James Blaine GASTON
1885 - 1981 (95 years)
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Name James Blaine GASTON Born 29 Sep 1885 Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 
[1, 2] Gender Male Occupation 1917 [1] timber worker for A. J. Riddle in Ashley WV Residence 1917 Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV [1] Military From 6 Sep 1918 to 12 Mar 1919 [2] U.S. Army, World War I Census 1920 Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation 1920 [3] rig builder, Carter Oil Co. Census 1930 Monongalia Co, WV Occupation Hazel-Atlas Glass Co (35 yrs) [1, 2] Occupation 1930 [4] coal miner Residence Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV [2, 5, 6] Died 27 Aug 1981 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV [7] Buried Greenlawn Memorial Park (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV [2, 8] Person ID I155 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 14 Dec 2014
Father John Morris GASTON, b. 4 Sep 1853, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 11 Nov 1927, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 74 years) Mother Elizabeth HART, b. 15 Aug 1858, Lower Run, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 28 Feb 1921, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 62 years) Family ID F51 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hazel May YEATER, b. 29 Oct 1900, d. Jun 1980, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 79 years) Married 26 Jun 1917 Doddridge Co, WV [9] Notes - They had no children of their own, but James Blaine Gaston and his wife Hazel raised a boy who was said to have been left on their doorstep. The boy went by the name Jack Gaston until his late teens, when he changed his name and ran away. The boy died sometime between 1974 and 1978, with the funeral held in Salem, WV. Some family members speculate that the boy was born to the unmarried sister of his foster mother Hazel May Yeater.
James Blaine Gaston went mainly by his middle name. He was one of many boys of his generation named for prominent national politician James G. Blaine (1830-1893).
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1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on
James B. Gaston, 33, rig builder for Carter Oil Co; wife Hazel M, 18.
1930 Census, Monongalia Co, WV (Grant District, town of River Seane (?)), enumerated on Apr 5 1930:
James B. Gaston, 44, coal miner; wife Hazel M, 29; lodger (corrected from original designation "orphan") William E Conner, 8 yr 11 mo; boarder James L. Latbright, 36, coal miner, married; boarder Angeline I. Latbright, 24, married; boarder Amos M. Latbright, 28, coal miner, married; boarder Mary A. Latbright, 25, married; boarder Howard L. Sandy, 9.
Family ID F66 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- They had no children of their own, but James Blaine Gaston and his wife Hazel raised a boy who was said to have been left on their doorstep. The boy went by the name Jack Gaston until his late teens, when he changed his name and ran away. The boy died sometime between 1974 and 1978, with the funeral held in Salem, WV. Some family members speculate that the boy was born to the unmarried sister of his foster mother Hazel May Yeater.
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Photos 
Hazel May Yeater, James Blaine Gaston 155_GASTON_JamesBlaine_HazelMayYeater_GreenlawnCem_ClarksburgWV.jpg 155_JamesBlaineGaston.jpg
Documents 
World War I Draft Registration Card 999999_WorldWarOneDraftLottery_WestUnionRecord_26July1917.jpg
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Sources - [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).
- [S14] Obituary.
- [S2080] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).
- [S2332] 1930 Census, Monongalia County, WV.
- [S1831] City Directory, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV, 1957-58, (R. L. Polk & Co, Pittsburgh, PA).
- [S643] Obituary of father.
- [S1681] Obituary - United Hospital Center.
- [S5] Headstone, Lot 89,Sect 8,Grv7.
- [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
- [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).