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Catherine LEGGETT

Catherine LEGGETT

Female 1836 - 1914  (78 years)

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  • Name Catherine LEGGETT 
    Born 17 Jul 1836  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900, 1910  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • In 1910, listed as Kathleen Gaston, 73, single, in household of son Marion Gaston and his family.
    Died 2 Dec 1914  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    • Name spelled "Catherine" in death record, but "Catharine" on headstone.
    Buried Gaston-Hart Cemetery, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • From Leggett's Mill near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV.

      1900 Census, Doddridge County WV (Southwest District):
      Head of household Catherine Gaston, 63, b. Jul 1836, widowed, mother of 6 children (5 still living); dau Rosa B. Gaston, 23, single, b. Jul 1876; step-dau E. Jane Gaston, 44, single, b. Sep 1855; servant Stephen Prunty, 12, b. May 1888.
      (Note: Stephen Prunty was the orphaned son of Jerome Prunty and Melissa Russell. His relationship, if any, to Catherine Leggett Gaston is not known.) [6]
    Person ID I1396  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2011 

    Father Enoch B. LEGGETT,   b. 2 Aug 1811, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1883, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Sarah Ann ATHEY,   b. 25 Jun 1814, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 1876, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Family ID F1512  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Smith GASTON,   b. 12 Dec 1830, Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1893, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 24 May 1865  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Children 
    +1. Marion Oscar GASTON,   b. 25 Aug 1866, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1956, Camp Run, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    +2. Francis Enoch GASTON,   b. 13 Mar 1868, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1950, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    +3. Sarah Anna GASTON,   b. 6 Feb 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 1921, Akron, Washington Co, CO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
    +4. Elizabeth Catherine GASTON,   b. 26 Dec 1872, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1966, Glen Morgan, Raleigh Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     5. Rosa Bird GASTON,   b. 23 Apr 1876,   d. 29 Jul 1959, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     6. Ida Mae GASTON,   b. 17 May 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1880  (Age 2 years)
    Family ID F455  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    3. [S1891] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 2, p. 55.

    5. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    6. [S313] The History of Ritchie County, West Virginia to 1980, Lorna Reese Overberg, (Ritchie County Historical Society, Taylor Publishing Co, 1980), p. 123.
      Entry submitted by Vonda Gaston Hatfield.

    7. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as John S. Gaston, widowed, 34, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of John & Elizabeth; and Catharine Legget [sic], 21, b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Enoch B. & Sarah. Married May 24 1865. Her stated age is two years older than what appears on her headstone.

    8. [S1574] West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900, (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm).