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Henry Lee GASTON

Henry Lee GASTON

Male 1841 - 1923  (82 years)

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  • Name Henry Lee GASTON 
    Born 1841  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1900, 1920  Center District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 4] 
    Died 14 Dec 1923  Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Gaston-Henry-Queen Cemetery, Sassafras Run, Camden, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Presumed. Death record states only "Sassafras Cemetery."
    Notes 
    • On June 1, 1880, Henry Lee Gaston purchased at public auction, for the sum of 94 cents in delinquent taxes, the 21 acre farm of Andrew J. Norman located on the left fork of White Oak Camp Run near Normantown, WV. Henry's grandson Harold Gaston lived there many years later. [5]
    Person ID I954  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2013 

    Father Hugh GASTON,   b. 5 Jun 1788, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1888, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 100 years) 
    Mother Susana JETT,   b. CA 1788,   d. Bef 1840  (Age ~ 51 years) 
    Family ID F308  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Jane TURNER,   b. 28 Jan 1846, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1936, Hardman, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 29 May 1866  Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Children 
     1. John E. GASTON,   b. 21 Mar 1867, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 1872, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 5 years)
     2. William Robert "Bob" GASTON,   b. 7 Jul 1868, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 1954, Davisville, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     3. James Lloyd (Huston) GASTON,   b. 7 Sep 1870, Camden, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1959, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     4. Emeretta "Retta" GASTON,   b. Jun 1872, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1920  (Age ~ 47 years)
     5. Lucy Belle GASTON,   b. 25 Oct 1874
     6. Olive Florence GASTON,   b. 27 Jul 1876, Camden, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1939, Hardman, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     7. Netta Gay GASTON,   b. 2 Jun 1881, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1910, Crooked Run, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
     8. Eva Dell GASTON,   b. May 1884, Normantown, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1956, Beckley, Raleigh Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years)
     9. Estella B. GASTON,   b. 5 Feb 1888, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1936, Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     10. Earnest Ray GASTON,   b. 4 Jul 1890, Normantown, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1943, Normantown, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
    Family ID F417  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 Dec 1923 - Weston, Lewis Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    954_GASTON_HenryLee_1841-1923_DeathCertificate.jpg    		954_GASTON_HenryLee_1841-1923_DeathCertificate.jpg
    948_GASTON_Hugh-Marion-Henry_1880Census_FreemansCrkDist_LewisCoWV_2Jun1880.jpg    		948_GASTON_Hugh-Marion-Henry_1880Census_FreemansCrkDist_LewisCoWV_2Jun1880.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S2122] 1850 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA.

    3. [S2130] 1860 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA.

    4. [S187] 1870 Census, Lewis County, WV (Willey Township), 113.

    5. [S186] Gilmer County West Virginia History 1845-1989, (Gilmer County Historical Society, 1994), p. 208.

    6. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, MR Bk 5, p. 32.
      Identified as Henry Lee Gaston, 24, farmer, b. & res. in Lewis Co, son of Hugh & Elizabeth Gaston; and Mary Jane Turner [sic], 20, b. & res. in Lewis Co, dau of Jackson & Margarett Turner [sic]. Married May 29 1866. Ceremony by Henry Langfora.

    7. [S1784] Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101).