West Virginia Pioneers

Jonathan William Casto

Male 1873 - 1949  (76 years)


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  • Name Jonathan William Casto 
    Born 28 Mar 1873  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Oct 1949  [4
    Buried Belgrove, Jackson County, West Virginia, Unites States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon from the family cemetery in Belgrove for Jonathan W. Casto, 75, of Belgrove, who died Monday in the VA Hospital at Huntington. The Rev. James Anderson officiated. A former Jackson County mail carrier, he was the oldest living veteran of World War I in this county. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ellen Doolittle of Akron, Ohio; two brothers, Alonzo Casto and D. N. Casto, both of Belgrove, and two sisters, Mrs. Rosalie Dailey of Ohio and Mrs. Martha Ann Comer of Frozen Camp. (Jackson Herald, Friday, 28 October 1949)

      10D. Jonathan William Casto (b 28 Mar 1873, d 24 Oct 1949) m 1st on 3 Nov 1910 to Lena Reed (b 1886)
      10C1) Georgia Ellen Casto (b 24 Mar 1913) m a Doolitte
      Jonathan m 2nd on 6 Nov 1922 Alice C Crihfield Rhodes (b Sep 1873, d 30 May 1935); m 3rd on 3 Mar 1936 Emily C Murray (b 1880)
    Person ID I5781  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 20 May 2016 

    Father Jacob H Casto,   b. Oct 1835,   d. 1906  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Mother Ruth Ellen Siders,   b. Feb 1846, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1912  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Married 17 Mar 1864  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Notes 

    • Private, Jackson Co Home Guards, Civil War

      1870 Washington Dist, Jackson, WV #119-119
      Jacob H, 35
      Ruth E, 25
      Roseanna, 3
      David N, 8/12

      1880 #207-207 Census Place: Washington, Jackson, West Virginia
      Jacob H. CASTO Self M M W 40 WV
      Ruth E. CASTO Wife F M W 32 WV
      Rose A. CASTO Dau F S W 13 WV
      David N. CASTO Son M S W 11 WV
      Jonathan CASTO Son M S W 6 WV
      Henry A. CASTO Son M S W 3 WV
      Martha A. CASTO Dau F S W 11M WV
      Alice SIDERS Niece F S W 16 WV

      1900 JC Washington Dist # 17
      Jacob H, hd, 10/1833, m 36
      Ruth E, wi, 2/1846, m 36, 7-5
      Jothan W, s, 3/1875
      Alonza, s, 10/1876
      Rhodes, Alice, bdr, 8/1873, m10, 3-3
      Thomas, 8/1895

      1910 Washington, Jackson, WV
      Casto, Jonathan W? 35 single
      Jacob H father 76 m1 46y
      Rutha E, mother, 63 M1 46y 7-5 children
      Crichfield, Alice servant 35 D 3-3 children
      Rhodes, Thomas C, boarder, 14

      1920 Washington Dist, Jackson, WV # 119-120
      Ruth Ellen, 73, wd
      Jonathan, 46,son
      Crihfield, Ally, 48, servant

      JCBR:
      CE, 4/1882, JH & Ruth Casto, Jackson Co, farmer, (m)

      Alonzo Casto Cemetery
      Casto, Jacob H. PVT Jackson County Home Guards , WVA. State Troups Civil War , 1835-1906

      Casto, Ruthie (Siders) Born 1845 Died 10-11-191
    Family ID F1274  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lena M Reed,   b. 1886,   d. 17 Aug 1979  (Age 93 years) 
    Married 3 Nov 1910  [4
    Children 
     1. Georgia Ellen Casto,   b. 24 Mar 1913, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F2201  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Alice C 'Allie' Crihfield,   b. Sep 1873, Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1935, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Married 16 Nov 1922  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Notes 

    • 1930 Washington, Jackson, WV # 107-107
      Casto, Jonathan 56 m age 21
      Alice 57 m age 19
    Family ID F12170  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Emma Cordelia Tidd,   b. 17 Nov 1869, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1948, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 3 Mar 1936  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Notes 

    • Marriage Record
      Date: 3/3/1936 at Ripley
      Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States
      Jonathan William Casto, 62, Jackson, Belgrove
      Emily C Murray, 55, Jackson, Ravenswood

      1940 ED 18-3 Ravenswood, Ravenswood, Jackson, WV p 14B Virginia St
      # 331 own non-farm $1000
      Casto, Emma (ab) head 69 m Ohio 1935: same house
      Bush, Margaret niece 19 s WV 1935: same house
    Family ID F24629  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S6] Betty K McIntyre.

    3. [S3] Birth Records, Jackson Co, WV.

    4. [S75] Casto manuscript.

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