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Marriage Record
Date: 6/5/1860
Place: Ripley, Jackson, WV
Benj F Casto, 28, Jackson Co, Ripley, Jonathan & Magdalena, constable
Mary Craig, 21, Jackson, Ripley, CW & Matilda
1860 Jackson, VA,
B.F., 29, Constable, living at a hotel run by Edward McQuinn
1870 Mil Creek Dist, Jackson, WV # 164-164
Casto, Benj F, 40
Mary M, 29
Holly, 8
John, 6
Frederick, 5
Franklin, 2
1880 E.D. 43, Jackson, West Virginia
Benj. CASTO Self M M W 49 VA
Mary M. CASTO Wife F M W 39 VA
Holly CASTO Son M S W 17 VA
John CASTO Son M S W 14 WV
Fred CASTO Son M S W 13 WV
Frank CASTO Son M S W 12 WV
Georgie CASTO Dau F S W 8 WV
Mary CASTO Dau F S W 7 WV
Bessie CASTO Dau F S W 2 WV
1900 Ripley Dist, Jackson, WV # 28-28
Benjamin 12/1830, m 39y
Mary M, 11/1840, 11-9
Addie E, da, 11/1883
Harry L, son, 8/1885
1920 Ripley, Jackson, WV #103
Casto, Benjamine F 79 m1- 60y
Mary M 69?(smeared) m1- 60y 11-9 children
JCBR:
M L, (f), 5/7/1873, BF & MM, Jackson Co, farmer
Ella, 1877, Benj & Mary Casto, Parchment, farmer ??
Hardesty's History of Jackson County
Ravenswood District
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CASTO - a farmer of Ripley district, and one of its most substantial residents, was born in this district, December 23, 1830. His wedded life began in this county, Mary Matilda Craig becoming his wife at Ripley, June 9, 1860. In their home are eight children, and death has taken from them two. Holly was born December 23, 1862; John Charles, March 22, 1864; Fred S., 1866; Frank Hereford, 1868; Georgia, 1870; Mary Louisa, 1872; Bessie Lee, 1879; Adda, 1880. The deceased children are: Otmer, born in. March, 1861, died in May, 1863; Ella, died in infancy, in 1874. The birth of Mrs. Casto was in Ripley district, in 1840, and her parents were Christopher and Mary Matilda (Bonnett) Craig. Jonathan and Magdalene (Weatherholt) Casto, parents of Benjamin F., settled in Jackson county about 1816. The Bonnetts and Castos were among the earliest and most eminent families of the pioneer settlers of this county. Jonathan Casto was a soldier of the 1812 war, and his widow, still living in this county at the age of 88 years, is drawing a pension for his services in that war. Isaac J., brother of Benjamin F., was a Confederate soldier, war of 1861, and was wounded in the battle of Lewisburg in 1862, and honorably discharged. He was also a participant in the battle at Cross Lane, Virginia. Benjamin F. Casto has given his service to the district and county in which he lives in the following official capacities: Constable of Ripley district eight years, 1856-62; magistrate, 1862-4; member of the board of education, two years. His address is Fair Plain, Jackson county, West Virginia.
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