Gaskill Family 

The present day representative of the Gaskill family in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Edward Orville
Gaskill, is a grandson of Elwood Gaskill, of Fayette county, an old settler and farmer.

(II) Robert, son of Elwood Gaskill, was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, killed on the railroad
in 1885. He was a miner all his adult life, and a Republican in politics. He married Charlotte
Victor, born in Fayette county, died in 1885, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Victor, he a farmer
and veteran of the civil war. He died aged over eighty years. His wife also lived to extreme old age.
They were the parents of fourteen children, five of whom are living. Children of Mr. and Mrs.
Gaskill: 1. John, a conductor on the Pennsylvania railroad, resides in Uniontown. 2. Walter, an
engineer on the Pennsylvania railroad, resides at Brownsville. 3. Marie, married D. Emmerson Coldren,
resides at Uniontown, Pennsylvania. 4. Edward O., of whom further. 5. Gertrude, married Hugh Alkins,
resides at Brownsville.

(III) Edward Orville, youngest son of Robert and Charlotte (Victor) Gaskill, was born at Mount
Pleasant, Pennsylvania, November 9, 1879. When a very young boy he went with an uncle to the state of
Kansas, and there he was educated in the public school, remaining until he was seventeen years of
age. He then returned to Pennsylvania and for two years was clerk for the Union Supply Company in
Uniontown. He then established a meat and grocery business at Nos. 4 and 6 North Gallatin street,
where he conducted a successful business for eleven years. He then retired from business for one
year, and in 1911 established a grocery business at No. 44 North Gallatin street, where he is now
located. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Central Christian Church. He is also a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married, March 23, 1901, Mary Margaret Sutton,
born at Fairchance, Pennsylvania, died at Uniontown, August 5, 1911, daughter of Albert and Eliza
Sutton, Children: Albert Leroy, Clyde Paul, Goldie Catherine, Edward Harold, Margaret Virginia. 


Source: Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, John W. Jordan, Lewis Historical
Publishing Co., 1912. 


1870 Census - Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Georges TWP

385 389
Gascal, George    21 M W Farm Lab      Penna
  Everella        23 F W Keeping House Penna
  S. A.            1 F W               Penna
Swaney, Elizabeth 90 F W               Penna

1880 Census - Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
East Huntingdon TWP, District 91

  246 336
  Gaskill, Robt  W M 31         Works at Coke Penn Penn Penn
  Charlotte      W F 29 Wife Keeping House    Penn Penn Penn
  John           W M  8 Son  At Home          Penn Penn Penn
  Walter         W M  5 Son  At Home          Penn Penn Penn
  Lizzie         W F  3 Dau                   Penn Penn Penn
  Edward         W M 7/12 Son                 Penn Penn Penn
  Victor, Joseph W M 21 Br-in-Law Works at Coke Penn Penn Penn