Husband: Joseph Smith Gaston
Born: Apr- 1-1811 1,2
Died: Jan-15-1879 3,4
Buried: in Mingo Creek Presb Cem, Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 1,2
Census: 1850, 1860 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA
Occupation: farmer 5
Father: Samuel Gaston, Sr. (1772 - 1853)
Mother: Margaret Penny (1776 - 1841)
Notes 2
Wife: Jane Hindman
Married: 1831 6
Born: ca 1808 in Pennsylvania 7,8
Died: Aug- 5-1871 9,10 (see note 1)
Buried: in Mingo Creek Presb Cem, Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 1,2
Census: 1850, 1860 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA
Father: John Hindman
Mother: Sarah Patten
M Child 1: Samuel Gaston Born: Dec- -1831 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 11,12,2 Census: 1880, 1900 in Sewickley, Allegheny Co, PA Census: 1870 in Columbiana Co, OH Census: 1850 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA Occupation: merchant 13 Occupation: farmer 5 Wife: Martha A. McClure Wife: Amanda M. Way b. ca 1833 d. bef Jun 1900
F Child 2: Sarah Gaston Born: ca 1834 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 2,14 Died: Nov-29-1868 2 Census: 1860 in Washington Co, PA Census: 1850 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA Husband: Ralston Williams b. ca 1833 Married: Nov-18-1857 2
F Child 3: Margaret Gaston Born: ca 1836 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 7,2 Died: bef 1910 2 Census: 1880 in McKeesport, Allegheny Co, PA Census: 1870 in Westmoreland Co, PA Census: 1850, 1860 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA Husband: William S. Penny b. ca 1839
F Child 4: Mary Jane Gaston Census name: Jane Gaston Born: ca 1838 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 Died: bef 1910 2 Census: 1850, 1860 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA Husband: Alfred Huffman
M Child 5: John H. Gaston Born: Oct- -1839 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 Census: 1850, 1860 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA Wife: Sarah A. Frye b. May- -1843 Married: 1864 2
M Child 6: Joseph S. Gaston, Jr. Born: 1843 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 6,2 Died: 1887 6 Census: 1850, 1860 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA Wife: Anna Preisler b. 1856 Married: 1880 6
M Child 7: William R. Gaston
Born: ca 1846 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
Died: Oct-10-1868 15
Buried: in Mingo Creek Presb Cem, Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 1
Census: 1850, 1860 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA
F Child 8: Martha E. Gaston Born: ca 1849 in Pennsylvania 7 Census: 1850, 1860 in Union Twp, Washington Co, PA
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Peter J. Topoly & Jane Carson Topoly, Fort Washington, MD 20744-2535 (http://topolyp.com/JanesNames/) (3) Headstone, Hanna, in "Ohio Valley Genealogies," p. 43, incorrectly reports death date as 1870. Headstone clearly shows it as 1879. (4) Peter J. Topoly & Jane Carson Topoly, 10015 Mike Road, Fort Washington, MD 20744-2535, citing highly reliable original sources. But Hanna, "Ohio Valley Genealogies," p. 43, gives death as 1870. (5) 1850 Census, Washington County, PA (Union Twp). (6) Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, Vol 163, p. 77, lineage of Mildred Gaston Hibbs, DAR No. 162224. (7) 1850 Census. (8) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (9) Headstone, - Inscription reads "Jane, wife of Joseph S. Gaston, died Aug 5 1871 in the 63 year of her age." (10) Peter J. Topoly & Jane Carson Topoly, 10015 Mike Road, Fort Washington, MD 20744-2535, citing highly reliable original sources. But Hanna, "Ohio Valley Genealogies," p. 43, gives death as 1879. (11) 1900 Census. (12) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 43. (13) 1870 Census. (14) 1860 Census. (15) Headstone, - Inscription reads "William R., son of Joseph S. & Jane Gaston, died Oct 10 1868 in the 23 year of his age." Event Notes Note (1) DAR Lineage Book, Vol 163, p. 77, states death date as 1868, while Hanna's "Ohio Valley Genealogies," p. 43, reports it as 1879. But headstone clearly shows it as Aug 5 1871 "in the 63 year of her age."