West Virginia Pioneers
Kenna George Casto
1891 - 1973 (82 years)-
Name Kenna George Casto Born 9 Jan 1891 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA 
[1] Gender Male Died 1 Feb 1973 [2] Buried Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Notes
The 1900 and 1910 census show his name as George K, so did he just drop the George and change it to Kenna??
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Kenna Casto
Age: 26
Race: White
Marital status: Married
Birth Date: 9 Jan 1891
Birth Place: Belgrove, West Virginia, USA
Street address: Statts Mills
Residence Place: Jackson, West Virginia, USA
Occupation: Farmer, Legislator
Relative: Wife
Exemption: Wife, Legislator
Tall, slender, blue eyes light brown hair, partial bald
5 June 1917
Social Security Death Index
Name: Kenna Costo
SSN: 233-16-3758
Last Residence: 25143 Nitro, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States of America
Born: 9 Jan 1891
Died: Feb 1973
State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (Before 1951 )
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Kenna K Casto
Gender: Male
Spouse: Freda G Wendell
Child: Clyde Eugene Casto
Kenna K Casto
BIRTH 1891
DEATH 1 Feb 1973 (aged 81–82)
Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Floral Hills Garden of Memories Cemetery
Sissonville, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
MEMORIAL ID 119481286
Person ID I21319 WVPioneers Last Modified 4 May 2020
Father John Liburn Casto, b. 2 Sep 1861, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 10 Dec 1947, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age 86 years) Mother Lavinia Jane Casto, b. 7 Jan 1873, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 2 Apr 1966 (Age 93 years) Married 13 Oct 1889 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [3] Notes
JCMR shows he was 24 & lived Staats Mill, she at Belgrove
1900 Washington Dist, Jackson, WV # 73
Casto, John L, 9/1861, m 10y
Lavina J, 6/1873, m10 y , 5-4
Georgie K, son, 1/1891
Nancy E, d, 8/1892
William O, son, 3/1895
Ocar E, son, 12/1899
1910 Jackson Co WV Washington Dist # 284
John L Casto 47 M1 20y
Luvina J 37 10-8
George K 18
Nancy E 17
William O 15
Oscar E 10
Ermy E 8
Loren D 6
Mary M 4
Freda E 1 6/12
1920 Washington Dist, Jackson, WV # 105-106
Casto, John L, 57
Luverna J, 47
Ernest 20
Elsie 18
Loren 16
Macel 14
Ethel 11
Hoyt 8
Opal 5
1930 Washington, Jackson, WV
Casto, J L 67 m 24
Lavina 57 m 16
Ethel 20
Hoyt 18
Opal 16
1940 ED 18-14 Belgrove, Washington, Jackson, WV p7B
#110 owns $800, farm all born WV - same house
Casto, John 77
Levina wife 67
Ernie son 40 s parents born WV. speaks English. farm laborer
Hoyt son 27 s
JCBR:
Erma Elsie, 8/9/1902, John L & Levinia Jane, Belgrove, f&mpob, Jackson Co, delayed
Louvina O, 2/16/1915
John L Casto Cemetery is on his farm. Casto Connections, Oct 2000, in note from Carolyn Casto, lists children and gives birth and death dates.
Family ID F6837 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Freda Gay Windle, b. Mar 1894, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 1978 (Age ~ 83 years) Married 23 Jun 1915 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [3, 4] Notes
1920 Charleston Wd 1, Kanawha, WV # 113-128 all born WVWVWV
Castoe, Kenna 28 teacher
Freda 25
Clye 2/12
1930 Charleston, Kanawha, WV # 682-735 all WVWVWV
Casto, Kenna K 39 m age 24 school teacher
Freda 36 m age 21
Clyde E 10
Kendell K 8
1940 Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
Kenna K Casto 49 Salesman WV 1935: lived same house
Freda G Casto 46 wife WV 1935: lived same house
Clyde E Casto 20 son WV 1935: lived same house
Kendall K Casto 18 son WV 1935: lived same house
Charles D Johnson 24 lodger WV 1935: lived same house
Their marker in Floral Hills Garden of Memories, Sissonville
Kenna K Casto 1891 - 1973
Freda G 1894 - 1978
It also shows their children were
Genevieve Casto Koscheck 1920 - 1981
& Virginia Lee Casto Chipps 1922 - 2019
Children 1. Clyde Eugene Casto, b. 13 Oct 1919, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA , d. 1 Sep 2005, Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, USA (Age 85 years)2. Kendell K Casto, b. Abt 1921, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA , d. 23 Apr 2003 (Age ~ 82 years)Family ID F7035 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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