Husband: John Gaston
Born: May-24-1796 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Died: Oct- 4-1884 in Harrison Co, WV 1
Buried: in Duck Creek Missn Chrch Cem, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 2
Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 3
Father: John Gaston, Jr.
Mother: Anna Davisson
Wife: Elizabeth Morris
Born: Nov- 8-1797 in New Jersey 4,5 (see note 1) Died: Jul-11-1882 in Harrison Co, WV 4 Buried: in Duck Creek Missn Chrch Cem, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 4 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Father: Samuel Morris Mother: Rebecca Smith Notes
F Child 1: Rebecca Ann Gaston Born: Aug- 6-1821 in Died: Nov- 1-1839 in
F Child 2: Mary Jane Gaston Also known as: Betty 6 Born: Jun-23-1823 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7 Died: Dec-18-1908 in 4
M Child 3: Samuel Morris Gaston Born: Feb-25-1825 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, (W)VA 8,9,6 Died: Apr-26-1911 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 8,4,10,11
F Child 4: Deborah Gaston Born: May-17-1827 in Duck Creek, Harrison Co, WV 12 Died: Feb-24-1916 in Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV
F Child 5: Susan Gaston Born: 1829 in 13 Died: Jul-14-1883 in Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV 13,14
M Child 6: John Smith Gaston Also known as: Smith Gaston 15,16 Born: Dec-12-1830 in Duck Creek, Harrison Co, WV 17,18 Died: Nov-12-1893 in Doddridge Co, WV 19,4
F Child 7: Elizabeth Gaston Born: Aug- 9-1832 in 4 Died: Mar- 9-1912 in 4
M Child 8: Andrew Davisson Gaston Born: ca 1836 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 20,5 Died: 186_ in Civil War
F Child 9: Sarah Gaston Also known as: Sarah A. Gaston Born: ca 1837 in 5 Died: 1916 in 12
M Child 10: James William Gaston Born: Oct- -1838 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 21,22,23 Died: Feb- 8-1921 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 24
Sources: (1) Headstone, Age at death given as 88y 4m 10d. (2) Headstone. Age given as 88Y 4M 10D. (3) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA, 94. (4) Headstone. (5) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (6) Death record of daughter. (7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 315. (8) Obituary. (9) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (10) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101, Entry states Apr 27 1911, at variance from other sources. (11) Obituary of wife. (12) Marilynn Davis Jones, Fairmont, WV 26554. (13) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 309. (14) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (15) Obituary of daughter. (16) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 335. (17) Headstone, - Marker gives only date of death, Nov 12 1893, and age at death as 62y 11m. (18) Lorna Reese Overberg, The History of Ritchie County, West Virginia to 1980 (Ritchie County Historical Society, Taylor Publishing Co, 1980), p. 123, in entry by Vonda Gaston Hatfield. (19) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (20) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, MR Bk 5, p. 12. (21) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. (22) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (23) Headstone (year only) (24) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) Event Notes Note (1) "Cemeteries of Grant District, Harrison County, WV," p. 28, reports birth date on headstone as May 8 1797. www.doddridgecountyroots.com Name Index