Jul-28-2018
Husband: Robert White Gaston
Born: Aug-18-1873 1,2
Died: Nov-26-1967 in Columbia, Richland Co, SC 3,2
Buried: in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC 3
Resided: in Columbia, Richland Co, SC 2
Resided: in Spartanburg Co, SC 1
Census: 1910, 1930 in Reidville, Spartanburg Co, SC
Occupation: farmer, formerly a teacher (4 yrs) and merchant (10 yrs) 1
Education: Reidville Male Academy, Presbyterian College (Clinton, SC), Rome (GA) Business College (1893) 1
Father: Amzi Williford Gaston II (1841 - 1911)
Mother: Margaret "Maggie" Holder (1847 - 1937)
Wife: Belie Etholia Wofford 4 5
Married: Dec-22-1903 4
Born: Oct- 8-1882 4
Died: Sep-13-1965 in Reidville, Spartanburg Co, SC 3
Buried: in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC 3
Education: Reidville School and Reidville Female College 4
Father: John Thomas Wofford (1856 - 1938)
Mother: Nancy Arnold (1862 - 1943)
M Child 1: Lamar DeWitt Gaston
Born: Jan- 6-1905 in Reidville, Spartanburg Co, SC 6,4,2
Died: Nov-24-1995 in Greenville, Greenville Co, SC 6,2
Buried: Genesee Valley Cem in Genesee, Latah Co, Idaho 7
Resided: in Greenville, Greenville Co, SC 2
Education: Clemson College (B.S., 1927) 4
Military: Lt. Col., U.S. Army Signal Corps - World War II 4
Wife: Benita Boozer b. May-10-1904 d. Jun-16-1935
Married: Nov-11-1931 in Newberry, Newberry Co, SC 3,4
Wife: Dagmar Elizabeth Swenson b. Oct- 6-1905 d. Dec-28-1987
Also known as: Elizabeth Dagmar Swenson
Married: Nov- 2-1935 3
F Child 2: Mildred Lee Gaston
Born: May-25-1906 4,2
Died: May-14-1991 2
Resided: in Atlantic Beach, Duval Co, FL 2
Resided: 1944 in Miami Beach, Miami-Dade Co, FL 4
Education: Queens College, Charlotte, NC (1928) 4
Occupation: teacher (1928-35) and dietician 4
Husband: Walter John Parks, Jr. b. Aug-25-1908 d. Aug-12-1999
Married: Feb- 8-1930 4
M Child 3: Wofford Peden Gaston
Also known as: Peden Gaston 8
Born: Nov- 2-1907 in Spartanburg Co, SC 3,4,2
Died: Oct-15-1994 2
Resided: in Woodruff, Spartanburg Co, SC 2
Education: Reidville H.S. and Draughtons Business College 4
Wife: Grace Walden b. Sep- 9-1913 d. Jan- 1-1997
Married: Nov-29-1934 4
F Child 4: Kathleen Etolia Gaston
Born: Jul-22-1909 9,2
Died: Dec-25-1993 2
Resided: in Greenville, Greenville Co, SC 2
Education: Queens College, Charlotte, NC (B.S., 1932) 9
Occupation: teacher (1934-40) and home economist (WPA and SC Dept of Educ) 9
Never married: 9,2
F Child 5: Janie Bob Gaston 9,2
Born: Apr- 7-1911 9,2
Died: Jul- 7-1995 2
Buried: in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC 3
Resided: in Greenville, Greenville Co, SC 2
Education: Queens College, Charlotte, NC (3-1/2 yrs) 9
Husband: Clarence Steele Bowen b. Nov- 3-1898 d. Oct-13-1993
Married: Dec- 1-1931 9
F Child 6: Margaret Ethel Gaston
Born: Nov-29-1912 9,2
Died: Feb- 8-1999 2
Resided: in Greenville, Greenville Co, SC 9,2
Occupation: teacher at Greenville City Schools 9
Education: Furman University, Greenville, SC (B.S., 1935) 9
Husband: Oliver James Youmans, Jr. b. Sep-14-1912 d. Feb- 5-1992
Also known as: O. J. Youmans 2
Married: Dec-19-1942 9
No children: 3
F Child 7: Belie Louise Gaston
Also known as: Louise Gaston 10
Born: Dec-14-1914 9
Resided: 2008, 2010 in Greenville, Madison Co, FL 10
Education: Winthrop College, Rock Hill, SC (B.S., 1938) 9
Husband: Edgar Frederick Rankin b. Mar-14-1906 d. Mar- -1974
Also known as: E. Frederick Rankin
Married: Jun- 4-1938 11
F Child 8: Mary Elizabeth (twin) Gaston
Born: Apr- 7-1917 in Reidville, Spartanburg Co, SC 12,11
Died: Jul- 4-2008
Buried: in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC 12
Resided: in Pass Christian, Harrison Co, MS 12,13
Resided: formerly in Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co, NC 12
Occupation: teacher, Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Schools (37 yrs) 12
Education: Winthrop College, Erskine College (A.B., 1940) 12,11
Husband: Theodore Edward Thornburg b. Sep- 3-1912 d. Mar-17-1997
Married: May-25-1943 11
F Child 9: Martha Ruth (twin) Gaston
Born: Apr- 7-1917 11
Died: Aug-20-2010 in Jacksonville, Duval Co, FL 12,2
Buried: in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC 12
Resided: in Jacksonville, Duval Co, FL 2,10
Resided: originally in Reidville, Spartanburg Co, SC 12
Occupation: teacher, guidance counselor 11,12
Education: Erskine College (A.B., 1940), Univ of Florida (M.A.) 11,12
Husband: Hanson Seabrook Blizzard b. Oct-20-1906 d. Jul-21-1986
Married: Dec-16-1944 3
M Child 10: Robert White Gaston, Jr.
Born: Apr-10-1919 11
Died: Nov-24-1923 in Spartanburg Co, SC 3,11
Buried: in Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC 3
F Child 11: Nancy Wilma Gaston
Born: Jun-23-1921 in Reidville, Spartanburg Co, SC 12,11,2
Died: Jun- 2-2000 in Clearwater, Pinellas Co, FL 14,2
Resided: in Clearwater, Pinellas Co, FL 12
Occupation: teacher (Greenville SC, Winston-Salem NC) 12
Education: Montreat College, Black Mountain, NC 12
Education: Queens College, Charlotte, NC (A.B., 1942) 11,12
Husband: Samuel Tilden Register, Jr. b. Feb-22-1919 d. Sep-13-1993
Married: Aug-22-1942 11
M Child 12: David Holder Gaston
Born: Mar- 9-1924 in Reidville, Spartanburg Co, SC 11,2,12
Died: Feb-16-2005 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA 12,2
Buried: in Parkwood Cemetery, Parkville, Baltimore Co, MD 12
Resided: in Willow Street, Lancaster Co, PA 15,12
Resided: formerly in Baltimore, MD 12
Occupation: U.S. Post Office, Towson, Maryland (35 yrs) 12
Education: Clemson College (2 yrs) 11
Military: U.S. Marine Corps, World War II 11
Wife: Diane Thelma Zepp
Wife: Ruth Christena Fewster b. Aug-24-1917 d. Jan- 6-2009
Married: Aug-22-1977 in Northampton Co, NC 16
Sources:
(1) Mary Gaston Gee (1899-1987), The Ancestry and Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston II (1841-1911) of Spartanburg
County, South Carolina (Charlottesville, VA, 1944), p. 32.
(2) Social Security Death Index.
(3) Bruce Price Reynolds, Travelers Rest SC , Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston and Jane A. Peden
(self-published, 2009)
(4) Mary Gaston Gee (1899-1987), The Ancestry and Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston II (1841-1911) of Spartanburg
County, South Carolina (Charlottesville, VA, 1944), p. 33.
(5) Obituary of daughter.
(6) Headstone.
(7) Findagrave.com.
(8) Obituary of son.
(9) Mary Gaston Gee (1899-1987), The Ancestry and Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston II (1841-1911) of Spartanburg
County, South Carolina (Charlottesville, VA, 1944), p. 34.
(10) Obituary of sister.
(11) Mary Gaston Gee (1899-1987), The Ancestry and Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston II (1841-1911) of Spartanburg
County, South Carolina (Charlottesville, VA, 1944), p. 35.
(12) Obituary.
(13) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Maryland before 1951.
(14) Obituary - Hospital.
(15) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951.
(16) Marriage record.
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