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Josiah Perry Gaston

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Josiah Perry Gaston

Birth
Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA
Death
5 May 1890 (aged 57)
Candler, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Josiah Perry Gaston, son of Thomas Logan Gaston (1805-1854) and Prudence (Kilgore) Gaston, married Miss Martha Elvina Jones on August 30th 1855 and had the following known children:
Russel Jones (1858-1921)
Thomas Pinckney (1860-1937)
Parley Lafayette (1865-1892)
Edwin Lamar (1868-1947)
Minnie Lee (1873-1959)
Mary Elvina "Mamie" (1876-1941)
Clarence Perry (1879-1940)
Addie Martha (1882-1941)

During the Civil War, Josiah Gaston served as a 2nd Lieut. in the 64th Regiment, North Carolina State Troops; whose members were recruited predominately from the Western North Carolina counties of Madison, Henderson and Polk. The unit served in North Carolina and East Tennessee; its service proved invaluable in the defense of vital and strategic Saltworks and railroads.

Josiah Perry Gaston departed this life on May 5th 1890 in
Candler, North Carolina; where he had lived for the last 35 years.



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MARRIED.
On the 23d instant, by Rev. Jacob Hood, Mr. J. P. Gaston to Miss Martha E. Jones—all of this county.
—Published in Asheville News (Asheville, North Carolina), August 30, 1855, p. 3.

Josiah Perry Gaston, son of Thomas Logan Gaston (1805-1854) and Prudence (Kilgore) Gaston, married Miss Martha Elvina Jones on August 30th 1855 and had the following known children:
Russel Jones (1858-1921)
Thomas Pinckney (1860-1937)
Parley Lafayette (1865-1892)
Edwin Lamar (1868-1947)
Minnie Lee (1873-1959)
Mary Elvina "Mamie" (1876-1941)
Clarence Perry (1879-1940)
Addie Martha (1882-1941)

During the Civil War, Josiah Gaston served as a 2nd Lieut. in the 64th Regiment, North Carolina State Troops; whose members were recruited predominately from the Western North Carolina counties of Madison, Henderson and Polk. The unit served in North Carolina and East Tennessee; its service proved invaluable in the defense of vital and strategic Saltworks and railroads.

Josiah Perry Gaston departed this life on May 5th 1890 in
Candler, North Carolina; where he had lived for the last 35 years.



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MARRIED.
On the 23d instant, by Rev. Jacob Hood, Mr. J. P. Gaston to Miss Martha E. Jones—all of this county.
—Published in Asheville News (Asheville, North Carolina), August 30, 1855, p. 3.

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2D LT, 64 REGT, NC TRPS, CSA

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Thanks to Sheron Smith-Savage (#46960440) for Marriage Announcement

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