John Sheridan GASTON

1888 - 1972  (84 years)

• Name	John Sheridan GASTON
  Born	27 May 1888	Toll Gate, Doddridge Co, WV   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1917  [3]
  	common laborer for A.J. Riddle & Son of Smithton
  Residence	1917	Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV   [3]
  Census	1930	Salem, Harrison Co, WV   [4]
  Occupation	1940  [5]
  	laborer for gas company
  Census	1940, 1950	Grant District, Harrison Co, WV
  Occupation	1950  [6]
  	coal loader in deep coal mine
  Residence	Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV   [7]
  Died	17 Jul 1972  [2, 8]
  Buried	K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV   [9]
  Person ID	I156	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	John Morris GASTON,   b. 4 Sep 1853, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 11 Nov 1927, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth HART,   b. 15 Aug 1858, Lower Run, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 28 Feb 1921, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F51	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Birdie Arizona COTTRILL,   b. 17 Aug 1890, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 9 Sep 1952, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 62 years)
  Married	21 Aug 1913	Doddridge Co, WV   [10]
  Children	1. Alfred GASTON,   b. 12 Jun 1914, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 28 Jun 1918, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 4 years) + 2. Mildred GASTON,   b. 30 Jul 1918, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 27 Mar 1982, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 63 years)   3. Junior Dale GASTON,   b. 16 Mar 1922, Doddridge Co, WV ,   bur. IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV   4. Sarah Jane GASTON,   b. 8 Dec 1925, Harrison Co, WV ,   d. 11 Mar 1926, Salem, WV  (Age 0 years)   5. Mary Elizabeth GASTON,   b. 8 Jul 1927, Salem, Harrison Co, WV ,   d. 14 Jun 2015, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 87 years) + 6. Emma Lucille GASTON,   b. 5 Oct 1930, Harrison Co, WV + 7. Rosalie Cottrill GASTON,   b. 2 Jul 1933, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV ,   d. 22 Jun 2009, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F75	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Sources

  [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 2, p. 122. [S5] Headstone. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database). [S2039] 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. [S2638] 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV. [S288] 1950 Census, Harrison County, WV. [S692] Obituary of wife. [S15] Social Security Death Index. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)). [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).