West Virginia Pioneers

Alvin Eugene Casto

Male 1927 - 1994  (67 years)


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  • Name Alvin Eugene Casto 
    Nickname Boots 
    Born 17 Sep 1927  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 21 Sep 1994  Canton, Stark, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Alvin Eugene "Boots" Casto, 67, of Canton, Ohio, formerly of Jackson County, died Sept. 21, 1994, at Aultman Hospital, Canton, after an extended illness. He was born in Cottageville, a son of the late Archie Alonzo and Laura Leona Donohew Casto. He was owner and operator of Casto Trucking and a race horse owner and trainer. He was a member of the American Trotting Association and was a Protestant. Surviving are his wife, June Whiston Casto; one son, David Flowers of Leon; two brothers, James W. Casto of Evans and Harrison L. Casto of Proctor, Ark.; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services were Saturday, at Casto Funeral Home, Evans. The Rev. Gerald Sayre and the Rev. Raymond Skeen officiated. Burial was in the Pine Hill Cemetery, Ripley.
    Person ID I42472  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2015 

    Father Archie Alonzo Casto,   b. 24 Nov 1901, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1979, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Laura Leona Donohue,   b. 1904, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1990  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 30 Mar 1924  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 

    • Marriage Record
      Date: 3/30/1924 at Cottageville
      Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States
      Archie Alonzo Casto, 22, Jackson Co, Evans
      Laura Donohew, 22, Jackson Co, Evans

      1930 Union, Jackson, WV #62-64 all wVWVWV
      Casto, Archie A 28 md age 22
      Laura 27 md age 21
      James W son 4 9/12
      Eugene R son 2 7/12
      Postle, Matilda lodger 18 s

      1940 ED 18-12, Union Dist, Jackson, WV p19A Crooked Fork Rd
      3571 owns farm $500 all born WV 1935: Same House
      Casto, Archie 39
      Lora wife 36
      James son 14
      Eugene son 12
      Harrison Lee son 9

      Pine Hill Cemetery
      Casto, Laura Donohew 1904-1990 [d]
      Casto, Archie A. 1901 - 1979 [d]
    Family ID F11006  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Birth Records, Jackson Co, WV.

    2. [S7] Gravestone.

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