Dan Wellington GASTON
1888 - 1944 (55 years)
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Name Dan Wellington GASTON Residence 1916, 17 Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 
[1, 2] Residence 1922, 32 Newkirk, Kay Co, OK [3] Born 8 Jun 1888 Harmony, Doddridge Co, WV [2, 4, 5] Gender Male Occupation 1917 [2] tool dresser, Hope Natural Gas Co Census 1920, 1930 Newkirk, Kay Co, OK Occupation oil driller in Oklahoma [6, 7] Died Apr 1944 [5, 8] Buried Gaston-Hart Cemetery, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV [9] Person ID I1712 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 14 Sep 2010
Father Samuel Eli GASTON, b. Aug 1860, d. 20 Nov 1918, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV (Age ~ 58 years) Mother Ida Ellen LEESON, b. 7 Jul 1862, d. 17 Sep 1912, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 50 years) Family ID F581 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lottie Laurentine LIEBER, b. Oct 1883, Lewis Co, WV Married 14 Oct 1916 Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV [1] Notes - Dan Wellington Gaston was a resident of Newkirk, Kay Co, Oklahoma, as of October 1922, when the original Daniel Gaston's (b. 1816) Harmony property was conveyed to Nancy Gaston Hart by her three siblings. [Doddridge Co Deed Book 79, p. 10] He was also a resident of Oklahoma at the time of Nancy Gaston's Hart's death in 1932, per her obituary. His name is spelled "Danial" on his headstone, but appears simply as "Dan" in his marriage record, on his WW I Draft Registration, and in the 1920 and 1930 Census.
1920 Census, Kay Co, Oklahoma (City of Newkirk), enumerated on Jan 6 1920:
Dan W. Gaston, 32, driller in oil field; wife Lottie L. Gaston, 34; boarder William Lieber, 33, driller in oil field, single. All born in Virginia (sic).
1930 Census, Kay Co, Oklahoma (City of Newkirk), enumerated on Apr 15 1930:
Dan W. Gaston, 41, driller in oil field; wife Lottie L. Gaston, 46 (?), seamstress; mother-in-law Catherine A. Lieber, 76, widowed. All born in West Virginia. [2, 10]
Family ID F3755 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Dan Wellington Gaston was a resident of Newkirk, Kay Co, Oklahoma, as of October 1922, when the original Daniel Gaston's (b. 1816) Harmony property was conveyed to Nancy Gaston Hart by her three siblings. [Doddridge Co Deed Book 79, p. 10] He was also a resident of Oklahoma at the time of Nancy Gaston's Hart's death in 1932, per her obituary. His name is spelled "Danial" on his headstone, but appears simply as "Dan" in his marriage record, on his WW I Draft Registration, and in the 1920 and 1930 Census.
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Event Map 
Residence - 1916, 17 - Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 
Residence - 1922, 32 - Newkirk, Kay Co, OK 
Married - 14 Oct 1916 - Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Census - 1920, 1930 - Newkirk, Kay Co, OK 
Buried - - Gaston-Hart Cemetery, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV = Link to Google Earth
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Photos 
1712_DanielWGaston_GastonHartCem.jpg
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Sources - [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV.
- [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).
- [S12] Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV.
Resident of Newkirk, Kay Co, Oklahoma, as of October 1922, when the original Daniel Gaston's (b. 1816) Harmony property was conveyed to Nancy Gaston Hart by her three siblings. [Doddridge Co Deed Book 79, p. 10] He was also a resident of Oklahoma at the time of Nancy Gaston Hart's death in 1932, per her obituary. - [S15] Social Security Death Index.
- [S638] Headstone (year only).
- [S1734] 1920 Census.
- [S1898] 1930 Census.
- [S1937] Social Security Death Index.
- [S5] Headstone.
Name on headstone: Danial W. Gaston - [S1225] .
- [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV.
