Notes for: Deborah Gaston
Reports of two additonal children for this family, Caroline and Asby S, are incorrect. They were actually a daughter-in-law and grandson.
1850 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 28 1850:
Asby P. Law, 27, farmer; Deborah, 23; John W, 3; Francis M, 1.
1860 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 25 1860:
Asby P. Law, 37, farmer; Deborah, 33; John W, 14; Francis M, 12; Hannah, 10; David G, 8; Elizabeth, 5; Martin L, 2; Levi M, 1.
1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union Twp), enumerated on Jun 16 1870:
Deborah Law, 43; Hannah, 19; David G, 17; Elizabeth, 14; Martin Luther, 12; Levi M, 10; Newton, 8; Willie, 5.
1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 16 1880:
Deborah Law, 53, widow; dau Elisabeth, 24, single; son Levi Morris, 20, single; son Newton, 18, single; son Willie, 15.
(Note: In this census, Deborah's widowed daughter-in-law Caroline and grandson Asby are found living in Harrison County with Deborah's parents John & Elizabeth (Morris) Gaston.)
The 1910 Census of Ritchie County, listing Deborah Bartlette (sic) as a widow in the household of son Martin, indicates that she was the mother of 10 children, 8 of whom were still living at the time of the census.