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Virgil Oscar Casto

Male 1876 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Virgil Oscar Casto 
    Born 22 May 1876  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Name: Vergil O. Casto
      Sex: male
      Death Date: 13 Sep 1950
      Death Place: Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia
      Age at Death: 74
      Cemetery: Mt Calvary
      Birth Date: 5/22/1876
      Birth Place: Jackson Co
      Marital Status: widowed
      Mother: Annie Starts
      Mother's Birth Place:
      Father: Asbury Casto
      Father's Birth Place:
      Informant: Mrs Emmit Reynolds

      Charleston Daily Mail
      Charleston, WV
      Thursday, September 14, 1950 Vergie O. Casto Vergie O. Casto, 74, of Ripley, retired farmer, died Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Emmett Reynolds of Ripley, after a short illness. Rev. George Thomas and Rev. Orland Reynolds will conduct the funeral Friday at 2 p.m. at the Parsons mortuary chapel, and burial will be in Mt. Calvary cemetery. Survivors include a son, Lexie Casto of Vienna; two daughters, Mrs. Marie Reynolds and Mrs. Robert McGraw, both of Ripley, three brothers, Levi Casto of Pt. Pleasant; George and Kelley Casto of Ripley; three sisters, Mrs. Luda Barr of Ripley, Mrs. Will See of Pt. Pleasant and Mrs. Lyda Sayre of Anderson, Ohio. Transcribed April 5, 2011
    Person ID I2419  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 11 Feb 2009 

    Father Francis Asberry Casto,   b. 1845, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1936  (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Anna Staats,   b. 1847,   d. 1930  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 31 Aug 1870  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 

    • 1880 Jackson, WV
      F Asberry, 35
      Annie, 33
      Levi, 9
      Dorcas F, 7
      James C, 5
      Virgil O, 3
      Liza A, 5/12 Dec 1879
      Wesley Deweese, 19, boarder

      1900 Ripley Dist, Jackson, WV # 180-182
      Francis A, 12/1847, m 29y
      Anna, 5/1847, 9-9
      Virgil A, 5/1877
      Eliza A, 12/1879
      Lucy M, 12/1881
      George B, 3/1885
      Kelly H, sn, 6/1887
      Verna E, 11/1889

      1920 Jackson,WV, pg 172, next door to Isaac Robey
      Francis A 74
      Anna 72
      Virgil O, 41, son wid
      Lexie C, 12 gs

      JCBR:
      Virgil A, 1877, FA & Anna, Mill Creek, farmer
      Eliza A, 1879, FA & Anna Casto, Jackson Co
      Eliza O, 2/1881, FA & Ellen Casto, Jackson Co, reported by FA Casto

      Buried Mt Calvary Cemetery, Jackson co, WV - Cememtery Book has dates wrong. Picture of stone show 1845-1936 and 1847-1930

      "Casto Cousins" has Lydia, b 1879, m Vaught Sayre in 1903, and Luda May, b 1881, m Ernest Maddos, in 1903. Does not have Eliza and Lucy.
    Family ID F340  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Flora Belle Ellison,   b. 27 Nov 1881, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1917  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 29 Sep 1901  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 

    • Marriage Record
      Date: 9/27/1901
      Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States
      Virgil O Casto, 22, Jackson, Jackson
      Flora Ellison, 20, Jackson, Jackson
      informants VO Casto & Col Ellison

      Although Virgil could be the son of Francis Marion Casto, I believe this info to be correct, because FA appears in later censuses, and FM disappears along with his son Virgil.

      1910 Ripley, Jackson, WV #233-236
      Casto, Vergil O 32 m1- 8y
      Flora B 27 m1- 8y 3-3 children
      Velma da 7
      Lexie son 4
      Marrie da 3/12

      1920 Jackson,WV
      Casto, Francis A 74
      Anna 72
      Virgil O, 41, son wid
      Lexie C, 12 gs

      1920 Ripley, Jackson, WV
      Ellison, J C 65 WV WV WV
      Clara S 63
      Phoebe H da 38
      Casto, Edna M gd 10

      1930 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 194-195
      Ellison, Clara S 73 wd
      Hattie da 49 s
      Casto, Edna M gd 20s
    Children 
     1. Velma Lee Casto,   b. 29 Sep 1902, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Lexie C Casto,   b. 1906, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1963  (Age 57 years)
     3. Edna Marie Casto,   b. 28 Oct 1909, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F7013  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Ocia V Casto,   b. 30 May 1886, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1936, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Married 23 Apr 1922  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 

    • 1930 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 33
      Casto, Virgil O 50 m age 24
      Ocia V 44 m age 35
      Betty Lou da 2.2

      1940 ED 18-8, Ripley, Jackson, WV p 3B Bottom between Rt 5 and Cottageville Rd
      #51 rents $0 not farm
      Casto, Virgil O 63 wd WV Clay Lick, Jackson, WV

      JCBR
      CASTO, ------- 7/28/1923, Virgie O. & Ocia Casto, Ripley, Farmer (m)
    Children 
     1. Betty Lou Casto
    Family ID F16136  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.