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Catherine Casto

Female 1758 - 1837  (78 years)


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  • Name Catherine Casto 
    Born 19 Dec 1758  Cumberland Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 13 Aug 1837  Madison County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I9996  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 24 May 2005 

    Father David CASTO,   b. 1721, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1770, Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia), USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Phebe GANDY,   b. CA 1736, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1770, Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia), USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 34 years) 
    Married 17 Aug 1752  Cape May Courthouse, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • David Casto traveled to Fairfield Township, Cumberland Co., South Jersey to accompany Phebe Gandy to a Baptist Church at Cape May Courthouse, NJ to be married. They were declared married on 17 August 1752 by Nathaniel Jenkins. They returned to Turkey Point and established a home at Downe Township north of Egg Island. A baptismal record for David and Phebe was found dated 1765 at the Dividing Creek Baptist Church, Downe Township, NJ. By this time, they had at least five children.

      They traveled north to Salem, New Jersey, then took the Great Wagon Road at York , PA. They crossed the Potomac River into Hampshire Co. It is believed they had another daughter while at Hampshire (Berkeley) County. They traveled on to establish a claim at the mouth of Buffalo Creek on the Monongahela River. They both died about 1770 in Berkley County, WV.

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      I believe this is what has been called the Billy Burris story. Pompey Leggit was the father of Thomas, about whom the story is written. Philippi is in what is now Braxton County, but it was 1738 before Augusta and Frederick counties were formed in what is now WV. Counties were formed as the population of an area grew large enough to need it's own government. Braxton was formed from parts of Kanawha, Lewis and Nicholas counties in 1836.

      In "A While Ago Times", Volume 2, Page 12
      At the end of a story titled "Thomas Leggit Story"

      . . . Dr Leggett's great-great-great grandfather, Pompey Leggit, a man named William Burris, and others, whom Dr. Leggett named, did indeed establish a permanent settlement near present Philippi, West Virginia, in 1704; that William Burris, son of William and Mary Morgan Burris, born in Delaware in 1670, died in 1759 near the site of this settlement; and that his son, Enoch, and two stepsons, last name Casto, continued to live in that area until they died.
    Family ID F149  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jonathan Harris,   b. Bef 1760, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1837, Madison County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 77 years) 
    Married 1783  Cumberland Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    • From bslbers891@earthlink.net 3/25/2001
      Okay guys... here is my CASTO connection.... not all of it but the more recent generations.

      Catherine CASTO b. Dec. 19, 1758 Turkey Point, Cumberland Co., NJ and d. Aug. 13, 1837 in OH. She m. Jonathan HARRIS, Jr. who was b. Sept. 22, 1763 in Cumberland Co., NJ and d. March 23, 1837. They were m. 1784 Cumberland Co., NJ. Both are buried in Garton Cemetery - Madison Co., OH. They had 8 children: David, Rachel, Martha, Nancy, Amos, Rebecca, Joel and William HARRIS.

      Their son, David HARRIS, b. April 6, 1784 Cumberland Co., NJ and d. 1829 Madison Co., OH m. Rebecca CASTO who was b. 1786 Cumberland Co., NJ and d. after 1870 Cass Co., MI. David and Rebecca m. 1804 in PA. They had 14 children: Charlotte, Jonathan, John, David, Joel, Alvah, **Ira Finch (this is my line), Amos, Cyrus, Gideon, Hannah, Mary, Eleanor, and Daniel HARRIS.

      Their son, Ira Finch HARRIS, b. Dec. 30, 1814 Madison Co., OH d. 1892 Bethany, Harrison Co., MO. He m. Nancy BRADFORD Aug. 23, 1839. She was b. 1821 OH and d. April 1887 Bethany, Harrison Co., MO. They had 11 children: Rebecca, Angeline, Mary, Flavious, Emmet, Hosea, Charles, Marcus, Clara, Mary A., and Logan L. HARRIS.

      Their daughter, Rebecca Belle HARRIS, b. May 27, 1840 Columbus, Franklin Co., OH and d. Oct. 31, 1929 Sturgeon, Boone Co., MO. She m. 3 times. Her 2nd husband was Ira Mathew FULLER b. 1835 OH and d. 1872 Johnson Co., MO? They were m. July 19, 1868 Harrison Co., MO and had 2 sons: Walter and William FULLER.

      Their son, Walter Augustus FULLER, b. June 20, 1869 Bethany, Harrison Co., MO d. April 28, 1957 Tarkio, Atchison Co., MO. He m. Susan Nellie WYPERD Dec. 31, 1891 Kingston, Caldwell Co., MO. She was b. Oct. 29, 1874 Caldwell Co., MO or Peoria, IL and d. Feb. 19, 1960 Fairfax, Atchison Co., MO. They had 13 children: Byron, Pearly, Charles, Kamora, Carl, Frank, Dorothy, William, Sylvia, Colleen, Denzel, Nellie and Albert FULLER.

      Their daughter, Nellie Fae FULLER, b. Nov. 16, 1916 Hamilton, Caldwell Co., MO. She m. Clarence Edward CLARK Aug. 20, 1935 Hamilton, Caldwell Co., MO. He was b. June 16, 1909 Kingston, Caldwell Co., MO and d. Nov. 15, 1985 Fairfax, Atchison Co., MO. They had 8 children: Franklin, Jimmie, Walter, Sandra, Gayle, Carolyn, Linda and Derrell.

      Their son, Walter Howard CLARK, b. Nov. 20, 1939 Breckenridge, Caldwell Co., MO and d. July 3, 1986 Westboro, Atchison Co., MO. He m. Hazel Faye RUNYON Oct. 7, 1961 Taylor Co., IA. They had 5 children.

      I am one of those children.
    Family ID F3292  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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