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Ethel GASTON

Ethel GASTON

Female 1882 - 1954  (71 years)

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  • Name Ethel GASTON 
    Born 24 Oct 1882  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 1954  [2
    Buried Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I1479  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 May 2020 

    Father Enoch GASTON,   b. 16 Aug 1841,   d. 31 Oct 1922, Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Flora BOND,   b. 26 Feb 1858, Harrison Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1944  (Age 86 years) 
    Family ID F559  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Henson Davisson GASTON,   b. 10 Jun 1867, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1920, Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 12 Apr 1916  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • Henson D. Gaston and Ethel Gaston were double cousins, in that they were both second cousins (both were great-grandchildren of John Gaston, Jr. (b. 1752 in NJ)) and also fourth cousins (both were great-great-great-grandchildren of John Smith (b. 1699)).
    Documents
    1378_HensonDavissonGaston_EthelGaston_MarriageRecord_12Apr1916.jpg
    1378_HensonDavissonGaston_EthelGaston_MarriageRecord_12Apr1916.jpg
    Family ID F483  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Jesse Alfred WOOFTER,   b. 26 Oct 1872, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 1956, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 4 Sep 1921  Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Documents
    1679_JesseAWoofter_EthelGaston_MarriageRecord_4Sep1921.jpg
    1679_JesseAWoofter_EthelGaston_MarriageRecord_4Sep1921.jpg
    Family ID F571  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 4 Sep 1921 - Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1619] Harrison County Birth Records, Clarksburg, WV, BR Bk 2, p. 98.
      Identified as Ethel Gaston, b. Oct 24 1882, dau of Enoch & Flora Gaston. Linder, in "Gibson and Related Families," p. 107, erroneously cites her birthdate as Oct 27 1882.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S5] Headstone.
      Name inscribed as Ethel Gaston Woofter. Birthdate appears to be Oct 24 1882.

    4. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 158.

    5. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 395.
      Identified as Jesse A. Woofter, widowed, age 48, b. Lewis Co, son of Alfred & Mary Woofter; and Ethel Gaston, widowed, age 38, b. Harrison Co, dau of Enoch & Flora Gaston. Married Sep 4 1921 at Lost Creek by Rev C. D. Tharp.