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THE GASTON BROTHERS, merchants, Utica trace their paternal ancestry back to an old family which settled in Connecticut in colonial times. Their grandfather, Ebenezer Gaston, was a native of New York, where he lived and died, and their mother’s people were early residents of the same state, having resided for many years in Livingston county. Their father, E.W. Gaston, was born and reared in New York state, and for a number of years followed the occupation of carpenter and builder in New York and Pennsylvania, and later engaged quite extensively in the lumber business, which he carried on for some time with success and financial profit. He died in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, about the year 1880. His wife, Phylinda (Burden) Gaston, whom he married in New York state, died in Crawford county in 1878. E.W. and Phylinda Gaston were the parents of seven children, of whom the following are living: W.G.; Athelston; Arthur B.; Frank D., and Eunice, wife of H.S. Brown. The names of those deceased are: E.H. and Aseltha.
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