Husband: Robert Gaston
Born: Jul-25-1811 near Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1,2,3
Died: Nov-28-1892 in Cranesville, Preston Co, WV 4,3
Buried: in Cranesville Cemetery, Preston Co, WV 5,6
Census: 1850, 1860 in Mahaska Co, IA
Occupation: gunsmith, blacksmith 7,8
Father: James (twin) Gaston (1767 - 1813)
Mother: Mary Estep (1773 - 1857)
Other spouse 1
Notes
Wife: Catherine McGhee
Married: Mar- -1840 6,9
Born: Feb- 2-1824 in Gallipolis, Gallia Co, OH 6
Died: Jul-20-1906 in Glen Elder, Mitchell Co, KS 6
Census: 1850, 1860 in Mahaska Co, IA
Father:
Mother:
F Child 1: Emily Gaston Born: Jan-10-1841 in Ohio 9 Died: Oct- 1-1922 in Nebraska 9 Census: 1860 in Mahaska Co, IA Occupation: 1860 seamstress 8 Husband: Maletus N. Bump b. 1836
M Child 2: James Estep Gaston Born: Jul-20-1842 in Ohio 9 Died: Aug- 8-1874 9 Census: 1860 in Mahaska Co, IA Wife: Milda Bridges
M Child 3: Cyrus Gaston Born: Mar- 9-1845 in Carroll Co, OH 6 Died: Jan-19-1940 6 Buried: in Rose Valley Cemetery, Glen Elder, KS Census: 1900, 1920 in Mitchell Co, KS Census: 1860 in Mahaska Co, IA Occupation: teacher (until 1877) 10 Wife: Ida Jayne Sharp b. Dec-20-1860 d. Jan-12-1939 Married: Apr-30-1882 6,11
M Child 4: David Gaston Born: Dec- 8-1846 in Iowa 9,11 Died: Jan-18-1929 in Iowa 9 Census: 1860, 1900 in Mahaska Co, IA Wife: Matilda Jennie Stout b. Sep-13-1853 d. Feb-18-1936 Census name: Jennie 11 Married: ca 1879 11
M Child 5: Joseph Gaston Born: Dec-10-1849 in Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co, IA 9 Died: Dec-12-1942 in Beloit, Mitchell Co, KS 9 Census: 1920 in Mitchell Co, KS Census: 1860 in Mahaska Co, IA Wife: Victorene (Victoria) Thompson b. Jan-13-1866 d. Feb-14-1953
M Child 6: George Washington Gaston Born: Aug-18-1851 in Iowa 9 (see note 1) Died: Sep-11-1935 in Kansas 9 Census: 1900 in Mitchell Co, KS Census: 1860 in Mahaska Co, IA Wife: Mary E. Ewing b. Aug- -1861 d. 1936 Married: ca 1877 11
M Child 7: Robert W. Gaston Born: Jun- 7-1854 in Iowa 9,8 Died: Sep-15-1938 9 Census: 1860 in Mahaska Co, IA Wife: Ella Doran b. Jun-23-1863 d. Nov- 6-1888
M Child 8: Josiah Gaston Born: Mar-20-1856 9 Died: 1857 9
F Child 9: Rosealtha Gaston Census name: Roseathla 12 Born: Mar-19-1858 in Iowa 9,11 Died: Jul-29-1933 9 Census: 1920, 1930 in Holton, Jackson Co, KS Census: 1900 in Nemaha Co, KS Census: 1880 in Mitchell Co, KS Census: 1860 in Mahaska Co, IA Husband: Timothy M. Horton b. May- -1845 Married: ca 1876 11
F Child 10: Dora Gaston Born: Aug- -1860 in Iowa 13 Died: 1943 9 Census: 1930 in Fayette Co, PA Census: 1900, 1920 in Preston Co, WV Census: 1880 in Mitchell Co, KS Husband: Marcellus "Zell" Albright b. Feb- -1843 d. 1914 Census name: Zell Albright 14,15 Married: ca 1878 13
Sources: (1) Katie Dailey Gaston, a Gaston family historian, in a letter to Jacquie Gaston Blevins dated March 19 1968, pointing out that the actual location was probably in the Finleyville-Gastonville area. (2) Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900), p. 43. (3) Headstone. (4) Katie Dailey Gaston, a Gaston family historian, in a letter to Jacquie Gaston Blevins dated March 19 1968, stating that he was visiting a daughter in Cranesville at the time of his death. (5) Findagrave.com. (6) Katie Dailey Gaston (1901-1995), a Gaston family historian, in a letter to Jacquie Gaston Blevins dated March 19 1968. (7) 1850 Census. (8) 1860 Census. (9) Bill Gaston, Austin TX