J. R.'s first wife, Mary Elizabeth Stratton Aston, died in 1859. She is buried in the Kentuckytown Cemetery.
Mrs. Kate Aston 24 May 1834 - 22 January 1889
Dallas Morning News February 4 1889
Newspaper published in: Dallas, TX
Page/Column: 5/2
Bells,
Tex., Feb. 3, -- Mrs. Kate Aston died Tuesday of cancer. The death of
this kind and loving woman has cast a gloom over the entire
neighborhood in which she lived. She was loving wife, a doting mother,
a devout Christian and a woman who was loved and respected by all who
knew her. She leaves a husband and several sons and daughters together
with the whole vicinity to mourn her loss.