Husband: Samuel Morris Gaston
Born: Feb-25-1825 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2,3,4 (see note 1)
Died: Apr-26-1911 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 1,5,6,7
Buried: in Gaston-Hart Cemetery, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 8,9
Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Father: John Gaston (1796 - 1884)
Mother: Elizabeth Morris (1797 - 1882)
Other spouse 1
Notes
Wife: Rebecca Jane Furner
Married: Nov-6-1883 in Harrison Co, WV 10,7
Born: Jan-22-1840 in Loudoun Co, VA 1,3,11,5
Died: Nov-21-1922 at Camp Run, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 1,12,5
Buried: in Gaston-Hart Cemetery, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 5,12
Father: John Furner
Mother: Sarah ___
Notes 1
Sources: (1) Obituary. (2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (3) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (4) Death record of daughter. (5) Headstone. (6) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101, Entry states Apr 27 1911, at variance from other sources. (7) Obituary of wife. (8) Headstone, - Inscribed on the marker are the names of himself and his two wives, along with all of their birth and death dates. His wife Elizabeth also has a separate marker nearby of her own. (9) Obituary, - Pallbearers identified as six of his grandsons: Howard, Earnest & Albert [Bert] Jones, Blair [Josiah Blaine] Nutter, C. W. [Charles Wesley] Britton, and Z. W. [Jebidee or Zebidee Warner] Britton. (10) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Samuel M. Gaston, widowed, age 58, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of John & Elizabeth; and Rebecca J. Furner, 43, b. Loudoun Co VA, res. Harrison Co, dau of John & Sarah. Married Nov 6 1883 in Clarksburg. MR p. 165 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=255994&Type=Marriage. (11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Death record states birthplace as Harrison Co, while obituary specifies that she moved to Harrison Co from Loudon Co, VA at age six months. (12) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) Event Notes Note (1) Obituary states birth date as Feb 25 1825. But headstone has birth on Feb 18 1825. And obituary gives age at death as 86y 3m 8d, which would put birth at Jan 18 1825.