Jul-28-2018
Husband: Enoch Gaston
Born: Aug-16-1841 1,2,3 Died: Oct-31-1922 in Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV 1,3 Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 4,5 Census: 1880 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Father: William G. Gaston (1806 - 1894) Mother: Mary Post (1809 - 1887) Other spouse 2 Notes 1
Wife: Laura T. Sheets Married: Nov-9-1865 in Harrison Co, WV 6,7
Born: Aug-29-1846 Died: Feb-19-1877 in Harrison Co, WV 8,9 Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 4 Cause of death: consumption 8 Father: George H. Sheets Mother: Mary J. ___
F Child 1: Cora Gaston Born: Nov- -1866 2,3 Died: 1938 3 Buried: in McWhorter Methodist Church Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV 4 Census: 1880, 1900, 1910 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Daniel Grant McWhorter b. Apr-30-1864 d. Jun- 7-1924 Married: Jul-26-1885 in Harrison Co, WV 7
M Child 2: Wade Gaston Born: Mar- 7-1868 in Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV 10 Died: Feb-17-1943 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 11 Buried: in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 12 (see note 1) Resided: from 1927 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 12 Resided: previously in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 12,13 Census: 1880 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: physician in Parkersburg (retired in 1927) 14,12 Education: Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati 12 Wife: Anna Dell Hart b. ca 1887 d. 1910 Also known as: Dell Hart 15 Married: Jun-30-1909 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 13
M Child 3: Claudius Gaston Also known as: Claude Gaston 4,16,17 Born: Oct- 3-1869 in Harrison Co, WV 18,17,2 Died: Apr-17-1948 at Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 19,8,4 (see note 2) Buried: in Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Rt. 19 S, Harrison Co, WV 20 Resided: at Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 17 Census: 1930 in Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1880 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: farmer 17 Wife: Ella J. Sommerville b. 1871 d. 1956 Census name: Elsie J. 2 Married: Aug-19-1894 in Harrison Co, WV 21
F Child 4: Bertha Gaston Born: Aug-18-1871 in Harrison Co, WV 22 Died: Apr- 3-1960 in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 23 Buried: in Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Rt. 19 S, Harrison Co, WV 24 Resided: in Salem, WV 22 Census: 1930 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Lloyd M. Stalnaker b. 1873 d. 1945 Married: Oct- 7-1903 in Harrison Co, WV 25
Sources: (1) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 107. (2) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. (3) Headstone (year only) (4) Headstone. (5) Cemeteries of Grant District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV. (6) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as Enoch Gaston, 24, of Harrison Co, son of William & Mary; and Laura T. Sheets, 19, of Harrison Co, dau of George H. & Mary J. Married Nov 9 1865. (7) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) (8) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (9) Headstone, Age at death: 30y 5m 21d. (10) Harrison County Birth Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Wade Gaston, born March 7 1868 to Enoch Gaston and Laura T. Gaston. The 1880 Harrison Co Census shows Wade Gaston (age 12) living at his grandparents William (74) & Mary (70) with widowed father Enoch. BR Bk 1, p. 132. (11) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, The entry shows Wade Gaston, son of Enoch Gaston and Laura Sheets, died a widower on Feb 17 1943 at the age of 74y 11m 10d. The person providing info identified as Charlie Gaston, presumably Wade's half-brother. DR Bk 13, p. 91A. (12) Obituary. (13) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (14) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR Bk 13, p. 91A. (15) Obituary of husband. (16) Marriage record of daughter. (17) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (18) Harrison County Birth Records, Clarksburg, WV. (19) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). An incorrect date of death was entered on the death record. The physician's medical certification stated that he had attended the deceased from Nov 25 1942 to Apr 17 1948, that he had last seen him alive on Mar 27 1928, and that the date of death was Feb 17 1948. The certification was dated Apr 17 1948, and date of burial was stated as Apr 19 1948. The date of death was clearly intended to be Apr 17 1948, the same date inscribed on the headstone. The birth date and age at death recorded on the death record also calculate to the same Apr 17 1948 death date. The handwritten entries made on this form were the basis for the typed entries subsequently made for the death record on file at Harrison County, which reflects the same conflicting information and incorrect death date. (20) Headstone, Name appears as "Claude" (21) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (22) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV. (23) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV, Identified as Bertha Stalnaker, widowed, age 88, b. Aug 18 1871 in W. Va., dau of Enoch Gaston & (blank) Smith, res. in Salem WV; died Apr 3 1960 in Jane Lew, buried in Masonic Cemetery (location not given). Informant: Willie E. Stalnaker. (NOTE: Bertha Gaston Stalnaker's mother is documented as being Laura T. Sheets, who died when Bertha was age five. Her father then remarried Flora Bond. Basis for Bertha's mother being identified here as Smith is not known. Informant Willie E. Stalnaker is Bertha's son.), DR p. 408. (24) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) (25) Harrison County WV Marriages 1895-1912, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Feb 2001) Event Notes Note (1) Harrison Co Death Record incorrectly states burial location as Jane Lew. But West Virginia State Death Certificate shows it as Parkersburg, and obituary specifies Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Parkersburg. Note (2) Death date of Feb 17 1948 reported elsewhere is incorrect.Name Index