James Kasson GASTON

1832 - 1891  (58 years)

• Name	James Kasson GASTON
  Born	17 Apr 1832	Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	16 Sep 1832	Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA   [4, 5]
  Residence	Mills Co, IA   [1]
  Died	14 Feb 1891	Tabor, Fremont Co, Iowa   [1, 2]
  Notes	"James K. Gaston, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Richmond, Berkshire Co, Mass., April 17 1832. He moved with his parents to Lorain Co Ohio at age six, where he remained until he grew to manhood, working on a farm. He received his education chiefly in common schools, but attended Oberlin College several terms. He arrived in Iowa Nov 27 1853, and worked as a farm laborer for some time. In summer 1853, he taught school at Pleasant Grove, near Sidney, in Fremont Co. He was married in Tabor, Fremont Co. Iowa, Nov 23 1857, to Miss Sarah J. Cummings, who was born in Lorain Co, Ohio September 12, 1839. They are the parents of nine children, eight of whom are now living: Emily C., Ellen M., Willard E., Burton C., Vernon L., Lillie J., Lucy May and George R. He has been a member of the Congregational church since 1854, and has always been identified with the work of temperance. He has filled various township offices with credit to himself, and has been school treasurer since 1873. He owns a fine farm of 280 acres, which is well improved especially adapted to stock raising, in which business he is extensively engaged. He has a very fine building upon his farm, which is a model of neatness and convenience." Source: "History of Mills County, Iowa," pp. 608-609, published 1881 in Des Moines by State Historical Company. [2]
  Person ID	I9546	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2006

  
  

  Father	Heman GASTON,   b. 13 Sep 1786, Richmond, Berkshire Co, MA ,   d. 10 Aug 1855, Lorain Co, OH  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Mary WHEELER,   b. 29 Aug 1793, New York ,   d. 16 Oct 1838  (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F2347	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Jane CUMMINGS,   b. 12 Sep 1839, Oberlin, Lorain Co, OH ,   d. 19 Aug 1906, Tabor, Fremont Co, Iowa  (Age 66 years)
  Married	23 Nov 1857	Tabor, Fremont Co, Iowa   [2, 6]
  Children	1. Emily Cornelia GASTON,   b. 15 Nov 1858, Tabor, Fremont Co, Iowa ,   d. 22 Oct 1922, Glenwood, Mills Co, IA  (Age 63 years) + 2. Ellen G. Marie GASTON,   b. 19 Apr 1860, Tabor, Fremont Co, Iowa ,   d. 7 Oct 1950, Tabor, Fremont Co, Iowa  (Age 90 years) + 3. Willard Edgar GASTON,   b. 25 Jan 1862, Malvern, Mills Co, IA ,   d. 29 Jan 1944, Omaha, Douglas Co, NE  (Age 82 years) + 4. Burton Cummings GASTON,   b. 24 Nov 1863, Tabor, Fremont Co, Iowa ,   d. 28 Oct 1909, Redlands, San Bernardino Co, CA  (Age 45 years) + 5. Vernon Lincoln GASTON,   b. 9 Feb 1866, Tabor, Fremont Co, Iowa ,   d. 30 May 1927, Omaha, Douglas Co, NE  (Age 61 years)   6. Lillie J. GASTON,   b. 1869, Tabor, Fremont Co, Iowa ,   d. 19 Jun 1916, Los Angeles, CA  (Age 47 years) + 7. Lucy May GASTON,   b. 6 Mar 1872, Tabor, Fremont Co, Iowa ,   d. 13 Feb 1914, San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX  (Age 41 years) + 8. George Rutherford GASTON,   b. 22 Aug 1876, Tabor, Fremont Co, Iowa ,   d. 29 Jul 1961, Malvern, Mills Co, IA  (Age 84 years)   9. Leonard Origen GASTON,   b. Feb 1883, Tabor, Fremont Co, Iowa ,   d. 7 Feb 1968, Corydon, Wayne Co, IA  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Family ID	F3433	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S121] First Families of America, p. 135. [S1585] Hal Hatcher , (posted at http://awt.ancestry.com). [S1905] Genealogy of a Part of the Kasson Family in the United States and Ireland (1882), George M. Kasson, (Brigham Young University Family History Archives, http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/), p. 43. [S863] Vital Records of Richmond, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (New England Historical Genealogical Society), p. 24. [S121] First Families of America. [S121] First Families of America, p. 135. Kasson Genealogy reports marriage date as Nov 17 1857.