GASH
Migration pattern:
GER?>VA>NC>MO>CA
Research
into this family is currently on hold, but I am leaving this page up to serve
as a guide for other family members.
GENERATION 1
MARTIN ALLEY GASH
(Sr.) (parents unknown)
b: c 1730 Either Germany or England
d: after 1800
Buncombe Co., NC
occupation: farmer?
residence: Buncombe
Co., NC
m: Ann (Johnson)
DENNIS
b: Mar 6, 1732
d: 1812, Buncombe
Co., NC
children:
i. JOSEPH DENNIS GASH
b: Aug 19,
1767, VA
d: Before Apr
1805, Buncombe Co., NC
m: Demy WOODFIN 1793, NC
ii. John GASH
b: Oct 17, 1769, VA
d: Oct 21, 1857,
Buncombe Co., NC
m: Nancy GUDGER, Jan 1, 1795, 11 or 12 children
iii. Martin
Alley GASH (Jr)
b: Jun 26, 1773, VA
d: May 6, 1836 (1838), Marion Co., MO
m: Mary GUDGER c 1796, 12 children
notes:
Martin landed
in Philadelphia in Aug, 1749 on the ship CROWN.
Ann was
married 1st to a Mr Johnson in 1756 and had 1
son.
She married
Martin after Johnson died.
Martin Jr.
moved to Marion Co., MO in the Spring of 1818.
GENERATION 2
JOSEPH DENNIS GASH
(Martin Alley 1 GASH)
b: Aug 19, 1767, VA
d: Before Apr 1805, Buncombe Co., NC
m: Demy WOODFIN 1793, NC
b: unknown
d: unknown
children:
i. Rachel GASH
b: Feb 19, 1794,
Buncombe Co., NC
d: after 1850, Marion
Co., MO
m: Greenlee SAMS c 1814
ii. John B
(Boone?) GASH
b. Apr 19, 1795,
Buncombe Co., NC
d. Mar 27, 1847,
Marion Co., MO
m. #1 Jennie CULBERTSON 1814, Buncombe Co., NC
2
children
#2 Leah CULBERTSON 1827, Marion Co. MO
7 children
iii. WILLIAM M GASH
b. Mar 11, 1799,
Buncombe Co., NC
d. 1847, Collins MO
m. Stacey
Elizabeth LONGMIRE Dec
28, 1820
iv. Joseph Dennis
GASH Jr.
b. Apr 14, 1801,
Buncombe Co., NC
d. before Dec 9,
1837, Henry MO
m. Eula
CULBERTSON Nov 28, 1824
v. Ebenezer GASH
b. Feb 28, 1805,
Buncombe Co., NC
d. Feb 11, 1872, St.
Clair, MO
m: #1 Maria McREYNOLDS Oct 26, 1833 (d 1840) 3 ch
#2 Elmyra
--- c 1843, MO 1 ch
#3 Nancy M --- c 1850, MO
#4 Martha J ALLEN Nov 9, 1859, MO
notes:
Entire family
moved to Marion Co., MO in the fall of 1819, after parents died.
GENERATION 3
WILLIAM M GASH
(Joseph Dennis 2, Martin Alley 1 GASH)
b. Mar 11, 1799,
Buncombe Co., NC
d. 1847, Collins MO
m: Stacey
Elizabeth LONGMIRE Dec 28, 1820,
Palmyra MO
b: 1797
d: 1858, Collins MO
children:
i. Selina GASH
b: Jan 7, 1822,
Palmyra, MO
d: after 1900, TX
m: Washington WHITLOW Jul 25, 1839, Henry MO 6 children
ii. Alfred
Longmire GASH
b: Sep 28, 1823, Palmyra,
MO
d: Jun 27, 1887,
Collins, MO
m: Lucinda
PHILLIPS Jan 13, 1848, St. Clair MO 7 children
iii. Martha Leah
GASH
b: Sep 12, 1825, Palmyra,
MO
d: Apr 23, 1892, Cobb
MO
m: King ALLEN May 22, 1845, Collins, MO
iv. John GASH
b: 1826, Palmyra,
MO
d:
m: Mary Ellen
PRESTON Jan 13, 1848, MO
v. Mary E GASH
b: Nov 4, 1828, Palmyra,
MO
d: Apr 13, 1857, St.
Clair, MO
m: Charles Marion
ALLEN May 22, 1845, Collins, MO
vi. WILLIAM T GASH
b: Jul 31, 1831, Palmyra,
MO
d: Jun 30 1916,
Fresno, Fresno Co., CA
m: Margaret
Allison PRESTON Aug 19, 1850, MO
vii. James GASH
b: Jun 23, 1833, Marion Co., MO
d: Jun 5, 1857, MO
m:
viii Stacy
Elizabeth GASH
b: Nov 28, 1836, MO
d: MO
m: Moses L
PRESTON
GENERATION 4
WILLIAM T GASH
(William M 3,
Joseph Dennis 2, Martin Alley 1 GASH)
b: Jul 31, 1831, Palmyra,
MO
d: Jun 30 1916,
Fresno, Fresno Co., CA
occupation: Farmer,
Gold Miner
residence: Visalia, Fresno
military: Civil War Vet
m: Margaret
Allison PRESTON Aug 19, 1850, St. Clair Co., MO
b: Oct 12, 1831, Warren Co., TN
d: Feb 2, 1923,
Fresno, Fresno Co., CA
children:
i. Sarah E GASH
b: Oct 7, 1851, MO
d: 1869???
m: n/a
ii. Robert
William GASH
b: Dec 29, 1853 MO
d: young child
m: n/a
iii. Francis
Marion GASH
b: Dec 8, 1855 MO
d: Mar 21, 1933,
Fresno, Fresno Co., CA
m: Molly TAYLOR
iv. Martha "Mattie" Amanda GASH
b: Nov 24, 1864,
Lawrence KS
d: Nov 2, 1952, Santa
Ana, Orange Co., CA
m: Thomas Valentine PARSONS, May 21, 1882, Visalia, CA
v. Mary
Catherine GASH
b: Aug 9, 1867 MO
d: Feb 20, 1946,
Fresno CA
m: #1 Frank CAUGHELL, Feb 1, 1888
#2 Basil YOUNGBLOOD Apr 27, 1914
vi. Moses Alfred GASH
b: May 6, 1870, MO
d: 1891
m: Mary FAIN, 1890
GENERATION 5
MARTHA "Mattie" AMANDA GASH
(William T 4,
William M 3, Joseph Dennis 2, Martin Alley 1 GASH)
b: Nov 24, 1864,
Lawrence KS
d: Nov 2, 1952, Santa
Ana, Orange Co., CA
buried: Fairhaven
Cemetery, Santa Ana, Orange Co., CA
m: THOMAS
VALENTINE PARSONS, May 21, 1882, Visalia, Tulare Co., CA
b: Jan 6, 1854, TX
d: Jun 3, 1927, San
Diego, CA
buried: Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego CA
occupation:
rancher/farmer
residence: Visalia, Santa Ana
children:
i. William
Davis PARSONS
b: Sep 14, 1884, CA
d: Apr 10, 1962,
Norco, Riverside Co., CA
m: #1 Alvena LEACH
#2 Lena STARKEY Aug 4, 1906
ii. Guy Valentine
PARSONS
b: Jan 13, 1887,
Visalia Tulare Co., CA
d: Jul 16, 1946, San
Diego CA
m: #1 Roberta CLAWSON Sep 14, 1908
#2 Ella BARNETT
iii. Marion Earl
PARSONS
b: Mar 6, 1889,
Visalia, Tulare Co., CA
d: Nov 12, 1890,
Visalia, Tulare Co., CA
iv. Jesse
Lawrence PARSONS
b: Dec 20, 1891, Tipton, Tulare Co., CA
d: Jul 22, 1923,
Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles Co., CA ???
m: Cora CANUP Apr 20, 1910, 6 children
v. Elizabeth May PARSONS
b: Apr 23, 1894,
Tipton, Tulare Co., CA
d: Jan 24, 1983,
Santa Ana, Orange Co., CA
m: Alva Ray SPECK Mar 24, 1913, Santa Ana, Orange Co., CA
vi. Elsie Irene
PARSONS
b: Mar 1, 1897,
Visalia, Tulare Co., CA
d: Oct 19, 1989,
Santa Ana, Orange Co., CA
m: Elmer Ross
HARPER May 9, 1934
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