Mary Virginia (Mason) Gaston (1875 - 1961)

Born 10 May 1875 in Clay, West Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Francis Enoch Gaston — married 13 Aug 1893 in Doddridge, West Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Nov 1961 at age 86 in Weston, Lewis, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

From 1880 US Census, Clay, Ritchie Co., WV: "Jacob Mason Self M 55 West Virginia, United States Jane Mason Wife F 46 West Virginia, United States J Benjamin Mason Son M 20 West Virginia, United States Lucinda J Mason Daughter F 16 West Virginia, United States Eliza R Mason Daughter F 14 West Virginia, United States Daniel T Mason Son M 12 West Virginia, United States Franklin Mason Son M 10 West Virginia, United States Laura Mason Daughter F 8 West Virginia, United States Mary V Mason Daughter F 5 West Virginia, United States"

Mary married Francis Enoch Gaston on 8-13-1893 at her home in Doddridge Co., WV.

From 1900 US Census, Southwest, Doddridge Co., WV: "Frances E Gaston Head M 32 West Virginia Mary V Gaston Wife F 25 West Virginia Lona Mason Sister F 16 West Virginia"

From 1920 US Census, Union, Ritchie Co., WV: "Frances E Gaston Head M 51 West Virginia Mary V Gaston Wife F 44 West Virginia Adavanda Gaston Daughter F 15 West Virginia Leanard S Gaston Son M 11 West Virginia"

From 1930 US Census, Southwest, Doddridge Co., WV: "Francis E Gaston Head M 62 West Virginia Mary V Gaston Wife F 54 West Virginia"

From 1940 US Census, Harrisville, Richie Co., WV: "Francis E Gaston Head M 72 West Virginia Mary V Gaston Wife F 64 West Virginia"

Buried in South Fork Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co., West Virginia

Sources

• Family Records

• West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM7T-LD8 : accessed 2 July 2015), Jacob A. Mason in entry for Mary V. Mason, 10 May 1875; citing Clay, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,887,475.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6TW-KL3 : accessed 13 February 2016), Lucinda J Mason in household of Jacob Mason, Clay, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 151, sheet 384A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1413; FHL microfilm 1,255,413.

• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBTR-JZY : 4 December 2014), Francis E. Gaston and Mary V. Mason, 13 Aug 1893; citing Doddridge, West Virginia, v 4 p 335, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 838,211.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9CX-TW3 : accessed 4 January 2018), Mary V Gaston in household of Frances E Gaston, Southwest district, Doddridge, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 26, sheet 6B, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,757.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN2C-Y4Y : accessed 4 January 2018), Mary V Gaston in household of Frances E Gaston, Union, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States; citing ED 126, sheet 7A, line 35, family 174, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1971; FHL microfilm 1,821,971.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMCL-L3Z : accessed 4 January 2018), Mary V Gaston in household of Francis E Gaston, Southwest, Doddridge, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 1B, line 84, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2530; FHL microfilm 2,342,264.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7ZY-HMV : accessed 4 January 2018), Mary V Gaston in household of Francis E Gaston, Harrisville, Union Magisterial District, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 43-11, sheet 7A, line 38, family 152, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4445.

• Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54385967/mary-virginia-gaston

• West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM6X-N94 : accessed 2 July 2015), Jacob A. Mason in entry for Mary V. Gaston, 27 Nov 1961; citing Weston, Lewis, West Virginia, County Records, v 8 p 154, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 825,109.