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Margaret Alice Slaughter

Female 1865 - 1942  (76 years)


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  • Name Margaret Alice Slaughter 
    Born 27 Apr 1865  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 5 Apr 1942  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Name: Margaret Alice Casto
      Sex:
      Death Date: 05 Apr 1942
      Death Place: Jackson, West Virginia
      Age at Death: 76y11m5d
      Cemetery: Blaine Memorial
      Birth Date: 4/27/1865
      Birth Place: Ripley, Jackson, WV
      Marital Status: married
      Spouse: B. D. Casto
      Mother: Labina Slaughter
      Mother's Birth Place: USA
      Father:
      Father's Birth Place:
      Informant: B D Casto, Cottageville

      Funeral services for Margaret Alice Slaughter Casto, of Cottageville, were held from the United Brethren Church there Monday afternoon with Rev Roy Davis in charge and burial was in the Blaine Memorial cemetery. Mrs. Casto died at her home Sunday after several weeks' illness caused by a heart ailment. She was a native of Ripley and was 76 years old at the time of her death. The husband, B D Casto, survives. The Vail mortuary had charge of funeral arrangements.
      Margaret Alice Slaughter was born near Ripley, WV, April 26, 1965. Departed this life April 5, 1942, aged 76 years, 11 months and 9 days. In the early part of her life, she made her home with her grandparents, who were commonly known as "Uncle Jimmie and Aunt Rachel" Slaughter. These old people spent their years on Cow Run, Jackson County, near where the Silver Valley schoolhuse now stands. By Alice, these kind people were always referred to as "Daddy and Mother", and always with such an affectionate devotion as could have been born only in the heart of a child as she was, and then manifested appreciation all down thru life as the years went by.
      On March 13, 1898, Alice, as she was familiarly known, was united in marriage to B D Casto, of Jackson County. During the forty-four years of their married lives they have lived in Union District, Jackson County. The last twenty years of that period were spent in their present home, in Cottageville. Mrs Casto was converted in early life and was a member of the Otterbien UB Church.
      (Jackson Herald, Friday 10 April 1942.)
      [Obit courtesy of www.wvaanne.com]
    Person ID I16189  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 11 Dec 2007 

    Father James C Slaughter,   b. Abt 1814, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Rachel [Slaughter],   b. Abt 1816, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Notes 

    • 1860 Jackson, VA # 92-87
      James 46
      Rachel 44
      Labana 19
      Margaret 17
      John 14
      Mary 5

      1870 Mill Creek, Jackson, WV # 10
      James C 57
      Rachel 54
      Labana 29 (f)
      Margaret M 27
      Mary 15
      Margaret A 5

      1880 Census Place: E.D. 43, Jackson, West Virginia Page 459B
      Jas. C. SLAUGHTER Self M M W 66 VA
      Rachel SLAUGHTER Wife F M W 64 VA
      John J. SLAUGHTER Son M S W 34 VA
      Mary SLAUGHTER Dau F S W 25 VA
    Family ID F5473  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Mother Labana Slaughter,   b. Abt 1841, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F14805  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mr Greer,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F14807  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Basil D Casto,   b. 28 Jun 1873, Cottagevelle, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1970  (Age 96 years) 
    Married 13 Mar 1898  [3
    Notes 

    • 1900 Union Dist, Jackson Co, WV # 163
      Basil L, 6/1873, m2y
      Margaret A, 4/1866, m 2y 0-0
      William C, bro, 4/1877

      1910 Union, Jackson, WV # 148-149
      Casto, Basil D 36 m1- 12y
      Margaret A 43 m1- 12y 0 child

      1920 Union Dist, Jackson Co, WV
      Basil D 46
      Alice M 54, wife

      1930 Union, Jackson, WV
      Casto, Basil D 55 m age 25
      Margaret A 64 m age 32

      1940 ED 18-12, Cottageville, Union Dist, Jackson, WV p6A Ripley Letart Rd
      #116 owns farm $1500 all born WV 1935: Same House
      Casto, Basil D 66
      Margaret wife 74
      Dorthy da 16
    Family ID F14806  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S479] Death records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.

    3. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.