Apr-24-2012                   

             Husband: William G. Gaston    

                Born: Feb- 1-1806          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: May-21-1894          in Harrison Co, WV  3,2
              Buried:                      in Duck Creek Missn Chrch Cem, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV  2
              Census: 1880                 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  4
              Father: John Gaston, Jr. 
              Mother: Anna Davisson 

                Wife: Mary Post     

                Born: Oct-31-1809          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  3
                Died: Dec- 4-1887          in Harrison Co, WV  3 (see note 1)
              Buried:                      in Duck Creek Missn Chrch Cem, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV  2,5
              Census: 1880                 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Father: George Post 
              Mother: Elizabeth Peterson 

           M Child 1: Abraham Gaston      
       Also known as: Abram Gaston 6,7,8,9
                Born: Feb- 7-1830          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
                Died: Jun-12-1918          in   10

           M Child 2: George Gaston      
                Born: Sep-23-1831          in   
                Died: Feb- 7-1901          in Freemans Creek, Lewis Co, WV  11

           F Child 3: Elizabeth Gaston      
                Born: Jul-29-1835          in   2
                Died: Apr- 3-1916          in   2

           M Child 4: John William Gaston      
                Born: Dec-26-1838          in   12
                Died: Aug-16-1910          in   

           M Child 5: Enoch Gaston      
                Born: Aug-16-1841          in   13,12,14
                Died: Oct-31-1922          in Duck Creek, Harrison Co, WV  13,14

           F Child 6: Mary Bird Gaston      
       Also known as: Byrd Gaston 15
                Born: Jan-12-1853          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  16,17,14
                Died: Mar- 9-1936          in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  17,14


Sources:
(1) Place of birth given as Lewis County, Virginia, in "Early Settlers of Upper 
Monongahela Valley" by Butcher, p. 869.  Other sources (e.g., Murray Taylor) cite Harrison 
County. 
(2) Headstone. 
(3) Lauri Buell Boaz, 819 Spruce Drive, Carmel, IN 46033, based on notes of grandmother 
Frances Virginia Helmick. 
(4) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(5) Cemeteries of Grant District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical 
Society, Clarksburg, WV. 
(6) 1860 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA. 
(7) 1870 Census, Lewis County, WV (Willey Township). 
(8) 1880 Census, Lewis County, WV. 
(9) Death record of son. 
(10) Newspaper extract (Independent), Issue 6/18/1918. 
(11) Newspaper extract (Independent), Issue 2/12/1901. 
(12) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(13) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://home.comcast.net/~jmlinder609, The Gibson and Related 
Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 107. 
(14) Headstone (year only) 
(15) Marriage record of daughter. 
(16) Harrison County Birth Records, Clarksburg, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 7. 
(17) William F. Donnelly, The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West 
Virginia), Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997, p. 416. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Cemetery directory gives death date as Dec 24 1887.

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