Jul-28-2018
Husband: James Gaston
Born: 1804 in Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2
Died: bef Sep 1870 3
Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2,4
Occupation: farmer 2
Father: John Gaston, Jr. (1752 - 1829)
Mother: Anna Davisson (1765 - 1854)
Wife: Charlotte "Lottie" Swisher
Also known as: Charlotte Switzen 5
Married: Apr-26-1829 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 6,5
Born: Jun-10-1807 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA 7,1
Died: Aug-31-1875 8
Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 7
Census: 1870 in Lewis Co, WV 3
Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2,4
Father: Peter S. Swisher III (1779 - 1830)
Mother: Susannah Rinehart (1779 - 1856)
Notes 9
Notes 9
F Child 1: Elizabeth Ann Gaston
Born: May-16-1830 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 10
Died: Apr-25-1905 10
Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 10,11
Husband: John Hoff b. Oct- 9-1825 d. Aug- 3-1903
Also known as: John Huff 12,13,14
Marriage Bond: Jun-12-1849 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 15
Married: Jun-21-1849 16
F Child 2: Mary Catherine Gaston
Born: Jan-19-1833 7 (see note 1)
Died: Jun- 9-1908 7
Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 7
Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV
Husband: George Washington Dayton b. May-19-1832 d. Jun-17-1894
Married: Aug-14-1855 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 17
M Child 3: William Granville Gaston
Born: Mar- 4-1834 18
Died: Oct-12-1839 7
Buried: in Sinclair Cemetery, Upper Duck Crk Rd, Harrison Co, WV 7
M Child 4: Isaac M. Gaston
Born: Apr- 1-1836 7
Died: Mar-16-1914 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 19,7
Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 7
Occupation: miller 3,20
Wife: Caroline Matilda West b. Jan-26-1835 d. Oct-16-1911
Married: Sep- 3-1857 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 21
F Child 5: Margaret Drusilla Gaston
Born: Feb-19-1838 22
Died: Apr-24-1918 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 22
Buried: in Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV
Husband: Nathaniel David Helmick b. Jul-12-1837 d. Apr-20-1923
Married: Feb-28-1864 in Harrison Co, WV 23
F Child 6: Rebecca Alcinda Gaston
Born: May-25-1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 24,25
Died: Apr-26-1928 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 24
Buried: in Machpelah Cemetery, Weston, Lewis Co, WV 24
Resided: in Harrison Co, (W)VA 25
Husband: John Stewart b. 1834 d. bef Apr 1928
Married: Dec-7-1859 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 26
M Child 7: Thomas M. Gaston
Born: Oct- -1842 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 27
Died: Jun-22-1913 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV
Buried: in Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV
Resided: in Gaston, Lewis Co, WV
Occupation: miller 3
Wife: Helen Summers b. May-11-1851 d. Dec- 8-1929
Married: Nov-5-1867 in Marion Co, WV 28,27
F Child 8: Olive Jane Gaston
Born: Jan-12-1845 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 24
Died: Oct- 2-1930 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 29
Buried: in McWhorter Methodist Church Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV 24
Husband: William Henry Morris b. Apr- 4-1841 d. Oct- 8-1893
Married: Jan-7-1868 in Lewis Co, WV 30
Husband: Wellington Vincent Chidester b. ca 1826 d. bef Oct 1930
Married: Apr- 6-1897 in Lewis Co, WV 31
M Child 9: John M. "Lank" Gaston
Born: Jun-27-1847 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 24
Died: Sep- 6-1926 in Gaston, Lewis Co, WV 24,32
Buried: in Peterson Cemetery, McGuire Park (Weston), Lewis Co, WV 24
Resided: in Gaston, Lewis Co, WV
Census: 1900, 1920 in Skin Creek, Lewis Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Lewis Co, WV
Occupation: dry goods merchant 33,24
Occupation: 1900 traveling salesman 34
Occupation: 1870 shoemaker 3
Wife: Mary Margaret "Mollie" Morris b. Sep- -1843 d. Jun- 3-1913
Married: Dec-22-1870 in Lewis Co, WV 5
F Child 10: Sarah Palestine Gaston
Born: Nov-15-1849 in Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, (W)VA 35
Died: Jan- 7-1857 at Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, (W)VA 36 (see note 2)
Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 37
Cause of death: scarlet fever 36
Sources:
(1) Jeffrey Wood (Ancestry World Tree, http://awt.ancestry.com)
(2) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA.
(3) 1870 Census, Lewis County, WV (Lincoln Township).
(4) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA.
(5) Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101.
(6) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, Her name appears in the marriage record as Charlotte Switzen. MR Bk 1/1829,
p. 51.
(7) Headstone.
(8) Headstone, age at death as 68y 2m 2d.
(9) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV,
http://McClainPrinting.com)
(10) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 317.
(11) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993,
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995.
(12) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.
(13) Death record of daughter.
(14) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.
(15) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR Bk 7, p. 278.
(16) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990). Marriage
appears elsewhere as 1846. p. 317.
(17) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as George
Washington Dayton, 23, b. Frederick Co MD, res. Harrison Co, son of Nicholas & Martin [sic]; and Mary Catherine Gaston,
23, of Harrison Co, dau of John [sic] & Charlotte. Married Aug 14 1855. Identification of her parents as John &
Charlotte, rather than James & Charlotte, is considered to be a transcription error. The adjoining entry is for the
marriage of Isaac Rinehart Smith and Sarah Gaston, also erroneously identified as dau of John & Charlotte rather than
John & Elizabeth.
(18) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death, (5y 7m 8d), although other sources (e.g., E. Murray Taylor, Jr. [1I-3])
cite April 3 1834.
(19) Newspaper extract (Democrat), But researcher Lauri Buell Boaz, based on notes of grandmother Frances Virginia Helmick,
reports his death date as March 3 1914. Issue 3/20/1914.
(20) William F. Donnelly, The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Gateway Press, Baltimore
MD, 1997, p. 294.
(21) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=38525&Type=Marriage.
(22) Lauri Buell Boaz, 819 Spruce Drive, Carmel, IN 46033, based on notes of grandmother Frances Virginia Helmick.
(23) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm). One source puts
marriage at unspecified date in 1859. Another (Lauri Buell Boaz, based on notes of Frances Virginia Helmick) cites Jan
27 or 28 1864.
(24) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx)
(25) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)
(26) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as John
Stewart, 25, b. Louisa Co VA, res. Upshur Co, son of Robert & Eliza; and Rebecca A. Gaston, 18, of Harrison Co, dau of
James & Charlotte. Married Dec 7 1859.
(27) Marion County WV Marriages 1842-1899, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101.
(28) Marion County Court House, Fairmont, WV, MR C-35.
(29) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).
Identified as Olive Jane Chidester, b. Jan 12 1845 in Harrison Co, d. Oct 2 1930 in Weston, dau of James Gaston &
Charlotte Swisher, widow of William H. Morris.
(30) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV.
(31) Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101, Identified as Wellington
Vincent Chidester, widowed, age 71, of Lewis Co, son of Phineas W. & Susannah; and Olive J. Morris, widowed, b. Harrison
Co, res. Lewis Co, dau of James & Charlotte Gaston. Married Apr 6 1897.
(32) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV, Age at death given as 79y 2m 9d. DR Bk 4, p. 69 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4935072&Type=Death.
(33) 1880 Census, Lewis County, WV.
(34) 1900 Census, Lewis County, WV.
(35) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.
(36) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.
(37) Cemeteries of Grant District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV.
Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jan 1834, but headstone shows it as Jan 19
1833.
Note (2) Some researchers (e.g., Lauri Buell Boaz) report death date as Jun 7 1857,
but cemetery directory gives death date as Jan 7 1857, and Harrison County Death
Records show that S. P. Gaston, dau of James & C., died on Jun 1 1857 at the age
of 7y1m23d. Thus, the exact birth and/or death dates are still in question.
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