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Avery Earl GASKINS

Avery Earl GASKINS

Male 1892 - 1962  (70 years)


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  • Name Avery Earl GASKINS
    Birth 2 Mar 1892  Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Occupation 1916  [4] 
    teacher at Carr Grade School 
    Military From 7 Sep 1917 to 17 Jun 1919  [5, 6, 7] 
    Pfc, US Army, Btry A, 314th Fld Arty, 80th Div, World War I 
    Census 1940, 193 W MAIN ST  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1920  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education Lebanon University, Salem College (1923)  [8, 9] 
    Occupation 1940  [10] 
    collector for Internal Revenue Service 
    Death 27 Dec 1962  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Burial IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 11] 
    Person ID I76544  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2017

    Father Andrew Jackson GASKINS,   b. Mar 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jul 1925, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)
    Mother Sarah M. RUSSELL,   b. 11 Apr 1856, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 May 1932, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F27157  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Flora May FREEMAN,   b. 1894   d. 1975 (Age 81 years)
    Marriage 19 Jun 1921  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. James Jackson GASKINS,   b. 1 Dec 1923, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1935, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 11 years)
    Family ID F33907  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S38] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    3. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    4. [S1897] West Union Record, 7/27/1916.

    5. [S2669] U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S2601] Doddridge County Republican, 3/13/1919.
      A local news item: "Avery E. Gaskins, of Bat. A 314th F. A., writes his brother, Howard M. Gaskins, that he is on a two-weeks furlough in the Alps and that he expected to take a climb on Mont Chamonix the following day."

    7. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).

    8. [S2601] Doddridge County Republican, 1/4/1917.

    9. [S1913] Dirigo, (Salem College Yearbook), 1923.

    10. [S2638] 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    11. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).