Husband: George Isaac Gaston
Born: Feb-18-1896 in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 1,2,3
Died: Jun- 4-1932 in Harrison Co, WV 4,3
Cause of death: intestinal obstruction 2,3
Buried: in Sunset Memorial Park, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 2,3
Census: 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV
Resided: 1923 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 5
Census: 1920 in Stealey (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1900, 1910 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV
Occupation: manager, Superior Woolen Mills (per 1923 city directory), merchant & tailor (per obit) 6,3
Father: John Leolin Gaston (1860 - 1943)
Mother: Effie Pogue Oliver (1861 - 1939)
Wife: Lola Josephine "Jo" Queen Also known as: Josephine Queen 7 Married: Sep-30-1919
Born: Feb-28-1896 in Evergreen, Upshur Co, WV 8 Died: Nov-11-1997 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 8 Buried: in Sunset Memorial Park, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 8 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 9 Census: 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1920 in Stealey (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Occupation: beautician 8 Father: Okey Lee Queen (1871 - 1961) Mother: Pearl Alena Russell (1874 - ) Notes 8
M Child 1: George Irwin "Bud" Gaston 8 Born: Mar-15-1921 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 8,10 Died: Mar-23-2004 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 8 (see note 1) Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 8 Resided: previously in Scottsdale, Maricopa Co, AZ 8 Census: 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Education: West Virginia University College of Engineering 8 Occupation: General Electric, RCA, Director of Marketing for Motorola's Govt Electronics Div in Scottsdale AZ 8 Military: U.S. Army, WW II and Korean War 8 Wife: Mary Patricia Smith b. 1925 d. bef Mar 2004 Married: Jan-19-1946 in Harrison Co, WV 11 Wife: Geraldine Spelsberg b. Oct-31-1924 d. Aug-23-2004
F Child 2: Mary Jo Gaston Born: Jan-10-1924 in Stealey (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV 8,12,13 Died: Apr-10-2015 Buried: (ashes) in Sunset Memorial Park, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Resided: in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV 8,14,15 Resided: 1942 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 13 Census: 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Education: Washington Irving HS (1941) 8 Husband: Gordon Glenwood Brown b. Sep-18-1917 d. Sep- 6-2009 Also known as: G. Glenwood Brown 14 Married: Mar- 1-1942 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 16,17
Sources: (1) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (2) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR Bk 9, p. 66. (3) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (4) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, The death record on file in Harrison County lists George W. Gaston, son of John L. Gaston and Effie Oliver, as having died on June 4, 1932. (Note different middle initial) But the corresponding death certificate on file at the WV Div of Vital Statistics identifies him as George I. Gaston, and wife Jo Queen's obituary states that her husband George Isaac Gaston died in 1932. DR Bk 9, p. 66. (5) City Directory, Clarksburg, WV, 1923, 647 S. 7th St. (6) City Directory, Clarksburg, WV, 1923. (7) Death record of husband. (8) Obituary. (9) City Directory, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV, 1957-58 (R. L. Polk & Co, Pittsburgh, PA) (10) Harrison County Birth Records, Clarksburg, WV, Name on birth record originally entered as George Isaac Gaston, Jr., but corrected to read George Irwin Gaston. , BR Bk 10, p. 77. (11) Harrison County Court House, Clarksburg, WV, MR Bk 62, p. 298. (12) Harrison County Birth Records, Clarksburg, WV, BR Bk 11, p. 92. (13) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (14) Newspaper anniversary announcement. (15) Obituary of husband. (16) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR Bk 58, p. 120. (17) Newspaper anniversary announcement, Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, 3/11/2007. Event Notes Note (1) Obituary stated that there was no visitation and that a private memorial service would be held in Arizona. There was no indication of burial location.