Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: Amzi Williford GASTON / Jane A. PEDEN (F14490)

m. 24 Jan 1839


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  • Amzi Williford GASTONFather | Male
    Amzi Williford GASTON

    Born  16 Apr 1813  Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  18 May 1841  Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  24 Jan 1839  [1]   
    Father  James Nickels "Jimmy" GASTON | F3158 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary POWERS | F3158 Group Sheet 

    Jane A. PEDENMother | Female
    Jane A. PEDEN

    Born  16 Dec 1815  South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  13 Oct 1893  Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Andrew PEDEN | F14501 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Jane MCCONNELL | F14501 Group Sheet 

    James Andrew GASTONChild 1 | Male
    James Andrew GASTON

    Born  13 Oct 1839  South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  15 Apr 1849   
    Buried    Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location

    Amzi Williford GASTON, IIChild 2 | Male
    + Amzi Williford GASTON, II

    Born  17 May 1841  Duncan, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  16 Sep 1911  Duncan, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Margaret "Maggie" HOLDER | F14502 
    Married  16 Aug 1870   

  • Notes 
    • Amzi Williford Gaston died the day after his second son, Amzi W. Gaston II, was born. "The young widow continued to live in her home near Duncan for eight years, when death struck again, two-fold -- Jamie Died, and also her mother, Jane McConnell Peden. Then she and Amzi II went to her father's home where she led a long and useful life in her family and community." [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1868] The Ancestry and Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston II (1841-1911) of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Mary Gaston Gee (1899-1987), (Charlottesville, VA, 1944), p. 21.

    2. [S1868] The Ancestry and Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston II (1841-1911) of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Mary Gaston Gee (1899-1987), (Charlottesville, VA, 1944), p. 22.