I had intended to post this on the 7th of February, as Charles Gibson Aston, one of my great-grandfathers, was born on that date 148 years ago. As an adult, he was a big man who was very strong according to my Dad – he thought that was probably the source of one of his nicknames, Crane. I have also seen him called Colonel in a newspaper article entitled Colonel Aston, Commissioner.
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| Taken 25 Dec 1930 |
On 09 July 1890, a marriage license was issued to “Charles G. Aston and Cancedela McGary” (note that the correct spelling of her first name was Cancedella). You can view their marriage license from the West Virginia Division of Culture and History archives. Interestingly, it was another 5+ months before they actually got married at Cameron, West Virginia, on 25 December 1890. Yes, they actually were married on Christmas Day!
Charles was working as a carpenter. Two years later when Dessie was born, he was a sawyer, and the 1910 U.S. census says that he was a sawyer using his own mill. He was also a farmer and a member of the Marshall County Farm Bureau, owning a sizeable farm at the intersection of Fork Ridge Road and Aston Ridge.
Per his death certificate, Charles died at home on 02 October 1948 at the age of 85. He and several other members of the Aston and McGary families are buried in the Oak Grove United Methodist Church cemetery on Fork Ridge.
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