Looking for information on my Gaskin family line that is now, and has been in central and southwest LA for a century and a half. I have traced it as far as James P. Gaskin, born 1794 in South Carolina, died 1870 in Jones, Mississippi. I'm in search of info beyond James P., who was my g-g-g-grandfather. My dad was William Elonzo Gaskin Jr. (1932-1007), grandpa was W.E. senior (1900), and his dad was William John Wallace Gaskin (1870), all of whom were home-based in Anacoco, LA, in Vernon Parish. Father of William JW was George W (1839), and his dad was the above mentioned James P.
Notice all the Williams? My brother Bill, who lives in Sulphur, LA, as I do, makes it 4 Wm. Gaskins in a row. And to make family functions even more interesting, my sister Judy married a William. Ain't life grand?