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Mary Jane GASTON

Mary Jane GASTON

Female 1823 - 1908  (85 years)

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  • Name Mary Jane GASTON 
    Born 23 Jun 1823  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Bone Creek, near Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence FORMERLY  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 18 Dec 1908  [2] 
    Buried Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Person ID I1362  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2016 

    Father John GASTON,   b. 24 May 1796, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1884, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth MORRIS,   b. 8 Nov 1797, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1882, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F444  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martin Carr WARD,   b. 1 Aug 1821, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1897  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 17 Dec 1840  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Notes 
    • "[Mary Jane Gaston and husband Martin Ward] came to Bone Creek [about 1842]. Mrs. Ward rode on horseback through the forest, with her babe in her arms, and her ten-year old sister behind her. Mr. Ward cleared three hundred acres in Union District, and marvelous were the changes their hands helped to bring about.... When they came to Bone Creek there was but few families there, and no other pioneers had longer connection or were held in higher esteem." [6]
    Children 
     1. Sarah Elizabeth WARD,   b. 10 Dec 1841,   d. 20 Jan 1855  (Age 13 years)
     2. John J. "Jasper" WARD,   b. 11 Oct 1843
     3. Anna M. WARD,   b. 2 Dec 1845,   d. 27 Feb 1934, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     4. William W. WARD,   b. 29 Feb 1848,   d. 12 Apr 1865, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)
     5. Lewis M. WARD,   b. 17 Mar 1850,   d. 28 Jan 1855  (Age 4 years)
     6. Thomas Floyd WARD,   b. 4 Mar 1852, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1929  (Age 76 years)
     7. Amanda Victoria WARD,   b. 7 Dec 1853,   d. 25 May 1938, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     8. Eliza J. WARD,   b. 29 Jan 1856,   d. 22 Feb 1932, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     9. Charles Alvin WARD,   b. 1858, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1944, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     10. Calvin B. WARD,   b. 18 May 1860, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1944  (Age 83 years)
     11. Alvadore Smith WARD,   b. 30 Nov 1862, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1899  (Age 36 years)
     12. Albert M. WARD,   b. 15 Jan 1866, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1950, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Family ID F450  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Bone Creek, near Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 315.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    4. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 316.

    5. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).

    6. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), pp. 315-316.