Husband: George Washington Dayton
Born: May-19-1832 in Frederick Co, MD 1,2
Died: Jun-17-1894 1
Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 3
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV
Occupation: carpenter 4
Military: Civil War
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Mary Catherine Gaston
Married: Aug-14-1855 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 5
Born: Jan-19-1833 1 (see note 1)
Died: Jun- 9-1908 1
Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 1
Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV
Father: James Gaston (1804 - 1870)
Mother: Charlotte "Lottie" Swisher (1807 - 1875)
Notes
M Child 1: Albert C. Dayton
Born: Feb-19-1860 1
Died: Jun-20-1867 1
Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 1,3
F Child 2: Louella D. Dayton Born: Mar-19-1862 at Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, (W)VA 6 Died: Dec-26-1943 at Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 6 Buried: in Lost Creek 7th Day Baptist (Brick Church) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV 6,3 Census: 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Husband: William F. Hornor b. Aug-18-1864 d. Jan-14-1944 Married: Aug-16-1892 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 7
M Child 3: William Rush Dayton Census name: Willie R. Dayton 4 Born: 1867 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 6 Died: Nov-13-1946 in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV 6 Buried: in Peninsula Cemetery, Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV 6 Resided: in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV Census: 1920 in New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Resided: 1907 in New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Census: 1880 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: weighmaster at Wheeling Steel Corp. 6 Occupation: 1920 insurance agent 8 Wife: Elsie M. Dalhoff b. ca 1887 Married: Aug-24-1907 in New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV 9
M Child 4: George Burke Dayton
Born: Aug-15-1869 1
Died: Jun-12-1891 1
Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 1
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV
M Child 5: Hoy Dayton
Born: Mar-16-1871 1
Died: Mar-24-1871 1
Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 3
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (3) Cemeteries of Grant District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV. (4) 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Grant District). (5) 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. (6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (7) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (8) 1920 Census, Wetzel County, WV. (9) Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jan 1834, but headstone shows it as Jan 19 1833.