E. E. GASTON

GASTON, COOLEY, GUTHRIE

Posted By: Valorie McGaffey Richards (email)
Date: 9/18/2010 at 21:06:11

E.E. Gaston, Milton, Iowa, was born at Senecaville, Ohio, June 1, 1860. His parents were Alexander and Ruth Gaston. He remembers his first school as a two story, four room schoolhouse located in his home town and consisting of both grades and high school.

In the spring of 1880 Mr. Gaston left Ohio and came by train to visit his oldest brother, C.W. Gaston, at Bonaparte, Iowa. Later he went to Milton to visit another brother, Dr. S.M. Gaston. In Milton he met Ida M. Cooley, and on May 14, 1882, they were married. They lived in Milton where Mr. Gaston practiced the carpenter trade.

In 1895 Mr. Gaston was elected constable of Jackson township, an office which he held for two years. In 1922 he was elected Justice of the Peace, and re-elected in 1924 and 1926. In 1934 Mr. Gaston was again elected to this office.

Mr. and Mrs. Gaston have two daughters, Gladys Guthrie of Ft. Madison, and Ella Gaston of Milton, and one grandchild.

Mr. Gaston's grandfather, Samuel of Bentonsport, built the first ferry boat that ever crossed the Des Moines River. He is buried at the Vernon Cemetery.

Source: The Keosauqua Republican
Thursday, August 15, 1935
I am not related to the Gaston's