Husband: Abraham Gaston
Also known as: Abram Gaston 1,2,3,4
Born: Feb- 7-1830 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Died: Jun-12-1918 5
Buried: in Beech Grove Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV
Census: 1860, 1870, 1880 in Lewis Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 1,6
Father: William G. Gaston (1806 - 1894)
Mother: Mary Post (1809 - 1887)
Notes
Wife: Sarah Ann Morris
Married: Oct-23-1851 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7,8
Born: Aug-28-1830 (see note 1)
Died: Oct-23-1908 in Freemans Creek, Lewis Co, WV
Buried: in Beech Grove Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Lewis Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Father: Benjamin Morris (1798 - 1886)
Mother: Mary Elizabeth McWhorter (1809 - 1899)
F Child 1: Mary E. Gaston Born: Sep-18-1852 in Lewis Co, WV 9,10 Died: Nov- 2-1937 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 11,12 Buried: in Beech Grove Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV 9 Resided: in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 11 Census: 1860, 70, 80 in Lewis Co, WV Never married:
M Child 2: Addison T. Gaston Born: Apr-30-1854 in Lewis Co, WV 13 Died: Apr-19-1856 in Lewis Co, WV 13 Buried: in Beech Grove Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV
F Child 3: Amanda Jane Gaston Census name: Mandy J. Gaston 2 Born: Mar- 3-1855 in Lewis Co, WV 14 Died: Aug-28-1937 13 Buried: in Beech Grove Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV 13 Census: 1860, 1870 in Lewis Co, WV Husband: Minor James Hall b. Mar- 9-1853 d. Oct-25-1927 Also known as: James Minor Hall 15 Married: Jan-21-1875 in Lewis Co, WV 16,17,15
F Child 4: Rebecca Virginia "Jennie" Gaston Born: Aug- 7-1857 in Lewis Co, WV 14,18 Died: Jan- 5-1946 19 Buried: in Weston Masonic Cemetery, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Census: 1860, 1870 in Lewis Co, WV Husband: Richard Harvey Hall b. May-24-1855 Also known as: Harvey Richard Hall Married: Feb-3-1876 in Lewis Co, WV 20
F Child 5: Ida May Gaston Born: Jan- 6-1860 in Lewis Co, WV 21,11 Died: May-10-1941 in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 11,22 Buried: in Beech Grove Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV (see note 2) Resided: in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 11 Census: 1920 at Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV 23 Census: 1860, 70, 80 in Lewis Co, WV Never married: 11
M Child 6: Enoch Arlando Gaston Born: Mar-28-1862 13 Died: Apr- 8-1935 13 Buried: in Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 13 Resided: in Ohio Census: 1870, 1880 in Lewis Co, WV 2,3 Wife: Dove Margaret Whitesel b. Oct-30-1878 d. Jul-17-1959 Married: Sep-29-1908 in Lewis Co, WV 24
F Child 7: Adaline Bell Gaston 24 Born: Dec-12-1864 Died: Mar-22-1896 in Lewis Co, WV 25 (see note 3) Buried: in Freemans Creek, Lewis Co, WV Census: 1870 in Lewis Co, WV Husband: Leonidas "Lee" Mundell b. ca 1861 Married: Apr-10-1881 in Lewis Co, WV 26
M Child 8: Loman Benjamin Gaston Census name: Benjamin L. Gaston 2,3 Born: Mar- 8-1866 13 Died: Aug-23-1951 13 Buried: in Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 27 Census: 1870, 1880 in Lewis Co, WV 2 Wife: Maretta D. "Retta" Norris b. Jul- 4-1871 d. Aug-28-1938 Married: Aug-14-1904 in Lewis Co, WV 28
M Child 9: William Harvey Gaston Also known as: Harvey Gaston 3,29 Born: Oct-19-1868 in Lewis Co, WV 30 Died: Apr- 6-1960 in Upshur Co, WV 31 Buried: in Heavner Cemetery, Upshur Co, WV 31 Census: 1920, 1940 in Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in Lewis Co, WV 2,3 Wife: Ida May Lawson b. Jul-14-1874 d. Apr-27-1947 Also known as: May 4,32 Married: Aug-31-1893 in Lewis Co, WV 33
M Child 10: Floyd Simeon Gaston Also known as: Simeon Floyd Gaston 34 Born: Aug- 9-1871 Died: Aug- 9-1873 in Lewis Co, WV 35 Buried: in Beech Grove Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV 36
M Child 11: Lloyd Henry Gaston Born: Aug- 4-1873 in Lewis Co, WV Died: Oct-24-1918 in Keyser, Mineral Co, WV 37 Buried: in Queen's Meadow Point Cemetery, Keyser, Mineral Co, WV 38,11,39 Resided: in Keyser, Mineral Co, WV 40,39 Census: 1910 in New Creek, Mineral Co, WV Census: 1880 in Lewis Co, WV Occupation: dentist 11,40 Wife: Edna M. Davis b. 1884 d. 1952 Married: Jul-11-1904 in Keyser, Mineral Co, WV 41
Sources: (1) 1860 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA. (2) 1870 Census, Lewis County, WV (Willey Township). (3) 1880 Census, Lewis County, WV. (4) Death record of son. (5) Newspaper extract (Independent), Issue 6/18/1918. (6) 1870 Census, Lewis County, WV (Lincoln Township), 104. (7) Jim Comstock, West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia (Hardesty Books) (8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (9) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (10) E. Murray Taylor, Jr. (1921-2011), Ancestral Record of John Gaston and Anna Davison (self-published) (11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (12) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR Bk 11, p. 92C. (13) Headstone. (14) Lewis County Court House, Weston, WV, BR Bk 1. (15) 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. 291. (16) Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101, Identified as Minor J. Hall & Amanda J. Gaston. Married Jan 21 1875. (17) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) (18) 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. 293. (19) Immediate family. (20) Lewis County Court House, Weston, WV, MR Bk 5, p. 69. (21) Lewis County Birth Records, Weston, WV, Name appears in birth record as "Eidey M. Gaston.", BR Bk 1. (22) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV, DR Bk 6, p. 127. (23) 1920 Census, Lewis County, WV. (24) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994) (25) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV, Identified as Adline B. Mundell, died Mar 22 1896, age 32y 3m 5d. Informant: Lee Mundell, husband. DR Bk 1, p. 219. (26) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994), Identified as Leonidas Mundell, 20, of Lewis Co; and Adaline Bell Gaston, 17, of Lewis Co. Married Apr 10 1881. (27) Headstone, Name inscribed as "Loman B. Gaston" (28) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994), Identified as Loman Benjamin Gaston, age 38, of Lewis Co, son of Abram & Sarah A.; and Retta Norris, age 32, of Lewis Co, dau of J. W. & Jane. Married Aug 14 1904. (29) Marriage record of daughter. (30) Lewis County Birth Records, Weston, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 132. (31) Upshur County Death Records, Buckhannon, WV, DR Bk 5. (32) Obituary of half-sister. (33) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (34) G. J. Whittaker, a Gaston descendant and researcher. (35) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV, DR Bk 1, p. 79. (36) Headstone, Name on headstone: Simeon F. Gaston. (37) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). There is a conflict between the death record maintained at Mineral County and the death certificate on file at the State of West Virginia. The county death record states that Lloyd H. Gaston, age 45, married, occupation dentist, died of ulcerative endocarditis in Keyser on Aug 4 1918. The state death certificate identifies him as Lloyd H. Gaston, age 45y2m20d, born in Lewis Co on Aug 4 1863, son of Abram Gaston & Sarah Morris, died of ulcerative endocarditis in Keyser on Oct 24 1918, burial Oct 27 1918 in Keyser, informant his wife, certificate signed by medical authority on Oct 31 1918. The conclusion is that his correct dates are Aug 4 1873 to Oct 24 1918, that the county-level record inadvertently entered his birth date instead of his death date, and that the state-level record entered 1863 at his birth year rather than the 1873 which would conform to his age given in both death records and in his marriage record. In any event, other reports of his death occuring on Oct 4 1918 or Oct 31 1918 are incorrect. (38) Findagrave.com. (39) Newspaper extract (Independent), Issue 11/5/1918. (40) Mineral County Marriage Records, Keyser, WV. (41) Mineral County Marriage Records, Keyser, WV, Identified as Lloyd H. Gaston, 30, b. Lewis Co, res. Keyser, occupation dentist, son of Abram & Sarah Gaston; and Edna M. Davis, 21, b. Mineral Co, res. Keyser, dau of Samuel & Mary F. Davis. Married Jul 11 1904 in Keyser. MR p. 458, Certificate No. 45. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date on headstone: 1829. Note (2) Death Certificate lists burial at Mt Morris Cemetery, Freemansburg, Lewis Co, WV. Note (3) Walnut Fork