Born in Wayne, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Cyrus Gaston
and Angeline Izabel (Conn) Gaston
Sister of
Hiram Minor Gaston, Robert Edmond Gaston, William C Gaston, John David Gaston, James Finley Gaston and Frank Gaston [half]
Wife of
Rena Knight
— married
21 Sep 1860 in Cooke, Texas, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Minnie Lee (Knight) Cox
Died
at age 87
in Cranfills Gap, Bosque, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Oct 2018
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Biography
Lucy was born in 1842. She was the daughter of James Gaston and Angeline Conn.
She married Rena Knight on 21 Sep 1860 in Cooke, Texas.[1] They had children.
They were in Bosque, Bosque, Texas in 1880.[2]
Rena passed away in 1880.
She married Thomas Benton Simmons on 05 June 1881 in Bosque county, Texas.[3] Thomas had been a boarder in the household of Rena and Lucy Knight in 1880. Thomas and Lucy had two additional children.
They were in Hamilton county, Texas in 1900.[4] They were in Bosque county, Texas in 1910.[5]
She was widowed and living with her son James H. Knight in Bosque county, Texas in 1920.[6]
She passed away in 1929 in Cranfills Gap, Bosque county, Texas.[7] She was buried in Boggy cemetery in Cranfills Gap.[8]
Sources
- ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-L25L : accessed 31 October 2018), Rena Knight and Lucy J Gaston, 21 Sep 1860, Marriage; citing Cooke, Texas, United States, various county clerk offices, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas Dept. of State Health Services and Golightly-Payne-Coon Co.; FHL microfilm 1,290,675.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFFG-9DT : Fri Oct 06 08:24:14 UTC 2023), Entry for Rina Knight and Lucy J. Knight, 1880.
- ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLZG-F9N : 10 March 2021), T D Simmons and Lee J Knight, 05 Jun 1881; citing Bosque, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 989,186.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3GJ-NCR : Fri Oct 06 13:02:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Tho* B Simmons and Lucy J Simmons, 1900.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2MB-CPP : Fri Oct 06 11:33:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Tomas Simmons and Lucy Simmons, 1910.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC9Y-S8Q : Thu Nov 09 10:25:38 UTC 2023), Entry for J H Knight and L J Simmons, 1920.
- ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3QT-FKN : 13 March 2018), Lucy Jane Simmons, 02 Feb 1929; citing certificate number 8656, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,761.
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7851657
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lucy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lucy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lucy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lucy:
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~3.12%
~3.12%
F Tubbs 
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23andMe
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~3.12%
Allen Bogard :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A338502 [compare], Ancestry member Albertbogard
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~0.78%
Lowell Gold :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Gold_Lowell
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