Samuel was born at
South Carolina on 30 October 1824. He was the son of
John Gaston and
Anne Porter. He married
Sarah Rebecca Burgess in March 1851. Samuel Stanhope Gaston was census 1860 - free in 1860 at
Chester Co., South Carolina; 1860 South Carolina, Chester Co. lists the following family:
Samuel S. Gaston, age 56, born in South Carolina;
Ferilla Burgess, age 45, born in South Carolina. He began military service. He married
Mary Jane Goble on 4 August 1864. Samuel died on 16 May 1896 at age 71. His body was interred in May 1896 at
South Carolina at Pleasant Grove. Samuel does not have a stone marking his grave..