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Hugh GASTON

Hugh GASTON

Male 1792 - 1869  (77 years)


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  • Name Hugh GASTON
    Birth 4 Jul 1792  Richburg, Chester Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850  Chickasaw Co, MS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Calhoun Co, MS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3, 4] 
    Death 19 Sep 1869  Benela, Calhoun Co, MS Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5] 
    Cause: diarrhea 
    Burial Benela Cemetery, Benela, Calhoun Co, MS Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Headstone reads: H. Gaston. Died Sep 19 1869, age 77y 2m 15d. His name has also been reported as James Hugh Gaston. In the 1850 and 1860 censuses, he is listed simply as Hugh Gaston.
    Person ID I3658  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Jun 2021

    Father Hugh GASTON,   b. 12 Mar 1751, Lancaster Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1836 (Age 85 years)
    Mother Martha MCCLURE,   b. 1754   d. 21 Dec 1836 (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F1292  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Winnie Adaline KEE,   b. 5 Jan 1816, Richburg, Chester Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jul 1876, Calhoun City, Calhoun Co, MS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
    Marriage 1833  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Chickasaw Co, Mississippi, enumerated on Nov 25 1850:
      Hugh Gaston, 58, b. SC, farmer; Adline, 34, b. SC; James M, 16, b. Ala; Sarah A, 14, b. Ala; Hugh W, 10, b. Ala; Harriet E, 8, b. Miss; Ebenezer, 69, b. SC, farmer.

      1860 Census, Calhoun Co, Mississippi (Benela Post Office), enumerated on Apr 18 1860:
      Hugh Gaston, 68, b. S.C., farmer, value of real estate $6,000, value of personal estate $13,000; Adaline, 45, b. S.C.; Ebenezer, 2, b. Mississippi; Hugh, 24, b. Alabama, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $500; Flora, 22. b. N.C.
    Children 
     1. James Martin GASTON,   b. 8 Nov 1834, Prairie Bluff, Wilcox Co, AL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1863, Gettysburg, Adams Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
    >2. Sarah Adeline "Sallie" GASTON,   b. 10 Sep 1836, Chatham Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1911, Benela, Calhoun Co, MS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     3. Hugh William GASTON,   b. 1840, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1864, Atlanta, Fulton Co, GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
     4. Harriet Emmaline GASTON,   b. 1841, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1854 (Age 13 years)
    +5. John Ebenezer "Jack" GASTON,   b. 24 Nov 1858, Calhoun Co, MS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1941, Benela, Calhoun Co, MS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F57719  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Photo credit: "Calhoun County Mississippi: A Pictorial History"

  • Sources 
    1. [S1838] Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    3. [S184] 1850 Census.

    4. [S2712] U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration (NARA)).

    5. [S5] Headstone.