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Elizabeth <I>Worthington</I> Gaston

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Elizabeth Worthington Gaston

Birth
Death
26 Jan 1819 (aged 29)
North Carolina, USA
Burial
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Add to Map
Plot
North Hill, Lot 290, Pearson Family Mausoleum, Vault 11.
Memorial ID
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Remains removed from the Worthington Family Cemetery at Brentwood on June 29, 1864.

The Domestic Life of William Gaston, Catholic Jurist by J. Herman Schauinger
Reprinted from The Catholic Historical Review, January 1945
The wedding was to take place in the Worthington home , with only intimate friends present. Gaston left North Carolina late in August and on Tuesday evening, September 3, 1816, the two were married by Father John Grassi, president of Georgetown College.

When the second session of Congress convened Gaston brought the entire family back with him, and they lived during this time at his father-in -law's in Georgetown. … On September 27, 1817, their first child, whom they named Eliza was born in the Worthington home.

January 6, 1819, Catherine Jane was born in the Gaston home.. After the event anxiety was high as Eliza did not recover as she should… for despite the frantic efforts of their physician she quietly slipped into a lasting sleep. She was buried from Christ Church… . At forty-one her husband was widowed for the third time.
Remains removed from the Worthington Family Cemetery at Brentwood on June 29, 1864.

The Domestic Life of William Gaston, Catholic Jurist by J. Herman Schauinger
Reprinted from The Catholic Historical Review, January 1945
The wedding was to take place in the Worthington home , with only intimate friends present. Gaston left North Carolina late in August and on Tuesday evening, September 3, 1816, the two were married by Father John Grassi, president of Georgetown College.

When the second session of Congress convened Gaston brought the entire family back with him, and they lived during this time at his father-in -law's in Georgetown. … On September 27, 1817, their first child, whom they named Eliza was born in the Worthington home.

January 6, 1819, Catherine Jane was born in the Gaston home.. After the event anxiety was high as Eliza did not recover as she should… for despite the frantic efforts of their physician she quietly slipped into a lasting sleep. She was buried from Christ Church… . At forty-one her husband was widowed for the third time.


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  • Created by: SLGMSD
  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99143566/elizabeth-gaston: accessed ), memorial page for Elizabeth Worthington Gaston (11 Jan 1790–26 Jan 1819), Find a Grave Memorial ID 99143566, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA; Maintained by SLGMSD (contributor 46825959).