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Sarah Jane GASTON

Sarah Jane GASTON

Female 1853 - 1918  (65 years)

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  • Name Sarah Jane GASTON 
    Born 29 Mar 1853  Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1880, 1910  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1911  Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 27 Jun 1918  Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • In August 1910, the recently widowed Sarah Gaston Reed moved with five of her children (Belle, Ota, Ethel, Winna and Harvey) to Fairmont, Marion Co, WV. [6]
    Person ID I6448  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Jun 2013 

    Father Samuel Morris GASTON,   b. 25 Feb 1825, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1911, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth LAW,   b. 17 Apr 1825, Bristol, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Family ID F452  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family David Allen REED,   b. 11 May 1853, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1909  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 15 Oct 1874  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
    +1. Lucy Elizabeth REED,   b. 7 Feb 1877, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1956  (Age 79 years)
     2. Susan Belle REED,   b. 21 Sep 1878, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1958, Los Angeles, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    +3. Samuel Boyd REED,   b. 17 Apr 1880, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1961, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +4. Ota Lee REED,   b. 28 Feb 1882, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1970, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +5. Cecil Alexander REED,   b. 6 May 1884, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1952  (Age 67 years)
    +6. Henry G. REED,   b. 30 Mar 1887, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1952  (Age 65 years)
     7. Ethel Jane REED,   b. 11 Mar 1889, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +8. Winna Fern REED,   b. 21 Mar 1892, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1960, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    +9. Harvey Allen REED,   b. 25 Jun 1894, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1970, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F2801  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 1.
      Name appears as Sarah I. Gasmins, an apparent transcription error from the handwritten original. S. J. (female, age 7) and Sarah J. (female age 17) are in the 1860 & 1870 censuses with the S. M. Gaston family

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S643] Obituary of father.

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

    5. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    6. [S300] .

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 202 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791408&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Allen Reed, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Sarah J. Gaston, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Oct 15 1874.