page_title: William Gaston
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: William Gaston / Personal life
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context_page_description: William J. Gaston was a jurist and United States Representative from North Carolina. Gaston is the author of the official state song of North Carolina, "The Old North State". Gaston County, North Carolina is named after him, as are Lake Gaston, the city of Gastonia, North Carolina, and Gaston Hall within Healy Hall at Georgetown University.
context_section_description: Gaston was married three times. His first marriage was on September 4, 1803 to Susan Hay (d. 1804). He married for the second time on October 6, 1805 to Hannah McClure (d. 1813). Together, William and his second wife were the parents of one son and two daughters:
  Alexander Gaston (1807-1848), who married Eliza W. Jones and then Sarah Lauretta Murphy.
  Susan Jane Gaston (1808-1866), who married Robert Donaldson Jr.
  Hannah Margaret Gaston (1811-1835), who married Matthias E. Manly. 
  His third and final marriage was on September 3, 1816 to Eliza Ann Worthington (d. 1819). With his third wife, Gaston was the father of two additional daughters:
  Elizabeth Gaston (1817-1874), who married George W. Graham.
  Catherine Jane Gaston (1819-1885), who did not marry.
  He died in his office in Raleigh, North Carolina, on January 23, 1844.  He was interred in Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.  His home at New Bern, the Coor-Gaston House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Elmwood, his home at Raleigh, North Carolina, was listed in 1975.
caption: Elmwood (Raleigh, North Carolina)
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