Samuel Gaskins

Abt 1843 - Abt 1879  (36 years)

• Name	Samuel Gaskins  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1842	Virginia   [3]
  Birth	Abt 1843	West Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Samuel R Gaskin  [3]
  Residence	1850	District 38, Mason, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Residence	1870	Ohio, Mercerville, Gallia, Ohio, USA   [1]
  	Occupation: Day Laborer
  Death	Abt 1879	Athens, Athens, OH, USA
  Person ID	I7980	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	James S Gaskins,   b. 15 Nov 1798, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 1883, Mason, Fairfax, Virginia, USA (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Nancy Anderson Evans,   b. 1803, Amherst, Virginia, USA d. 1883, Mason County, West Virginia, United States of America (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	2 Jul 1820	Gallia, Ohio, USA   [2, 4]
  Married	2 Jul 1820	Gallia County
  Family ID	F3966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Elener Waugh,   b. Abt 1842, West Virginia
  Marriage	4 Oct 1866	Gallia, Ohio, USA   [2]
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. James R Gaskins,   b. Abt 1868, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. George A Gaskins,   b. May, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1585	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel was in the Civil War which left him with emotional scars. He is listed in the Sheriffs records for Gallia Co., OH for being jailed twice for insanity, from Feb 8-14, 1876 and June 22- Feb 3, 1877. He was placed in the asylum in Athehio in 1877 where he died about 2 years later at the young age of 36. (CL-273)

  
  

• Sources

  [S501] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Ohio, Gallia, Ohio; Roll: M593_1203; Page: 464B. 1870 United States Federal Census [S363] Ancestry.com, Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;). [S60] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 38, Mason, Virginia; Roll: 959; Page: 420b. 1850 United States Federal Census [S25] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;). https://gw.geneanet.org/lanastl?n=evans&oc=&p=nancy