Background
Gaston, John Montgomery was born on September 12, 1868 in East Liverpool, Ohio, United States. Son of George and Rachel Gaston.
Gaston, John Montgomery was born on September 12, 1868 in East Liverpool, Ohio, United States. Son of George and Rachel Gaston.
Student Wooster University, Doctor of Divinity, 1918. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1892, Master of Arts, 1895. South.T.D., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1895.
Doctor of Laws, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1925.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1895. Pastor churches at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1895-1911. General secretary and treasurer Board of Missions for Freedmen of Presbyterian Church of United States of America since 1911.
Secretary Unit of Work for Colored People.
General secretary and treasurer Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina President board directors, Presbyterian Book Store, Pittsburgh.
Member Phi Delta Theta.
Married Harriet Cramp, December 31, 1895 (died November 5, 1922). Married second, Eva A. Montgomery, December 5, 1925. Children: Mistress Marion Gaston Ballard, John Montgomery.