West Virginia Pioneers

Family: Abel B Casto / Flora Bell Sharp (F6856)

m. 1 Nov 1896


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  • Father | Male
    Abel B Casto

    Born  17 Aug 1862   
    Died  20 May 1938  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Fairplain, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  1 Nov 1896  [1]  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  George W Casto | F596 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Minerva Sayre | F596 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Flora Bell Sharp

    Born  6 Feb 1877  West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  22 Jul 1974   
    Buried    Fairplain, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Granville Sharp | F6857 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Margaret A Young | F6857 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Male
    James Boyd Casto

    Born  14 Nov 1897  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Jun 1983   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Dorotha J Kessel | F24229 
    Married  20 Mar 1923  Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Lillian Jones | F24230 
    Married  22 Sep 1928  Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Male
    George Warren Casto

    Born  31 Aug 1900  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  27 Oct 1979   
    Buried    Fairplain, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Female
    Myrtle Casto

    Born  6 Feb 1903  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 Feb 1918   
    Buried    Fairplain, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Female
    Lucy M Casto

    Born  17 Mar 1906  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  26 Jul 2008  Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Fairplain, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Don Homer Harlow | F24218 
    Married  19 Dec 1931  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 5 | Male
    Abel B Casto, Jr

    Born  28 Jul 1909  West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  29 Jan 1918   
    Buried    Fairplain, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 6 | Male
    Reuben Perry Casto

    Born  23 Jul 1914  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  20 Jan 1918   
    Buried    Fairplain, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 7 | Female
    Lula Pearl Casto

    Born  9 Jan 1918  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Feb 2002   
    Buried    Fairplain, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Harold Ballard Pringle | F24222 
    Married  27 Mar 1937  Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 8 | Male
    Phillip R Casto

    Born  25 Jan 1920  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 Jun 1943   
    Buried    Fairplain, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 

    • 1900 Ripley Dist, Jackson, WV # 225-227
      George 6/1832, 67, wd, WV VA GY
      Abel B, sn, 10/1862, m 4y
      Flora B, dil, 2/1876, 1-1 WV OH OH
      James B, gd, 11/1897

      1910 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 50
      Casto, Abel B 47 m1- 13y WVWVWV
      Flora B 35 m1- 13y 5-5 children WV OH OH
      James B son 12
      George W son 9
      Myrtle da 7
      Lucy M da 4
      Abel B Jr son 8/12
      George W father 82 wd WVWVWV

      1920 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 40-39
      Casto, Abe 52
      Flora 42
      James B son 22
      George W son 19
      Lucy da 13
      Pearl da 1

      1930 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 153-155
      Casto, Ab. 64 m age 33
      Glora 53 m age 21
      Pearl da 12
      Philip son 10
      Orvalee gd 6 WVWVWV

      1940 ED 18-10 Ripley Dist, Jackson, WV p 9A
      #133 owns farm $700 all born WV - 1935 same Jackson WV
      Casto, Flora 63 wd
      Warren son 39 s
      Philip R son 20s

      Buried Fairplain Cemetery, Fairplain, Jackson Co, WV
      Casto
      Abe 8/17/1865 - 5/11/1938
      Flora B 2/6/1877 - 7/22/1974
      Flora's dob shows 1877, but 1900 census shows 1876
      Starting at the driveway;
      George Warren, Phillip, Abe & Flora, Myrtle, Abe & RP, then daughter-in-law Dorotha Kessel Casto
      Pearl & husband are nearby and Lucy and husband are also in Fairplain
      Don't know where James Boyd is buried

      Births
      unnamed female, 3/17/1906, Abraham & Cora (Sharp) Casto, Fairplain

  • Sources 
    1. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.