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John Gaston

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John Gaston

Birth
South Carolina, USA
Death
5 May 1875 (aged 79)
Wayne County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Wayne County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Born in Lancaster, South Carolina in 1796, John Gaston was one of 8 children born to James and Catherine (Creighton) Gaston. Around 1809, the family emigrated west to Indiana and and eventually settled in Wayne County, Illinois.

There John's older sister Jane Catherine (widow of Murray Massey) would become the 3rd wife of John Bovee.

Around 1834 John Gaston married Hannah Bovee (his sister's stepdaughter), the daughter of John Bovee and his 2nd wife Pheobe (Gardner). John and Hannah had 7 children: sons Eli (1835), Caleb (1836), George (1841) and daughters Cynthia Ann(1839), Jane Catherine (1844), Mary E (1846) and Rodina (1849).

After Hannah's death in 1857 John married Artamacy M. (Perrens).
Born in Lancaster, South Carolina in 1796, John Gaston was one of 8 children born to James and Catherine (Creighton) Gaston. Around 1809, the family emigrated west to Indiana and and eventually settled in Wayne County, Illinois.

There John's older sister Jane Catherine (widow of Murray Massey) would become the 3rd wife of John Bovee.

Around 1834 John Gaston married Hannah Bovee (his sister's stepdaughter), the daughter of John Bovee and his 2nd wife Pheobe (Gardner). John and Hannah had 7 children: sons Eli (1835), Caleb (1836), George (1841) and daughters Cynthia Ann(1839), Jane Catherine (1844), Mary E (1846) and Rodina (1849).

After Hannah's death in 1857 John married Artamacy M. (Perrens).


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  • Maintained by: MaryT
  • Originally Created by: Airrow
  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108570322/john-gaston: accessed ), memorial page for John Gaston (14 Jan 1796–5 May 1875), Find a Grave Memorial ID 108570322, citing Bovee Cemetery, Wayne County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by MaryT (contributor 47616997).