Husband: Joseph Smith Gaston
Born: Apr- 1-1811 1,2
Died: Jan-15-1879 3,4
Buried: in Mingo Creek Presb Cem, Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 1,2
Census: 1850, 1860 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA
Occupation: farmer 5
Father: Samuel Gaston, Sr.
Mother: Margaret Penny
Notes 2
Wife: Jane Hindman
Born: ca 1808 in Pennsylvania 6,7
Died: Aug- 5-1871 8,9 (see note 1)
Buried: in Mingo Creek Presb Cem, Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 1,2
Census: 1850, 1860 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA
Father: John Hindman
Mother: Sarah Patten
M Child 1: Samuel Gaston Born: Dec- -1831 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 10,11,2
F Child 2: Sarah Gaston Born: ca 1834 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 2,12 Died: Nov-29-1868 in 2
F Child 3: Margaret Gaston Born: ca 1836 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 6,2 Died: bef 1910 in 2
F Child 4: Mary Jane Gaston Census name: Jane Gaston Born: ca 1838 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 Died: bef 1910 in 2
M Child 5: John H. Gaston Born: Oct- -1839 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
M Child 6: Joseph S. Gaston, Jr. Born: 1843 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 13,2 Died: 1887 in 13
M Child 7: William R. Gaston Born: ca 1846 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 Died: Oct-10-1868 in 14
F Child 8: Martha E. Gaston Born: ca 1849 in Pennsylvania 6
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Peter J. Topoly & Jane Carson Topoly, Fort Washington, MD 20744-2535 (http://topolyp.com/JanesNames/) (3) Headstone, Hanna, in "Ohio Valley Genealogies," p. 43, incorrectly reports death date as 1870. Headstone clearly shows it as 1879. (4) Peter J. Topoly & Jane Carson Topoly, 10015 Mike Road, Fort Washington, MD 20744-2535, citing highly reliable original sources. But Hanna, "Ohio Valley Genealogies," p. 43, gives death as 1870. (5) 1850 Census, Washington County, PA (Union Twp). (6) 1850 Census. (7) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (8) Headstone, - Inscription reads "Jane, wife of Joseph S. Gaston, died Aug 5 1871 in the 63 year of her age." (9) Peter J. Topoly & Jane Carson Topoly, 10015 Mike Road, Fort Washington, MD 20744-2535, citing highly reliable original sources. But Hanna, "Ohio Valley Genealogies," p. 43, gives death as 1879. (10) 1900 Census. (11) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 43. (12) 1860 Census. (13) Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, Vol 163, p. 77, lineage of Mildred Gaston Hibbs, DAR No. 162224. (14) Headstone, - Inscription reads "William R., son of Joseph S. & Jane Gaston, died Oct 10 1868 in the 23 year of his age." Event Notes Note (1) DAR Lineage Book, Vol 163, p. 77, states death date as 1868, while Hanna's "Ohio Valley Genealogies," p. 43, reports it as 1879. But headstone clearly shows it as Aug 5 1871 "in the 63 year of her age." www.doddridgecountyroots.com Name Index