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James Estep GASTON

James Estep GASTON

Male 1809 - 1888  (78 years)

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  • Name James Estep GASTON 
    Born 14 Apr 1809  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Warren, Trumbull Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Occupation minister  [1, 2] 
    Residence (SETTLED)  Des Moines, Polk Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 1888  Des Moines, Polk Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, District 142, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, enumerated on Jul 23 1850:
      James E. Gaston, 41, b. Pennsylvania, occupation minister; Sarah Gaston, 35, b. Ohio; Thomas K. Gaston, 11, b. Ohio; William H. Gaston, 9, b. Ohio; Joseph J. Gaston, 7, b. Ohio; John R. (or K. ?) Gaston, 1, b. Ohio; Mary Gaston, 18, b. Ohio.
      Household members are given here in the same sequence that they appear in the census. Relationships were not indicated.

      In about 1850 (after July, per enumeration date of census), James Estep Gaston and family moved from Warren, Trumbull Co, Ohio, to Monmouth, Illinois, and then to Davenport, Iowa, later settling at Des Moines. [Hanna, p. 43] James Estep Gaston became acquainted with Alexander Campbell, founder of the Christian Church, liked his teachings and became a Christian minister, as did brothers Robert and Joseph. James was the first permanent minister of the Central Christian Church in Des Moines and was one of the early supporters of Drake University, a Christian Church school in Des Moines. [1, 6]
    Person ID I3457  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2008 

    Father James (twin) GASTON,   b. 18 Feb 1767,   d. 13 Apr 1813  (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Mary ESTEP,   b. 10 Oct 1773,   d. 1 Dec 1857  (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F1208  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah KIRK,   b. 1815, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1853  (Age 38 years) 
    Married 1838  [3, 6] 
    Children 
    +1. Mary GASTON,   b. CA 1833, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1868  (Age ~ 35 years)  [Foster]
     2. Thomas Kirk GASTON,   b. CA 1839, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. William Henry GASTON,   b. CA 1841, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Joseph James GASTON,   b. 1842, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1929  (Age 87 years)
     5. John GASTON,   b. CA 1849, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Sarah Kirk GASTON
    Family ID F1215  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Catherine C. ESTEP 
    Married 1854  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Ella GASTON,   b. 1856
    +2. Ernest Berry GASTON,   b. 21 Nov 1861, Henderson, Knox Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1937, Mobile Co, AL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F20781  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    1850 Census, Warren, Trumbull Co OH, Jul 23 1850    		1850 Census, Warren, Trumbull Co OH, Jul 23 1850

  • Sources 
    1. [S504] Ohio Valley Genealogies, Charles A. Hanna, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900)), p. 43.

    2. [S184] 1850 Census.

    3. [S1761] Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, Vol 148, p. 255, lineage of Beulah Stanford Gaston, DAR No. 147806.

    4. [S504] Ohio Valley Genealogies, Charles A. Hanna, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore MD, 1989 (orig. pub. 1900)), p. 43.
      Death reported as 1888-89 in Des Moines, Iowa.

    5. [S2274] Man and Mission: E. B. Gaston and the Origins of the Fairhope Single Tax Colony, Paul M. Gaston, (Black Belt Press, Montgomery, AL (1993)), p. 18.

    6. [S2274] Man and Mission: E. B. Gaston and the Origins of the Fairhope Single Tax Colony, Paul M. Gaston, (Black Belt Press, Montgomery, AL (1993)), p. 17.