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==Background==
==Background==
Aston was born in [[Fort Worth]], Texas, to Ernest Roy Aston (1900-1939) and the former Mural M. Tidwell (1905–1979). His father died when B. W. was only two years of age; so he was reared by his mother.<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=November 4, 2019; under pay wall}}</ref> He graduated from Technical High School in Fort Worth and enrolled briefly at Arlington Junior College in [[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]], Texas, now part of Tarrant County College. He served in the [[United States Air Force]] from 1955 to 1958. He entered [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]], from which he received the Bachelor of Science (1962) in education and the [[Master of Arts]] (1964) and [[Ph.D.]] (1972) in the field of history.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.reporternews.com/news/2010/mar/27/bw-aston/?partner=RSS|title=Dr. B.W. Aston|publisher=''Abilene Reporter News''|date=March 27, 2010; no longer on-line|accessdate=April 3, 2010}}</ref>
Aston was born in [[Fort Worth]], Texas, to Ernest Roy Aston (1900-1939) and the former Mural M. Tidwell (1905–1979). His father died when B. W. was only two years of age; so he was reared by his mother.<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=November 4, 2019; under pay wall}}</ref> He graduated from Technical High School in Fort Worth and enrolled briefly at Arlington Junior College in [[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]], Texas, now part of Tarrant County College. He served in the [[United States Air Force]] from 1955 to 1958. He entered [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]], from which he received the Bachelor of Science (1962) in education and the [[Master of Arts]] (1964) and [[Ph.D.]] (1972) in the field of history.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.reporternews.com/news/2010/mar/27/bw-aston/?partner=RSS|title=Dr. B.W. Aston|publisher=''Abilene Reporter News''|date=March 27, 2010|accessdate=April 3, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>