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Edwin GASTON

Edwin GASTON

Male 1862 - 1940  (~ 77 years)

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  • Name Edwin GASTON 
    Born Aug 1862  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1910, 1920, 1930  Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [4, 5] 
    Died 21 Jan 1940  Valley Chapel, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6, 7] 
    Buried Mt. Morris Cemetery, Freemansburg, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Notes 
    • Date of birth has been reported as Aug 27 1862 (source not documented), Aug 25 1862 (obituary in Weston Independent, per cited compilation by Betty Mayfield, which also misstates his name as Edward), and Aug 28 1862 (computed from age 77y 4m 24d given in death record).
    Person ID I1789  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2020 

    Father George GASTON,   b. 23 Sep 1831,   d. 7 Feb 1901, Freemans Creek, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Martha Ann GIBSON,   b. 7 Jul 1838,   d. 13 Feb 1909, Freemans Creek, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Family ID F614  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Laura Lillian LOVETT,   b. 20 Nov 1866, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1939, Valley Chapel, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 22 Jun 1892  Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 8] 
    Children 
     1. Nelle Lovett GASTON,   b. 18 Apr 1893, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1964, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +2. Clifford George GASTON,   b. 14 Oct 1897, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1961, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F1124  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1631] Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV.

    2. [S1759] Obituaries, Marriage & Births from Weston Independent and/or Weston Democrat, 1939-1940, Betty Mayfield (compiler) & Matha Byrd (editor), (Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants, Jane Lew, WV, April 1996), p. 17.

    3. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10709336&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S2119] 1930 Census, Lewis County, WV.

    5. [S2151] 1910 Census, Lewis County, WV.

    6. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S1631] Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV, DR Bk 5, p. 65.
      Age at death given as 77y 4mo 24da.

    8. [S1788] Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994)).