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Howe Russell GASTON

Howe Russell GASTON

Male 1895 - 1980  (85 years)

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  • Name Howe Russell GASTON 
    Residence 1923, 37, 58  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • 945 W. Pike St., Pt Comfort
    Born 4 Jan 1895  [4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation sales, Standard Register  [4] 
    Residence St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Died 13 Sep 1980  Bay Pines, Pinellas Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6] 
    Buried (ASHES)  C. E. Prevatt Crematory, Pinellas Park FL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • "Howe Russell Gaston enlisted in the United States Regular Army in 1916, and when the United States became involved in the greatest of all wars was transferred from Troop F, Fourteenth Cavalry, to Company C, Third Division Ammunition Train, and went overseas March 2, 1918, then as corporal, but later became acting first sergeant. He rendered service overseas for eighteen months in the Ammunition Train Division of his unit, and took part in the defensive and offensive at the Marne, was in the St. Mihiel and Argonne campaigns, and later was with the Army of Occupation in Germany. His honorable discharge was dated in April 1920." ["The History of West Virginia, Old and New," published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pp. 361-362] http://www.wileygenealogy.com/~usbios/bios/wv/harrison/gastonw.txt [8]
    Person ID I5232  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2009 

    Father William J. GASTON,   b. 18 May 1859, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1937, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Susan WOLFE,   b. Jul 1859, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1921, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Family ID F1790  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Glada MILLER,   b. 1 Jan 1898,   d. 9 Nov 1985, Hernando Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married Y  [9] 
    Family ID F7720  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1801] City Directory, Clarksburg, WV, 1923.

    2. [S1659] Death record of father.

    3. [S1831] City Directory, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV, 1957-58, (R. L. Polk & Co, Pittsburgh, PA).

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Outside County Bk 1, p. 663.

    5. [S340] The Gibson and Related Families, Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991), p. 110.

    6. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    7. [S1925] Social Security Death Index.
      Spelling "Howe" is correct.

    8. [S1992] U.S. Biographies Project - West Virginia, (http://www.wileygenealogy.com/~usbios/bios/wv).

    9. [S1620] Death record of husband.