Robert GASTON

1813 - 1890  (76 years)

• Name	Robert GASTON
  Birth	15 Dec 1813  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Feb 1890  [1]
  Notes	He owned a farm at Burnt Mills, which he sold to William E. Paulison. He then moved to Pluckemin, where he remained until the death of his wife in 1878. He then moved to Somerville, where he resided with his brother Hugh. Robert was a successful businessman. At his death, there being no children, it was found that his will made bequests to the Reformed Church at Bedminster of $2,000 and a similar bequest to the American Bible Society and the Boards of Domestic Mission and Education of the Reformed Church in America, while the remainder (about $35,000) was willed to the Board of Foreign Missions of the same denomination. The last bequest was contested by his relatives and a compromise was effected.
  Person ID	I4518	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	29 Sep 1992

  
  

  Father	John W. GASTON,   b. 26 Sep 1783, Somerset Co, NJ d. 19 Jun 1859 (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Sarah CASTNER,   b. 20 Oct 1782   d. 8 Apr 1859 (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F1335	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Jane LANE,   b. 28 Nov 1813   d. 10 Aug 1878 (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	4 Feb 1839  [2]
  Family ID	F1616	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S250] Max Perry, American Descendants of William Gaston and Mary Olivet Lemon, (Midland, TX, 1989). [S250] Max Perry, American Descendants of William Gaston and Mary Olivet Lemon, (Midland, TX, 1989), 148.