| Name |
Ira Dow GASTON |
| Born |
31 Dec 1894 |
Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1920 |
Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV |
| Census |
1930 |
Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV [3] |
| Census |
1940 |
Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV |
| Census |
1950 |
Central District, Doddridge Co, WV |
| Occupation |
oil and gas company [2] |
| Occupation |
1950 [4] |
| baling machine operator for natural gas company |
| Residence |
Oxford Road Community, Doddridge Co, WV |
| Died |
26 Jul 1973 |
Stockport, Morgan Co, OH [5] |
| Buried |
Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV [6] |
- Headstone gives his birth date as 1895, which is incorrect.
|
| Notes |
- Dow Gaston, as he was known, retired from the Equitable Gas Company in 1949 with 28 years of service. He was a member of the Cabin Run Methodist Church; the Friendship Lodge No. 56 A.F. and A.M., and Order of the Eastern Star Chapter No. 56, both of West Union; the Clarksburg Lodge of Perfection; Clarksburg Chapter of Rose Croix; Wheeling Council of Kadosh; and Wheeling Consistory. [Obit] He served on the Doddridge County Board of Education. [West Virginia Blue Book, 1948, p. 378 & 495]
The small grocery store located next to the family home on Oxford Road at the intersection of Cabin Run was built in 1949, largely from wood salvaged from an abandoned one-room school building at the Doddridge County community of Grove. The store was operated by Ira Dow Gaston and family until shortly before his death. The store and home then stood vacant until June 1974, when daughter Geneva and her husband Armand Brown moved from Ohio to reside in the family home and operate the store. The store was closed for the last time on May 31 1985, and the building was dismantled in July 1993, with much of its original wood salvaged for reuse.
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| Person ID |
I51 |
Doddridge County Roots |
| Last Modified |
24 Aug 2023 |
| Family |
Ida Opal HUSK, b. 28 May 1904, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 16 Jan 1970, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (Age 65 years) |
| Married |
26 Apr 1921 |
West Union, Doddridge Co, WV [7] |
| Notes |
- 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on April 7, 1930 on Upper Run Road:
Ira D. Gaston, 34, laborer in gas field, age 25 at time of first marriage; wife Ida O, 25, age 16 at first marriage; son Alfred R, 5 yr 1 mo; dau Geneva P, 3 yr 4 mo; son Gilbert E, 1 yr 1 mo. All born in West Virginia.
1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on May 1, 1940 at Upper Run:
Ira D. Gaston, 45, roustabout in gas & oil field; wife Opal H, 35; son Alfred, 15; dau Geneva, 13; son Gilbert, 11; son Nelson, 8; son Samuel, 6. All born in West Virginia.
1950 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District), enumerated on May 1, 1950 on State Route 21:
Ira D. Gaston, 55, baling machine operator for natuarl gas company; wife Opal H, 45, manager of retail grocery store; son Alfred R, 25, separated, farm hand; son Gilbert E, 21, single, laborer for State Road Commission; son Ira N, 18, single; son Samuel B. [sic, should be D.], 17; son James M, 9; dau Loretta M, 4; granddau Patricia E, 3. All born in West Virginia.
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| Children |
| | 1. William (twin) GASTON, b. 16 Dec 1923, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 16 Dec 1923, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 0 years) |
| | 2. Lillian (twin) GASTON, b. 16 Dec 1923, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 16 Dec 1923, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 0 years) |
| | 3. Alfred Randolph GASTON, b. 10 Mar 1925, Camp Run, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 24 Jul 1991, Ripley, Jackson Co, WV (Age 66 years) |
| | 4. Geneva Pauline GASTON, b. 15 Nov 1926, Camp Run, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 22 Dec 2001, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 75 years) |
| | 5. Gilbert Eugene "Gib" GASTON, b. 18 Feb 1929, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 23 Oct 1999, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (Age 70 years) |
| | 6. Ira Nelson GASTON, b. 29 Aug 1931, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 28 Jul 2016, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (Age 84 years) |
| | 7. Samuel David GASTON, b. 30 Apr 1934, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 13 Mar 2012, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV (Age 77 years) |
| | 8. James Morgan GASTON, b. 6 Jun 1940, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 25 Apr 2001, Marietta, Washington Co, OH (Age 60 years) |
| | 9. Living |
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| Family ID |
F18 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1894 - 1973 (78 years)
