Hon. John H. Gaston and Sarah A. Frye

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Husband Hon. John H. Gaston ^{1 2}

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           Born: 31 Oct 1839 - Union Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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         Father: Joseph S. Gaston (      -      ) 2 3 4
         Mother: Jane Hindman (      -      ) 2 4

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       Marriage: Sep 1864 2

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Wife Sarah A. Frye ^{1 2}

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         Father: West Frye (1818-Bef 1893) 5 6
         Mother: Christena Van Voorhis (1821-Bef 1893) 6 7

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Children

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1 F Wilhamena Gaston ²

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         Spouse: Samuel Lindsay (      -      ) 2

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2 M West F. Gaston ²

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3 F Sarah Gaston ²

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. John H. Gaston

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He spent a contented boyhood and youth on the home farm, attending the district schools when he could be spared, and when yet young was entrusted with such duties as hauling produce to Pittsburgh. He was a capable helper to his father, and remained at home until 1861. He was one of the first farmer boys of his section to take up arms in defense of his country when Rebellion threatened to dissolve its unity, enlisting in Co. I, 1st Pa. Vol. Cav. The hardships of the service he endured for two years, until his health broke down and he was honorably discharged in 1863. He participated in many important battles, including Drainesville, Strasberg, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain and the second Bull Run, and during the entire period of his service was never absent from duty. He returned to the home farm, married and in 1867, with wife and three children, went to Iowa and settled on a farm in Lucas County, where he lived for eighteen years, and then moved to Kansas, settling at Neosho Falls, in Woodson County. For three years he followed shipping stock from that point and later spent two years in the stock yards at Kansas City. In 1889, he came back to Washington County and shortly afterward built his comfortable residence on Washington street, Finleyville. He immediately interested himself in the public affairs of the place.
In politics, Mr. Gaston was a Republican. He was a member of Major Gaston Post No. 544, G. A. R., of Gastonville.

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah A. Frye

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She was engaged in the millinery and notion business.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 503.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1135.

3 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 963.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 935.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 502.

6 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 196.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 633.