Joseph A. GASTON
1856 - 1937 (~ 81 years)
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Name Joseph A. GASTON Born CA 1856 Honey Brook, Chester Co, PA 
[1, 2] Gender Male Census 1860 Honey Brook, Chester Co, PA Died 31 Mar 1937 Washington, DC [2] Buried Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA [2] Notes - Attended West Point Military Academy, graduating 16th in his class in 1881. Took part in military battles against the Apache Indians, 1885-86, and against the Sioux Indians, 1890-91. He served in Cuba, 1899-1902, and in the Philippines, 1908-1910. In 1906 he was superintendent of permanent camps in connection with relief work in San Francisco. He was with the punitive expedition in Mexico in 1916-17. From Aug 1917 to Feb 1919, he served with the rank of Brigadier General in the World War. During this period he commanded the Depot Brigade at Camp Travis, San Antonio, TX, and later with the 90th Div, and with the 37th Div at Montgomery, AL, and at Petersburg, VA. Later he was Camp Commander and then Eecutive Officer at Camp Meade, MD, with the 154th Depot Brigade. He was a graduate of the Army War College at Washington, DC, where he resided following retirement in 1920. [2]
Person ID I4966 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 23 Nov 2010
Father Joseph GASTON, b. 6 Nov 1816, Basking Ridge, Bernard Twp, Somerset Co, NJ , d. 25 Jan 1885, Honey Brook, Chester Co, PA (Age 68 years) Mother Agnes GREENBANK, b. 17 Feb 1828, Pennsylvania , d. 20 Aug 1910 (Age 82 years) Family ID F1745 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 May VERNOU, d. 26 Aug 1887, San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX Family ID F5200 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Lavinia HASKIN, d. Aft 1937 Family ID F5196 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Died - 31 Mar 1937 - Washington, DC 
Buried - - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA = Link to Google Earth
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