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James Thomas GASTON

James Thomas GASTON

Male 1840 - 1925  (85 years)

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  • Name James Thomas GASTON 
    Born 7 Apr 1840  Monroe Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Monroe Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1864  Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1870  Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1873  Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1880  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1908  Booher, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Died Nov 1925  [9] 
    Buried Victory (aka Big Moses) Cemetery, Indian Crk Rd, Booher, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Wetzel Co, WV (Green Twp), enumerated on Jun 28 1870:
      James Gaston, 28, b. Ohio, farm laborer; Mary, 23, b. Ohio; John W, 6, b. Ohio; Sarah E, 2, b. WVa.
      In the adjoining household, living alone, was John Gaston, 59, b. Pa, farm laborer.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District):
      James T. Gaston, 37, b. Ohio, parents b. Oh, farmer; wife Louisa J, 22, b. Virginia, parents b. Va; dau Rachel V. (?), 4, b. WVa, father b. Oh, mother b. Va; dau Rozella, 3, b. WVa, father b. Oh, mother b. Va; son Oliver F, 1, b. WVa, father b. Oh, mother b. Va; dau Sarah E, 12, b. WVa, parents b. Oh; son James A, 9, b. WVa, parents b. Oh.
    Person ID I61473  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 Sep 2015 

    Father John GASTON,   b. CA 1812, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Rachel ___,   d. Bef 1850 
    Family ID F30174  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary RESECKER,   b. CA 1847, Monroe Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1876  (Age ~ 29 years) 
    Married 6 May 1864  Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
     1. John William GASTON,   b. CA 1864, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Sarah Elizabeth GASTON,   b. May 1868, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1956, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years)
     3. James Albert GASTON,   b. 17 Jan 1873, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Dec 1965, Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
    Family ID F25533  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Louisa Jane FERRELL,   b. 1856, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1928  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 5 Oct 1873  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Children 
     1. Rosella GASTON,   b. 17 Dec 1877, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1918  (Age 40 years)
     2. Rachel Virginia "Jennie" GASTON,   b. 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1928, Viropa, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
     3. Oliver F. GASTON,   b. 15 May 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1900, Booher, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years)
     4. Laura Agnes GASTON,   b. 24 Jun 1880, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1965, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     5. Anna Carolina GASTON,   b. 22 Apr 1885, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1960, Colliers, Brooke Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     6. (Unnamed twin son) GASTON,   b. 18 Mar 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     7. (Unnamed twin daughter) GASTON,   b. 18 Mar 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     8. Celia Devora GASTON,   b. 22 Sep 1888, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 1977  (Age 88 years)
     9. Delcie Berthena GASTON,   b. 1889, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1923  (Age 34 years)
     10. William Austin GASTON,   b. 1895,   d. 1960  (Age 65 years)
    Family ID F25542  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1908 - Booher, Tyler Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Victory (aka Big Moses) Cemetery, Indian Crk Rd, Booher, Tyler Co, WV Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).

    2. [S2292] Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S2340] 1870 Census, Wetzel County, WV.

    5. [S2011] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    6. [S184] 1850 Census.

    7. [S1791] 1860 Census.

    8. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    9. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    10. [S2336] Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website), Gary Patterson, (http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm).

    11. [S2292] Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV, MR p. 9.
      Identified as Jas. T. Gaston, single, farmer, 23, b. Monroe Co Ohio, res. Wetzel Co, son of Jno. & Rachel Gaston; and Mary Resecker, single, 17, b. Monroe Co Ohio, res. Wetzel Co, dau of Christian & Eliz Resecker. Married May 6 1864 at Thos. Hamiltons.

    12. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 196.
      Identified as James Gaston, 29, b. Monroe Co OH, res. Wetzel Co WV; and Jane Ferrell, 16, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Oct 5 1873.