Husband: John Gaston
Born: May-24-1796 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1
Died: Oct- 4-1884 in Harrison Co, WV 2
Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 2
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 3
Father: John Gaston, Jr. (1752 - 1829)
Mother: Anna Davisson (1765 - 1854)
Wife: Elizabeth Morris Married: Nov-14-1820 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Born: Nov- 8-1797 in New Jersey 2,4 (see note 1) Died: Jul-11-1882 in Harrison Co, WV 2 Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 2 Census: 1880 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Father: Samuel Morris Mother: Rebecca Smith (1772 - 1844) Notes
F Child 1: Rebecca Ann Gaston Born: Aug- 6-1821 (see note 2) Died: Nov- 1-1839
F Child 2: Mary Jane Gaston Also known as: Betty 5 Born: Jun-23-1823 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 6 Died: Dec-18-1908 2 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 7,8 Resided: in Bone Creek, near Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: formerly in Harrison Co, (W)VA 6 Husband: Martin Carr Ward b. Aug- 1-1821 d. Mar- 8-1897 Married: Dec-17-1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 6,9
M Child 3: Samuel Morris Gaston Born: Feb-25-1825 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, (W)VA 10,11,9,5 (see note 3) Died: Apr-26-1911 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 10,2,12,13 Buried: in Gaston-Hart Cemetery, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 14,15 Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Wife: Elizabeth Law b. Apr-17-1825 d. Feb-27-1882 Married: Sep-3-1846 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 9,16 Wife: Rebecca Jane Furner b. Jan-22-1840 d. Nov-21-1922 Married: Nov-6-1883 in Harrison Co, WV 17,13
F Child 4: Deborah Gaston Born: May-17-1827 in Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV 18 Died: Feb-24-1916 in Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV Buried: in Lawford Cemetery, Spruce Run, jct CR 19 & 34, Ritchie Co, WV 7 Resided: in Ritchie Co, WV 19 Census: 1880, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV (see note 4) Husband: Asby Poole Law b. Apr- 7-1823 d. Feb-20-1868 Also known as: Ashby Poole Law Married: Oct-23-1845 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 9 Husband: Phineas W. Bartlett b. ca 1818 Married: Jan-28-1883 in Ritchie Co, WV 20
F Child 5: Susan Gaston Born: 1829 21 (see note 5) Died: Jul-14-1883 in Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV 21,7 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 7 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Husband: Martin S. Sommerville b. 1828 d. bef Jun 1880 Married: Oct-22-1849
M Child 6: John Smith Gaston Also known as: Smith Gaston 22,23 Born: Dec-12-1830 in Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV 24,25 Died: Nov-12-1893 in Doddridge Co, WV 26,2 Buried: in Gaston-Hart Cemetery, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Wife: Eliza Richards b. Feb-27-1835 d. Jul-27-1864 Also known as: Eliza 2 Married: Jun-15-1854 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 27 Wife: Catherine Leggett b. Jul-17-1836 d. Dec- 2-1914 Also known as: Kathrine Leggett 23 Married: May-24-1865 in Ritchie Co, WV 28,29
F Child 7: Elizabeth Gaston Born: Aug- 9-1832 2 Died: Mar- 9-1912 2 Buried: in Old Bethel Church Cemetery, Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV 2,30 Resided: 1911 in Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV 31 Husband: Jacob Sommerville b. Feb- 5-1828 d. Apr-28-1882 Married: Oct-30-1851 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 32
M Child 8: Andrew Davisson Gaston Born: ca 1836 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 33,4 Died: 186_ in Civil War Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Wife: Sarah Ann Swisher b. ca 1834 Married: Feb- 5-1859 in Lewis Co, WV 34,35
F Child 9: Sarah Gaston Also known as: Sarah A. Gaston Born: ca 1837 4 Died: 1916 18 Resided: 1911 in Cassoday, Butler Co, KS 31 (see note 6) Husband: Isaac Rinehart Smith b. 1828 Married: Sep-20-1855 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 36
M Child 10: James William Gaston Born: Oct- -1838 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 37,32,38 Died: Feb- 8-1921 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 39 Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 2,39 Census: 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: farmer 39,37 Wife: Sarah A. Ward b. Oct- -1838 d. 1916 Married: Dec-21-1865 in Harrison Co, WV 9
Sources: (1) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death, 88y 4m 10d. (2) Headstone. (3) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA, 94. (4) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (5) Death record of daughter. (6) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 315. (7) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 316. (9) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (10) Obituary. (11) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (12) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101, Entry states Apr 27 1911, at variance from other sources. (13) Obituary of wife. (14) Headstone, - Inscribed on the marker are the names of himself and his two wives, along with all of their birth and death dates. His wife Elizabeth also has a separate marker nearby of her own. (15) Obituary, - Pallbearers identified as six of his grandsons: Howard, Earnest & Albert [Bert] Jones, Blair [Josiah Blaine] Nutter, C. W. [Charles Wesley] Britton, and Z. W. [Jebidee or Zebidee Warner] Britton. (16) Obituary of husband. (17) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Samuel M. Gaston, widowed, age 58, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of John & Elizabeth; and Rebecca J. Furner, 43, b. Loudoun Co VA, res. Harrison Co, dau of John & Sarah. Married Nov 6 1883 in Clarksburg. MR p. 165 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=255994&Type=Marriage. (18) Marilynn Davis Jones, Fairmont, WV 26554. (19) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (20) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Phineas W. Bartlett, widowed, 64, b. Harrison Co, res. Barbour Co; and Deborah Law, widowed, 55, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Jan 28 1883. (21) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 309. (22) Obituary of daughter. (23) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 335. (24) Headstone, - Marker gives only date of death, Nov 12 1893, and age at death as 62y 11m. (25) 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. (26) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (27) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as John S. Gaston, age 23, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of John; and (name blank), age 19, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of James T. Richards. Married Jun 15 1854. (28) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as John S. Gaston, widowed, 34, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of John & Elizabeth; and Catharine Legget [sic], 21, b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Enoch B. & Sarah. Married May 24 1865. Her stated age is two years older than what appears on her headstone. (29) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) (30) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) (31) Obituary of brother. (32) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (33) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, MR Bk 5, p. 12. (34) Lewis County Court House, Weston, WV, She was identified as age 24, born & residing in Lewis Co, the daughter of Lewis D. and Margaret Swisher. He was identified as age 23, born & residing in Harrison Co, the son of John and Elizabeth Gaston. MR Bk 5, p. 12. (35) Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101, Identified as Andrew A. [sic] Gaston & Sarah A. Swisher. Married Feb 5 1859. (36) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as Isaac Rinehart Smith, 27, b. Lewis Co, res. Harrison Co, son of John & Mary; and Sarah Gaston, 19, of Harrison Co, dau of John & Charlotte. Married Sep 20 1855. Identification of her parents as John & Charlotte, rather than James & Elizabeth, is considered to be a transcription error. The adjoining entry is for the marriage of George Washington Dayton and Mary Catherine Gaston, also erroneously identified as dau of John & Charlotte rather than James & Charlotte. (37) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. (38) Headstone (year only) (39) 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. Note (2) Birth date calculated from age at death 18y 2m 26d. Note (3) Obituary states birth date as Feb 25 1825. But headstone has birth on Feb 18 1825. And obituary gives age at death as 86y 3m 8d, which would put birth at Jan 18 1825. Note (4) In household of son Martin Luther Law. Note (5) "Ritchie County in History and Romance," p. 309, reports her birth as 1829, while "Ritchie County Cemeteries," p. 494, reports it as Apr 27 1827. This, however, conflicts with the May 1827 birth date of a sibling. Age 51 in 1880 Census would also put birth in about 1829. Note (6) The 1911 obituary of brother Samuel Morris Gaston gave the residence of Sarah Gaston Smith as Cassidy, Kansas. No city of that name is found in Kansas, so it is presumed that "Cassoday" was intended.