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John Albert GASKINS

John Albert GASKINS

Male 1826 - 1876  (49 years)

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  • Name John Albert GASKINS 
    Born 21 Apr 1826  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Military Co G, 6th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War  [3
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation carpenter  [2, 4
    Occupation farmer  [5
    Died 9 Mar 1876  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Buried Gaskins-McKinney Cemetery, Canton Rd, Little Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Person ID I58422  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2018 

    Mother Chloe GASKINS,   b. CA 1798, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1854, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Family ID F52184  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann PINNELL,   b. CA 1828,   d. 19 Mar 1913  (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Married 21 Oct 1846  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Sep 27 1850:
      John Gaskins, 24, carpenter; Mary, 22; Amanda, 5; Martha J, 3; Emily J, 1. All born in Virginia.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
      J. Gaskins, 30, farmer; M. (female), 30; M. J. (female), 11; E. J. (female), 9; W. W. (male), 8; J. A. (male), 6; J. M. (male), 4; J. (male), 2. All born in Virginia.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant Twp):
      John A. Gaskins, 43, carpenter; Mary A, 41; William, 18; Andrew J, 17; James M, 15; Josephus, 13; Eliza E, 9; John A, 4, Mary B, 1.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District):
      Mary A. Gaskins, 53; son James M, 23; dau Elizie E, 19; son John A, 14; dau Mary, 11; son George H, 6. [11]
    Children 
     1. Amanda GASKINS,   b. CA 1845
     2. Martha J. GASKINS,   b. 1 Aug 1848, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1904  (Age 55 years)
     3. Emily Jane GASKINS,   b. May 1849, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1915, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years)
     4. William W. GASKINS,   b. 6 Nov 1851, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1927, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     5. Andrew Jackson GASKINS,   b. Mar 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1925, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years)
     6. James Madison GASKINS,   b. 30 Apr 1856, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1924, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     7. Joseph Frederick GASKINS,   b. Jun 1859, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1949, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 90 years)
     8. Eliza Ellen GASKINS,   b. Apr 1860,   d. 19 Apr 1940, Belmont Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years)
     9. John Albert GASKINS,   b. Apr 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Mary Bell GASKINS,   b. 25 Mar 1868,   d. 8 Feb 1951, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     11. George Harrison GASKINS,   b. CA 1873, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F24145  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Gaskins-McKinney Cemetery, Canton Rd, Little Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1838] Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S2107] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp).

    3. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    4. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    5. [S1890] 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    6. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    7. [S5] Headstone.

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    9. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 2 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790898&Type=Marriage.

    10. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    11. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.