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Alexander GASTON

Alexander GASTON

Male 1783 - 1865  (81 years)


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  • Name Alexander GASTON
    Birth 14 Oct 1783  Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Death 23 Jun 1865  Lorain Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Pioneer Cemetery, Lorain Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • Went to Danby, NY as a young man, took up government land and developed a farm, which he sold in 1834 when his family moved near Oberlin, OH. He was a militia captain in New York and active in the Congregational Church.
    Person ID I6630  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2000

    Father Alexander GASTON,   b. 28 Oct 1754, Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 1823, Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Mother Huldah NORTON,   b. 9 Jun 1765   d. 26 Apr 1832 (Age 66 years)
    Family ID F1097  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lydia BELCHER,   b. 2 Aug 1786   d. 8 Apr 1848 (Age 61 years)
    Marriage 21 Sep 1807  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Andrew GASTON,   b. 4 Feb 1810   d. 23 Dec 1831, Danby, Tompkins Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
     2. Lucetta GASTON,   b. 15 Jul 1811   d. 11 Jul 1813, Danby, Tompkins Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    +3. Lucy Mariah GASTON,   b. 19 Jan 1813, Danby, Tompkins Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1850, Jonesville, Hillsdale Co, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)
    +4. George Belcher GASTON,   b. 8 Nov 1814, Danby, Tompkins Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1873, Tabor, Fremont Co, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    +5. Maria GASTON,   b. 14 Oct 1816, Danby, Tompkins Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jun 1897, Fremont Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    >6. Elvira GASTON,   b. 15 Jul 1818, Danby, Tompkins Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1914, Oberlin, Lorain Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
    +7. Emala Fairchild GASTON,   b. 5 Jun 1820, Danby, Tompkins Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1851, Wayne, Wayne Co, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
    >8. Alonzo GASTON,   b. 22 Dec 1821, Danby, Tompkins Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1892, Oberlin, Lorain Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +9. Celia H. GASTON,   b. 16 Jan 1824, Danby, Tompkins Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1858, Coldwater, Branch Co, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
     10. Edward P. Bradstreet GASTON,   b. 6 Jun 1830  [Father: Adopted]  [Mother: Adopted]
    Family ID F4846  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Harriet PEARSE
    Marriage 12 Oct 1849  [2] 
    Family ID F4847  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S501] Jane Farrell Burgess, 11700 Dinwiddie Dr, Rockville, MD 20852, The Gaston Genealogy, (1989), p. 43.

    2. [S509] Robert B. "Bob" Gaston, Longview, WA 98632 .