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Family Lines Of Somerset Page 198 [Concluded from Page 133] NOTE.--Since the publication of the previous instalment of these articles in the April number the following corrections have been received: 91c. Evelina Belmont Linn Gaston was m. Sept. 25, 1838 (not 1834), and d. June 23, 1849 (not 1838). 91g. Catherine Gaston m., June 2, 1864, Rev. George Zahniser. He subsequently m. his wife's niece, Mrs. Charles McGill (dau. of Dr. Albert Sergeant and Sarah Elizabeth Gaston, 91), as will appear under that family below]. CHILDREN OF WILLIAM KER GASTON (78) AND ALLETTA MARGARET TUNISON: 98. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 13, 1847; d. Jan. 23, 1858. 99. WALTER; m. (1), Nov. 4, 1873, Gertrude J. Phillips, who was b. Jan. 3, 1850, and d. Apr. 1, 1894; (2) Mary L.(???). He formerly lived in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., then at Plainfield, N. J., but now resides in Buffalo, N. Y. By his first wife there were two children: WILLIAM and EDWARD. 100. MARY, b. Sept. 10, 1851; d. Sept. 13, 1890; m.(???) Vreeland, and had one child; Gertrude. CHILDREN OF DANIEL C. GASTON (79) AND IDA A. VLIET: 101. MARGARET, b. Nov. 16, 1830; d. Jan. 28, 1816; m., Feb. 28, 1850, James English Hedges (son of William Woodhull Hedges and Jane English, of Chester, N. J.), who was b. 1824, and d. Jan. 7, 1892. Mr. Hedges was an active and successful merchant in New York, head of the firm of Hedges, Powers & Co., with business at 27 Murray and 31 Warren street, but with residence in Elizabeth, N. J. Child: J. Edward Hedges; deceased; m. Amanda Louise Bedell. Two ch.: Frank Louis, of 12 Floral ave., Elizabeth, and Caroline Bedell. 102. WILLIAM, of Elizabeth, N. J., b. Oct. 26, 1839; d. Sept. 18, 1907; m., May 15, 1865, Margaret Ann Keiley (dau. of Matthew Keiley and Rachel Parker, ne‚ Connelly), of New York City. (For ch., see infra). Page 198 Page 199 103. JOHN D., of Somerville; living; m., May 31, 1881, Margaretta G. Brokaw (dau. of John B. Brokaw and Magdalena Garretson). He served as a private in the Civil War in Company A, 30th N. J. Volunteers, from Sept. 17, 1862, to June 27, 1863. Children: (1) LENA MAY, b. Jan. 23, 1884; d. Feb. 12, 1884. (2) JAMES HEDGES, who was b. in Kansas, June 18, 1888. CHILDREN OF SAMUEL B. GASTON (80) AND JANE M. VANDERVEER: 104. SARAH; d. in infancy. 105. SARAH JANE, b. May 11, 1835; d. June 17, 1836. 106. WILLIAM B., of Trenton, photographer, b. Mar. 29, 1837; d. Mar. 23, 1902; m. Sarah Anderson, who d. in 1910. He was a member of Co. A., National Guard of Trenton, from Apr. 16, 1861, to July 16, 1861. Child: MORRIS, b. 1874; d. 1876. 107. CORNELIA JANE, b. Mar. 10, 1841; d. Dec. 4, 1891; m. Captain Owen Huntingdon Day of Trenton, also deceased. No ch. 108. EMMA LOUISE; living in Trenton. 109. SAMUEL BRANT, Jr., b. Feb. 14, 1846; d. Nov. 11, 1906; was twice married, but left no descendants. He served in the Civil War as private in Co. D., 9th Reg't, N. J. Volunteers, from Feb. 9, 1864, to Jan. 15, 1865, and was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, being discharged Mar. 1, 1865. 110. JOHN; living in Trenton; unm. 111. SARAH, b. Feb. 2, 1851; d. Apr. 29, 1908. Graduate of State Normal School, Trenton, and long a teacher in public schools of that city. 112. CHARLOTTE; m. John Chapman, who d. about 1906. No ch. 113. OLIVER; living in Trenton; m. and has ch.: (1) FRED, traveling salesman in the West; is married; (2) PERCY, artist, of Los Angeles; m. and has one ch.; (3) ALBERT, machinist, of Sacramento, Cal.; m. but no ch.; (4) OLIVER; (5) FLORENCE; (6) HELEN. 114. LIZZIE, b. June 3, 1858; d. Aug. 2, 1867. CHILDREN OF JOHN GASTON (84) AND REBECCA A. WORTMAN: 115. JOSEPH; d. in infancy. 116. JAMES (twin with Joseph); m., Jan. 1, 1873, Emma Jane Potter (dau. of Samuel Potter and Jane B. Rue). Mr. Gaston long kept a stationery and book store in Somerville, and still resides there. He served in the Civil War in Company A of the 30th N. J. Volunteers, from Sept. 17, 1862, to June 27, 1863. He was for about thirty years librarian of the Second Ref. church Sunday school, Somerville, N. J. No ch. 117. JOHN WORTMAN, of Somerville, married Anna Reger (dau. of Augustine Reger and Margaret Vosseller). He resided on the homestead Page 199 Page 200 farm until 1891, when he removed to Somerville; has been an active elder in the Second Ref. ch. Child: MABEL, supervisor of drawing in the Montclair public schools. 118. NAOMI, b. Dec. 16, 1846; d. June 27, 1903; m., Nov. 21, 1866, Peter Dumont (son of Isaac V. C. Dumont and Maria V. D. Nevius, the widow of Cornelius Nevius). He is an agriculturist of White House, N. J. Children: (1) John Gaston, farmer, of White House; m., Sept. 1, 1897, Margaret Vail, and has two ch.: Leroy; Mabel Naomi. (2) Cora, of Dunellen, who m., Mar. 14, 1887, Alvah Haver, and has ch.: Clara Matilda (wife of William Smalley, having dau. Helen); Florence; Earle; Ruth; Charles; Russell; Elsie. (3) Oliver Pillsbury, of Dunellen, who m., Dec. 3, 1902, Carrie Wyhnskey, and has ch.: Naomi Alberta; Harold, deceased; Evelyn Frances. 119. WILLIAM KER, of Somerville; m., Dec. 3, 1873, Eliza Van Arsdale Nicholas (dau. of Tunis Vanderveer Van Arsdale and Sarah DeMott, widow of William Henry Nicholas), who was b. July 18, 1846, and d. May 4, 1916. Mrs. Gaston, by her first marriage, had one son, Rev. Vanderveer Van Arsdale Nicholas, formerly pastor of Kennett Square Presby. church, Pa., but recently of the First Presby. church at Midland, Mich. Mr. Gaston is in the employ of the C. R. R. of N. J., and has been an active deacon of the Second Ref. ch., Somerville. (For ch., see infra). 120. OLIVER B., b. July 18, 1852; d. Sept. 1, 1853. He was drowned by falling in a spring. 121. HUGH, of North Branch; m., Nov. 24, 1880, Rachel A. Ten Eyck (dau. of John S. Ten Eyck and Margaret Hull). He owns at present the Gaston farm at North Branch. Child: ETHEL REBECCA, who m., Dec. 15, 1908, Fred Clinton Kellem, and has ch.: Darothy Charlotte and Alice Ray. CHILDREN OF OLIVER BERTON GASTON (85) AND SARAH A. WORTMAN: 122. JANE MARIA, of Jamesburg, N. J., b. Sept. 27, 1841; d. Nov. 3, 1903; m., Nov. 3, 1869, George Henry Smock (son of Henry Smock and Maria Boice), who was b. Aug. 19, 1842, and d. Sept. 19, 1910. Children: (1) Freddie G., b. 1872; d. 1880. (2) Cassie Van Nest; m., Aug. 18, 1904, Robert Ayres Graff, farmer at Jamesburg, N. J., and has ch. Janet Gaston, b. Oct. 9, 1905. (3) George Willets; m., Apr. 5, 1907, Belle Brown; also farmer at Jamesburg, and has ch., Homer Brown. (4) Edna C. 123. CATHERINE VAN NEST, b. Feb. 4, 1844; d. at Locust Valley, N. Y., June 1, 1905; m., June 12, 1866, Rev. John Henry Smock (son of Henry Smock and Maria Boice), who was b. at Freehold, N. J., Jan. 20, Page 200 Page 201 1836, and d. at Locust Valley, Jan. 8, 1903. Mr. Smock graduated from Rutgers College in 1863, and from the New Brunswick Seminary in 1866. In college he was a classmate of former Vice-President Hobart. His charges were Oyster Bay, L. I., 1866-'71; Readington, N. J., 1871-'83; Oyster Bay and Locust Valley, 1883-'96; Stated Supply, Locust Valley, 1896-'98; without charge until death. Children: (1) Augustus Hobart, who m., Nov. 29, 1892 (a), Anna Grace Cock, and had ch., Helen Maria (b. and d. 1893); and (b) Nancy Burgess. Mr. Smock is said to be the highest paid tenor of any church singer in this country; was for a time in All Saints church, New York, and is now at Baltimore, Md. (2) Jennie Alma; d. in infancy. (3) Clarence McKay; m., 1900, Eula Whiting. (4) Ethel L.; m., Dec. 22, 1902, Henry C. Dudgen (son of Frank P. Dudgen and Phebe Wright). Have ch.: Dorothy Grace and Eula. 124. IDA ANN, b. 1846; d. Sept. 30, 1851. 125. JOSEPH, b. June, 1848; d. Sept. 10, 1851. 126. REBECCA W., b. 1851; d. Feb. 10, 1852. 127. JOSEPH (second), b. Mar. 8, 1853; d. July 14, 1853. 128. OLIVIA B., b. Apr. 8, 1854; living; m. (1) Oct. 5, 1882, William S. D. Chandler, of Elizabeth (son of Charles S. Chandler and Louisa Styles), who was b. July 18, 1853, and d. Dec. 21, 1891; and (2) Aug. 3, 1898, Rev. Abram Irving Martine (son of Jeremiah Martine and Charity N. Crum), who was b. at Clarkstown, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1848. Mr. Martine was graduated from Rutgers College in 1873, and from the New Brunswick Seminary in 1876. He was pastor of Reformed churches at Stanton, N. J., 1876-'82; Manhasset, L. I., 1882-'91; Dunellen, N. J. (Presby.), 1891-'99; Marlborough, N. J., 1899-1905; Little Falls, N. J., 1908-'11; New Prospect, N. Y. (P. O. address, Pine Bush), 1911 to the present. From 1905-'08 he was Superintendent of the Passaic General Hospital. There were two children by the first marriage, both dying in infancy. 129. SYLVIA BEAVERS; m., Aug. 3, 1876, George Sidney Willits, Jr. (son of George S. Willits and Elizabeth Githens), of Philadelphia, who graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., June, 1875. Ch.: (1) Charles C., who m., Oct., 1902, Ethel Dumont. (2) Albert, who d. aged seven. (3) Grace G., who m., Jan. 19, 1912, Henry W. Von Bremen, and has child Berend, b. Nov. 28, 1913. (4) Alfred S. (5) Jessie A., who m., Oct. 25, 1913, Edward B. Yansey. (6) Oliver G. 130. LIZZIE, of Elizabeth, N. J., m., Oct. 17, 1888, George Muny Williams (son of John R. Williams and Caroline McCormick), who is director of the P. Lorillard Tobacco Co., New York. Children: (1) Carolyn Gaston, who m., Apr. 22, 1910, Captain Charles Stuart Donavin, Page 201 Page 202 U. S. A., and has one child, Elizabeth Stuart. They reside in Texas. (2) Ralph Schuyler, unm. CHILDREN OF HUGH GASTON (87) AND JANE V. GARRETSON: 131. ROBERT, b. Aug. 21, 1845; d. June 11, 1852. 132. CATHERINE; m. (1), Jan., 1869, Andrew Quick, of North Branch, and (2), Apr. 4, 1894, Oscar Dunham, of Newark. Mr. Quick was a farmer who settled in Virden, Illinois, and died Nov., 1872. After his death his widow returned to N. J. Child by Andrew Quick: Jane, of Arlington, N. J., who m. Archibald Derby and has ch., Cathrine. 133. SARAH, who m., Nov. 2, 1869, William Voorhees, of Pluckemin (son of James Voorhees), who d. at Jacksonville, Ill., Mar. 28, 1913. Children: (1) Ella Ramsey, deceased. (2) Lena May; m. Otto Coultons, of Riggston, Ill. (3) Hugh, who m., Mar. 28, 1915, Harriet Pierson and resides at Woodson, Ill. 134, 135. MARY and MARTHA (twins), b. 1851; d. 1851. 136. MARGARET, of Somerville, who m., Dec. 25, 1872, Ira Voorhees (son of John S. Voorhees and Sarah Vosseller), who was b. 1851 and d. Apr. 6, 1913. Mr. Voorhees was a skilled wood-worker, who met his death through an injury while in charge of the mill of Smith, Schoonmaker & Co., in Somerville. He was long active in the Second Ref. church. No ch. 137. CORNELIA, of Somerville; m., Sept. 30, 1879, James Henry, of North Branch, now deceased. No ch. 138. JANE, m., Dec. 6, 1876, Isaac Newton Dumont (son of Cornelius Nevius Dumont and Rachel Brokaw). Resides at Trenton, N. J. Child: Helen Gaston Dumont, who m., Oct. 20, 1914, Clifford Dean Phoenix, of Somerville, paying teller in the First National Bank of Somerville. 139. MARIETTA, of Somerville; m., Dec. 25, 1878, Peter B. Dumont (brother to her sister's, Jane's, husband). Children: (1) Emma Jane, who m. William Parry, merchant of Somerville. (2) Hugh Gaston. (3) Cornelia, deceased. (4) Irene, deceased. (5) Lillian. (6) Mary, who m., Jan. 22, 1913, Clarence Wyckoff. (7) Harold. (8) Arthur. 140. JOHN GARRETSON, of Somerville, who m., Mar. 17, 1886, Ella Bergen Smith (dau. of Cornelius V. D. Smith and Judith Tunison Ten Eyck). He is the well-known head of the firm of Gaston, Black & Co., merchants of Somerville. He was Post Master of Somerville 1906-1914, and is Vice President of the First National Bank of Somerville. Child: GEORGE A., who m., Nov. 22, 1911, Mary E. Brown, is connected with his father's dry goods firm, and has one ch., JOHN GARRETSON, JR., b. Nov. 23, 1915. Page 202 Page 203 141. HUGH, b. June 11, 1865; d. Aug. 16, 1866. 142. ISAAC, b. Oct. 20, 1867; d. Sept. 9, 1868. 143. WILLIAM GARRETSON, of 254 West 76th St., New York City; m., Oct. 12, 1897, Elizabeth Sutphen Craig (dau. of David Kline Craig and Mary Elizabeth Amerman). He started in the Fifth Avenue Bank of New York in the lowest capacity, over 20 years ago, and is now cashier of that institution. Children: (1) KATHARINE CRAIG, b. and d. 1903. (2) MARY ELIZABETH. CHILDREN OF ISAAC GASTON (88) AND CATHERINE C. SUTPHEN: 144. ARTHUR SUTPHEN, who m., Dec. 20, 1871, Ella R. Ramsey (dau. of Joseph Ramsey and Euphemia Cramer). He was postmaster at North Branch Station in 1885, and was, until recently, in the employ of the N. J. Central R. R. 145. ANNA S.; living in Newark, N. J. 146. IDA; living in Newark. 147. JOHN WALTER; deceased. 148. MINNIE; living in Newark. CHILD OF ISAAC GASTON (88) AND CATHERINE E. SUTPHEN: 149. EDDIE, deceased; d. from railroad accident. CHILD OF JOSEPH A. GASTON (89) AND MARY COLLINGS: 150. CAROLINE CUTHBERT, b. 1837; d. 1910; m. John R. Phillips, of Philadelphia. Before her marriage she taught in the Butler school, at Somerville. CHILDREN OF DR. ALBERT SERGEANT AND SARAH E. GASTON (91): (1) Elizabeth Sergeant, b. in Somerville, N. J., May 25, 1835; living at Mercer, Pa.; lived for a number of years with Judge Brown's family in Somerville, after she was Widow McGill; m. (1) Charles McGill, by whom no ch.; (2), July 5, 1866, in Somerville, Rev. George Wright Zahniser, of Mercer, Pa., who was b. Mar. 19, 1823, and d. June 12, 1889. Mr. Zahniser's first wife was Catherine Gaston (91g), youngest dau. of John I. Gaston, whom he m. June 2, 1864, and who was an aunt to his second wife. Mr. Zahniser graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., 1846; subsequently entered Princeton Theological Seminary, and was licensed by the Presbytery of Erie, Pa., April 10, 1851. His pastorates were at Conneautville, Pa., 1851-'59; Huntington, Pa., 1859-'75. He then removed to Mercer, Pa., where he filled various supplies in the Presbytery of Erie until his death. Children: (a) George Brown Zahniser, civil and mining engineer of Newcastle, Pa., who m., 1902, Ruth Agnew, of Sewickley, Pa., and has ch., Elizabeth and George Brown, 2nd. (b) Katherine Gaston Zahniser, unm. (c) Albert Wright Zahniser, civil Page 203 Page 204 and mining engineer, now member of firm of Camp & Zahniser, of Philadelphia, who m., 1905, Hannah Oliver Barton, of Baltimore, and has ch., Hannah Mary, Albert Wright and George Wright. (2) William Gaston Sargeant, b. Nov. 25, 1837; d. Oct. 21, 1898; m., in Waterford, Pa., 1876, Jessie Benson who d. June 2, 1910. Children: (a) William Gaston Sargeant, who m., 1915, in London, Mary Jaffrey, of New York City. (b) Dorothy Sargeant, who lives in England. (This family spells the name "Sargeant," as above). CHILDREN OF HON. GEORGE H. BROWN AND JOANNA B. GASTON (91a); (1) Mary Houston Brown, b. Feb. 15, 1842; d. Jan. 23, 1912; unm. She was a teacher for many years in Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa.; also at Grove City and Newcastle, Pa., but died in Somerville. (2) William Rezeau Brown, b. Nov. 25, 1844; d. July 10, 1870. He was employed in the National State Bank at Newark, N. J., and died at Roselle. (3) John Gaston Brown, b. July 2, 1846; d. Sept. 23, 1893; m., Oct. 11, 1871, Jennie B. Bryant, who was b. Nov. 3, 1852, and d. Nov. 29, 1889. He was long connected with the Adams Express Co., N. Y. City; lived and died in Somerville. Children: (a) Rezeau Blanchard Brown, who is general manager of the Milwaukee Gas Works, in Wiscousin; m. Eliza Schmelzel, and has ch., Dorothy Hatton, Louise Elizabeth and Marjorie. (b) George Houston Brown, of Somerville (with the Mutual Life Ins. Co., of N. Y. City); m. Anna Ethel Dorland, and has ch., George Houston. (c) Elinor Garretson Brown, teacher in the Somerville High School. (4) Churchill Houston Brown, b. Apr. 16, 1849; d. July 1, 1881. He was a clerk in the National State Bank of Newark; lived and died in Somerville. (5) George Houston Brown, b. July 30, 1852; d. at Cincinnati, Ohio, Mar. 25, 1908; m., first, June 6, 1883, Gertrude C. Carmer, who was b. Jan. 9, 1859, and d. Sept. 14, 1896; second, Apr. 14, 1898, Laura Hasbrouck Le Fevre, now of Somerville. Mr. Brown was well-known for years in Somerville as an insurance agent of the firm of Carmer & Brown. About 1874 he became a partner in the firm of Fitzgibbon, Messer & Co., paper and strawboard dealers, in N. Y. City, and, later, went to Colorado and then to Iowa, where he became interested in a paving brick plant; subsequently was a public official in Sioux City. In 1894 he gave up the office and became associated with the Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., of N. Y. City; from 1895 to 1908 was Superintendent of the Cincinnati, O., district for that Company. The Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., in paying a tribute to him, declared that "his character, his personality, his rugged Page 204 Page 205 honesty and all his splendid qualities of mind and heart will be a precious and abiding memory." Children: (By G. C. C.), (a) Morris Houston Brown, now of State of Washington, who m., 1914, Gertrude Campbell, of California, and has ch., George Houston. (b) Joan Churchill Brown, now of Elizabeth, N. J., who m., 1914, Stockton Cranmer, (son of Rev. William Stockton Cranmer, D. D., of Somerville) and has ch., Winifred Stockton. (c) Henry Carmer Brown, now in the West, who m., 1913, Dora Brown, and has ch., Georgia and Marjorie. (By L. H. LeF.), (d.) Mary Loomis Brown. (6) Isaac Henry Brown, b. Dec. 18, 1854; d. Jan. 6, 1860. (7) William Stewart Brown, b. Aug. 13, 1857; m. Aug. 31, 1907, Anna Flora Hugo; living at Dayton, Ohio. (8) Ida Augusta Brown, b. Nov. 23, 1859; d. May 29, 1883; m., July 1, 1880, in Sioux City, Ia., Judge Samuel Smiley Mehard, Jr., formerly of Mercer, Pa., now a prominent lawyer of Pittsburgh, Pa. Child: Churchill Brown Mehard, who m. Mary Klein, of Anniston, Ala.; lives at Sewickley, Pa.; is a lawyer associated with his father in Pittsburgh, the firm being Mehard, Scully & Mehard, and has ch., Ida Brown. CHILDREN OF SAMUEL S. GASTON (91d) AND MARGARET E. WHITENACK: 151. JOANNA BROWN, physician, of Elizabeth, N. J.; living; m. George S. Leary. Children: (1) Lewis Gaston Leary. (2) Russel Woodward Leary. (3) George Daniel Leary; deceased. (4) Evelyn Leary. 152. SARAH ELIZA; d. Mar. 8, 1857. 153. IDA ALMIRA, of East Orange; living; m. Ferdinand Adams. Children: (1) Nellie Frances Adams. (2) Marjorie Catharine Adams. (3) Flora Adams. (4) Ferdinand Gaston Adams. 154. MAGGIE; d. Aug. 6, 1862. CHILDREN OF WILLIAM STEWART AND ALLETTA S. GASTON (91e): (1) Evelina Reynolds Stewart; living in Seattle, Wash.; m. Austin Gillette, of Mercer, Pa., later of Sioux City, Iowa, who is deceased, and has ch.: (a) William Stewart Gillette, b. 1865; d. 1888. (b) Charles Austin Gillette; living in Salt Lake City; m. Natilda Freitsche. (c) Aletta Maria Gillette. (2) Mary Stewart; living in Sioux City, Ia.; m. Daniel T. Gilman, of Mass., who is deceased. Children: (a) Sarah Marshall Gilman, who m. William Jordan, of Montana, now of St. Paul, Minn., and has ch., Mary Leighton, Katherine Gilman and Marjorie Stewart. (b) William Stewart Gilman, who m. Florence King, of Mass., and has ch.: Florence King, Daniel Trimble and Henry King. (3) Robert Annin Stewart; living in Omaha, Neb.; m. Alice Boyle, Page 205 Page 206 and has ch.: (a) Aletta Stewart, who m. Clinton Brome, of Omaha. (b) Elizabeth Hunter Stewart. (c) William Stewart, who m. Ruth Birchard. (4) Alletta Young Stewart; living in the Stewart homestead at Mercer, Pa. (5) George Brown Stewart, b. Feb., 1868; d. Jan., 1893. CHILDREN OF ISAAC GASTON (91f) AND MARY E. BURNET: 155. JOHN FREDERICK, b. Sept. 12, 1852; d. Oct., 1892; m., June 12, 1880, in Newark, N. J., Rose A. McNeill, who d. Jan., 1884. Child: ETHELWYN, b. Sept. 12, 1881; living in Newark. 156. WILLIAM HENRY, b. Nov. 16, 1855; living at 35 Oxford St., Montclair, N. J., m., Apr. 5, 1893, Suzanne Lauenstein, of Springfield, N. J. He is with the Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., of New York. Children: (1) MARY ELIZABETH. (2) WILLIAM ISAAC. 157. GEORGE HOUSTON, of Broadway and 79th St., New York City, b. Apr. 11, 1858; m., Sept., 1885, Martha Elizabeth Wilson. He is an active business man, and second Vice President of the Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., of N. Y. City. Children: (1) HELEN WILSON; d. Sept. 3, 1888. (2) GEORGE HOUSTON. (3) DOROTHY WILSON. 158. KATE ZAHNISER; living at 201 N. 6th St., Newark, N. J.; unm. CHILDREN OF HUGH M. GASTON (94) AND FRANCES MALLET-PREVOST: 159. MARY, who has been a well-known physician in Somerville; graduate of the Woman's Medical College, Philadelphia, 1888; unm. 160. EVELYN; m., June 15, 1882, Augustus Van Derveer, who was b. June 4, 1850, and d. Apr. 9, 1902. Children: (1) Hugh Gaston; (2) Elizabeth K., graduate of Vassar College and teacher in the Somerville High School. 161. FRANCES; living; unm. 162. LOUIS PREVOST, civil engineer, of Somerville; m., Sept. 5, 1895, Maude Safford. Children: KENNETH S., student in Harvard College; MARY; HUGH; BEATRICE. 163. HARRIET PREVOST, b. May 25, 1850; d. Dec. 2, 1856. 164. HUGH KIRKPATRICK, lawyer, of Somerville, b. Aug. 10, 1858; m., Oct., 1888, Sue D. Cammann. No ch. 165. ELIZABETH, b. Mar. 11, 1863; d. Aug. 30, 1878. CHILDREN OF REV. JOHN GASTON, D. D., (96) AND ANNA L. TERHUNE: 166. WILLIAM FREDERICK, b. at Pompton, N. J., Feb. 11, 1854; living at 170 Lexington Ave., Passaic, N. J.; m., Oct. 11, 1876, Mary Zabriskie (dau. of Christian A. Zabriskie, of Bergen co.) Mr. Gaston is a well-known lawyer of Passaic, having graduated from Rutgers College in 1874, and being admitted to the Bar in June, 1877. He was also a member of the Legislature (Assembly) in 1882 and 1883. Children: JOHN; FREDERICK W.; ALICE M. Page 206 Page 207 167. MATILDA B.; d. Sept. 7, 1890. 168. ANNA E.; living; unm. CHILDREN OF WILLIAM GASTON (102) AND MARGARET A. KEILEY: 169. FREDERICK KEILEY, of 734 N. Broad st., Elizabeth, N. J., b. Jan. 6, 1868; living; m., Apr. 19, 1892, Charlotte M. King. Mr. Gaston is a general insurance broker, with offices at 30 East 42nd St., New York City. Ch.: (1) Charlotte King, b. Nov. 28, 1895. (2) Frederick K., Jr., b. Oct. 6, 1897. (3) Elizabeth H., b. July 26, 1899. 170. IDA V., of Keene Valley, N. Y., b. June 2, 1871; m. (1), Jan. 10, 1893, Edgar J. Runyon, who d. Nov. 15, 1900; (2), Aug. 19, 1905, Arthur Dracas. Children: (By E. J. R.); Margaret G. Runyon, b. Nov. 23, 1893. (By A. D.): Mary Elizabeth Dracas, b. Feb. 4, 1907. 171. WILLIAM EDGAR, b. July 14, 1873; d. July 27, 1874. 172. MARY B., of Jersey City, N. J., b. Sept. 3, 1875; living; m., Apr. 22, 1909, James W. Pyle. 173. MARGARET H., of Hartsdale, N. Y., b. Dec. 27, 1879; living; m., Jan. 23, 1904, Kenneth Wilbur. Ch.: Margaret K., b. June 2, 1906. CHILDREN OF WILLIAM K. GASTON (119) AND ELIZA V. A. NICHOLAS: 174. WILLIAM IRA, of Plainfield, b. Jan. 2, 1875; d. Dec. 13, 1908; m., June 20, 1900, Bertha Adelle Philpott, who was b. June 1, 1879, and d. Mar. 20, 1909. Children: (1) CLARENCE WARNER. (2) ARTHUR HERBERT. 175. ANNA REBECCA, of Somerville, who has a position in the branch office of the Prudential Life Ins. Co. 176. JAMES HERBERT, of Somerville, in C. R. R. employ; m., Nov. 17, 1904, Louisa Rockafellow (dau. of Solomon Rockafellow and Jeanette Dalley). Children: (1) EDYTHE LOUISE. (2) RUTH TILTON. (3) WILLIAM ELLSWORTH. [End] _____ Navigate this Article |Part 1, pages 33-45| |Part 2, pages 125-133| |Part 3, pages 198-207| |