Husband: George Gaston
Born: Sep-23-1831 (see note 1)
Died: Feb- 7-1901 in Freemans Creek, Lewis Co, WV 1
Buried: in Mt. Morris Cemetery, Freemansburg, Lewis Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Lewis Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 2
Father: William G. Gaston (1806 - 1894)
Mother: Mary Post (1809 - 1887)
Wife: Martha Ann Gibson Married: Aug-25-1856 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 3,4 (see note 2)
Born: Jul- 7-1838 Died: Feb-13-1909 in Freemans Creek, Lewis Co, WV 5 Buried: in Mt. Morris Cemetery, Freemansburg, Lewis Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Lewis Co, (W)VA Father: Smith Gibson (1790 - 1862) Mother: Malinda Hall (1803 - 1869)
M Child 1: Alvin S. Gaston Born: Dec-17-1857 in Lewis Co, WV Died: Jul-31-1858 in Lewis Co, WV Buried: in Gibson Farm, McCann's Run, Lewis Co, WV 6
M Child 2: William J. Gaston Also known as: Willie Gaston 7 Born: May-18-1859 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 8,7 Died: Oct-19-1937 in Harrison Co, WV 8 Buried: (mausoleum) in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 9,10 Resided: 1884 in Lewis Co, WV 7 Occupation: physican 7,10,11,12 Wife: Nellie J. Thrash b. Jun-11-1864 d. May- 3-1892 Married: Sep-11-1884 in Harrison Co, WV 7,13 Wife: Susan Wolfe b. Jul- -1859 d. Jun- 1-1921 Also known as: Sue 7 Married: Mar-24-1894 in Harrison Co, WV 7
M Child 3: Edwin Gaston Born: Aug- -1862 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 14,15,16 Died: Jan-21-1940 in Valley Chapel, Lewis Co, WV 17,18,15 Buried: in Mt. Morris Cemetery, Freemansburg, Lewis Co, WV 15,17 Census: 1910, 1930 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Occupation: farmer 19,20 Wife: Laura Lillian Lovett b. Nov-20-1866 d. Nov-12-1939 Married: Jun-22-1892 in Lewis Co, WV 16,21,15
F Child 4: Emma Gaston Born: Nov-14-1864 at Freemansburg, Lewis Co, WV 10,22 Died: Dec-12-1955 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 10 Buried: in Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Rt. 19 S, Harrison Co, WV 23 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 10 Husband: Frank Harrison Rymer b. ca 1861 Married: Sep-25-1887 in Lewis Co, WV 24 Husband: John Marshall Thrash b. May- 9-1836 d. Jul-17-1910 Married: Sep- 3-1893 at Two Lick, near Kincheloe, Harrison Co, WV 25 Husband: Newton Jefferson Strader b. ca 1858 d. Jan-11-1921 Also known as: N. J. Strader 10 Married: Jun-29-1916 in Harrison Co, WV 26
M Child 5: Clark Gaston Born: Oct- 6-1868 in Lewis Co, WV Died: Mar-22-1914 in Mineral, WV 27 Buried: in Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Rt. 19 S, Harrison Co, WV 28,29 Wife: Ida Bird Post b. Sep- 9-1871 d. Sep- 1-1933 Married: Dec-24-1890 in Lewis Co, WV 21,30
F Child 6: Laura Gaston Born: Oct-10-1873 in Lewis Co, WV Husband: Thomas Ervin Morris b. May- 9-1876 d. Jan-30-1945 Also known as: Ervin Morris 31 Married: Nov-24-1907 32
M Child 7: Ivan Valentine Gaston
Born: Jan-26-1880 in Lewis Co, WV 33
Died: Nov- 8-1917 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 10,33
Buried: in Machpelah Cemetery, Weston, Lewis Co, WV 28
Occupation: agent for Northwestern Life Insurance Co. 10
Never married: 10
Sources: (1) Newspaper extract (Independent), Issue 2/12/1901. (2) 1870 Census, Lewis County, WV (Lincoln Township), 103. (3) Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (4) 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. 46. (5) Newspaper extract (Democrat), Issue 2/19/1909. (6) 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. 109. (7) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (8) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR Bk 11, p. 92C. (9) Cemeteries of Clark District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV. (10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (11) U.S. Biographies Project - West Virginia, http://www.wileygenealogy.com/~usbios/bios/wv. (12) A Reminiscent History of Northern West Virginia (1895) (FamilySearch.org https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE114731), pp. 373-374. (13) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as Willie Gaston, 25, of Lewis Co, son of George & Martha; and Nellie J. Thrash, 20, b. Barbour Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Richard & Jane. Married Sep 11 1884. (14) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV. (15) Betty Mayfield (compiler) & Matha Byrd (editor), Obituaries, Marriage & Births from Weston Independent and/or Weston Democrat, 1939-1940 (Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants, Jane Lew, WV, April 1996), p. 17. (16) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10709336&Type=Marriage. (17) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (18) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV, Age at death given as 77y 4mo 24da. DR Bk 5, p. 65. (19) 1930 Census, Lewis County, WV. (20) 1910 Census, Lewis County, WV. (21) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994) (22) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (23) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). "Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County WV" reports the following two headstones at Good Hope Masonic Cemetery: Emma Thrash, b. Nov 14 1864, d. (blank). Emma Strader, b. (blank), d. Dec 12 1955. (24) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994), Identified as Frank Harrison Rymer, 26, of Lewis Co, son of Silas & Sarah; and Emma Gaston, 22, of Lewis Co, dau of George & Martha. Married Sep 25 1887. (Note: Frank Harrison Rymer does not appear with the Silas Rymer family in the 1870 or 1880 Census. No death record has been found for him.) (25) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, Identified as John Marshall Thrash, 57, b. Hampshire Co, res. Frontier Co Nebraska; and Mrs. Emma Rymer, b. & res. in Lewis Co. Married Sep 3 1893 "at J. S. Law's on Two Lick, Harrison Co, W. Va.", MR p. 174. (26) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Newton Jefferson Strader, divorced, 58, b. Lewis Co, res. Clarksburg WV, son of Valentine & Mary Strader; and Mrs. Emma Thrash, widowed, 52, b. Lewis Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of George & Martha Gaston. Married Jun 29 1916 "at the home of the bride.", MR p. 323. (27) Newspaper extract (Democrat), Issue 3/27/1914. (28) Headstone. (29) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990), Birth date incorrectly reported as 1863. p. 17. (30) 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. 111. (31) 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Grant District). (32) Paula Jones