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Family: William Rosborough GASTON / Lucy C. BRIDWELL (F14466)

• Father | Male William Rosborough GASTON

  
  

  Born	25 Dec 1827	Reidville, Spartanburg Co, SC
  Died	Nov 1899
  Buried
  Married
  Father	Robert GASTON | F14463 Group Sheet
  Mother	Ann WAKEFIELD | F14463 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Lucy C. BRIDWELL

  
  

  Born	CA 1855	South Carolina
  Died	Aug 1932
  Buried
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Female + Georgia Anna GASTON

  
  

  Born	19 Jul 1875
  Died	12 Feb 1941	Travelers Rest, Greenville Co, SC
  Buried		Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC
  Spouse	Amzi Cason "Case" GASTON | F14467
  Married	8 Nov 1899

  
  

  Child 2 | Male + William Belton GASTON

  
  

  Born	CA 1884	South Carolina
  Died	Nov 1936
  Buried		Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Moore, Spartanburg Co, SC
  Spouse	Bessie Mae PEARSON | F14468
  Married

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Lula Geneva GASTON

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 4 | Male + Thomas Rosborough GASTON

  
  

  Born	CA 1890	South Carolina
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Rebecca "Rebbie" ALVERSON | F14469
  Married	CA 1913

  
  

• Notes

  1870 Census, Spartanburg Co, South Carolina (Reidville Twp), enumerated on Jun 29 1870: Anthony Wakefield, 57, farmer; James Wakefield, 63, merchant; William Gaston, 41, physician; Elizabeth Gaston, 45, house keeper; Ann Gaston, 78. All born in South Carolina. In another household, enumerated on Jun 13 1870: Sally Bridwell, 45; Lucy, 16; Margaret, 13; James, 11; Joseph, 8; Martha Sandling, 25; Sarah Sandling, 9; Ann Sandling, 7; Mary Sandling, 4. All born in South Carolina. Lucy seems to have been enumerated twice in this census, as she also appears in another household, enumerated on Jun 9 1870: Wiley Marlin, 20, farmer; Margaret Marlin, 18; Frances Marlin (female), 1; Baby Marlin (male), one month; Lucy Bridwell, 16. All born in South Carolina. 1880 Census, Spartanburg Co, SC (Reidville Twp), enumerated on Jun 17 1880: Sallie Bridwell, 60, widowed; dau Loucy, 25, single; son James, 22, single; son Joe, 20; dau Georgia, 4. All born in South Carolina. 1910 Census, Spartanburg Co, SC (Reidville Twp), enumerated on May 5 1910: Lucie Gaston, 56, widowed, mother of 5 children (4 still living); son Belton, 26, single; son Thomas, 20, single. All born in South Carolina. From "Acts and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, Passed at the Regular Session of 1892," p. 118: No. 65. AN ACT To Declare Georgia Anna Gaston, William Belton Gaston And Lula Geneva Gaston Legitimate Children Of William R. Gaston And Lucy Gaston, And To Enable Them To Inherit From Said Parties. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That whereas Georgia Anna Gaston, William Belton Gaston and Lula Geneva Gaston are children born to William R. Gaston and Lula [sic] Gaston, and subsequently to their birth the said parents were duly and legally married, and are desirous of having their said issue legitimated, the said Georgia Anna Gaston, William Belton Gaston and Lula Gaston are hereby declared legal heirs as children, of the said William R. Gaston and Lucy Gaston, and shall inherit from them in the same manner as if they had been born in wedlock. Approved December 22nd, A. D. 1892. http://books.google.com/books?id=zLA4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118#v=onepage&q&f=false [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1868] The Ancestry and Descendants of Amzi Williford Gaston II (1841-1911) of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Mary Gaston Gee (1899-1987), (Charlottesville, VA, 1944).