Husband: James William Gaston
Born: Oct- -1838 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2,3
Died: Feb- 8-1921 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 4
Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 5,4
Census: 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 4,1
Father: John Gaston (1796 - 1884)
Mother: Elizabeth Morris (1797 - 1882)
Wife: Sarah A. Ward Married: Dec-21-1865 in Harrison Co, WV 6
Born: Oct- -1838 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2,3 Died: 1916 3 Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 5 Census: 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Father: Solomon Ward Mother: Nancy ___
M Child 1: Henson Davisson Gaston 2 Born: Jun-10-1867 in Harrison Co, WV 3 Died: Feb-23-1920 at Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV 7,3 Buried: in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 5,4 Occupation: farmer 4 Census: 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Wife: Hattie E. Hall b. ca 1872 Married: Jun-15-1893 in Harrison Co, WV 8 Wife: Ethel Gaston b. Oct-24-1882 d. 1954 Married: Apr-12-1916 in Harrison Co, WV 9
F Child 2: Gertrude Elma Gaston Born: Nov-16-1876 in Harrison Co, WV 10 Died: Jul-20-1957 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 11 Buried: in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 10 Resided: 1952 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 12 Census: 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Darwin Maxwell Davis b. Jul-10-1877 d. Dec- 1-1952 Married: Sep-16-1908 in Harrison Co, WV 13,14
Sources: (1) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. (2) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (3) Headstone (year only) (4) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (5) Headstone. (6) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Cause of death: influenza. (8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Exact location not clear, as ceremony is recorded as having occurred in Dayton. But no town of that name can be found in Harrison County. There is a Dayton in Preston County. MR p. 84. (9) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 158. (10) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (11) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, Informant: Mrs. S. F. Henderson, Buffalo, NY. (12) Death record of husband. (13) Harrison County WV Marriages 1895-1912, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Feb 2001), Identified as Darwin Maxson Davis, 31, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, son of Charles G. & Elizabeth; and Gertrude Elma Gaston, 31, of Harrison Co, dau of James W. & Sarah A. Married Sep 16 1908. (14) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 48.