Cyrus GASTON
1845 - 1940 (94 years)
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Name Cyrus GASTON Born 9 Mar 1845 Carroll Co, OH 
[1] Gender Male Census 1860 Mahaska Co, IA Census 1900, 1920 Mitchell Co, KS Occupation teacher (until 1877) [2] Died 19 Jan 1940 [1] Buried Rose Valley Cemetery, Glen Elder, KS Notes - Cyrus Gaston's family moved to Iowa shortly after his birth. He was raised in Oskaloosa, Iowa and attended Oskaloosa College. He enlisted in Co K, 33rd Iowa Volunteer Infantry on Aug 15 1862 and served the next three years in the Civil War. In 1871 he went to Mitchell Co, Kansas, where he taught in a little dugout schoolhouse just south of Glen Elder until 1877, while also developing his homestead. He was also County Superintendent of Schools for several years about that time. [Katie Dailey Gaston & Kenneth E. Forster]
Person ID I9787 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 1 Aug 2011
Father Robert GASTON, b. 25 Jul 1811, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA , d. 28 Nov 1892, Cranesville, Preston Co, WV (Age 81 years) Mother Catherine MCGHEE, b. 2 Feb 1824, Gallipolis, Gallia Co, OH , d. 20 Jul 1906, Glen Elder, Mitchell Co, KS (Age 82 years) Family ID F3521 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ida Jayne SHARP, b. 20 Dec 1860, Rest, Vernon Co, WI , d. 12 Jan 1939 (Age 78 years) Married 30 Apr 1882 [1, 3] Notes - Two other children died in infancy. [3]
Children 1. Irl R. GASTON, b. 11 Nov 1885, Kansas , d. Nov 1975 (Age 90 years)+ 2. Agnes A. GASTON, b. 1 Oct 1887, Kansas , d. Aug 1976 (Age 88 years)+ 3. Ralph Estep GASTON, b. 29 Jul 1890, Mitchell Co, KS , d. 23 Aug 1964, Clayton, St Louis Co, MO (Age 74 years)4. Cecile GASTON, b. Aug 1894, Kansas 5. Tressa GASTON, b. 21 Mar 1897, Kansas , d. 5 Jun 1989 (Age 92 years)6. J. Wayne GASTON, b. Aug 1899, Kansas + 7. Herbert Brownell GASTON, b. 12 Jun 1902, Kansas , d. Apr 1981 (Age 78 years)Family ID F3522 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Documents 
1900 Census, Mitchell Co KS, 2 Jun 1900
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