, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1849  (Age 9 years)
    +2. 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)
    Family ID F14490  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    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. 21.

    3. [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. 22.