West Virginia Pioneers
Family: Okey Harrison Casto / Elva Marie Battrell (F14692)
m. Abt 1911-
Father | Male
Okey Harrison Casto
Born 2 Oct 1887 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA 
Died Nov 1973 Buried Married Abt 1911 Father Jonathan Granville Casto | F856 Group Sheet Mother Ernestine Barnett | F856 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Elva Marie Battrell
Born 1 Sep 1887 Mason County, West Virginia, USA Died Yes, date unknown Buried Father John Alvin Battrell | F16134 Group Sheet Mother Rosa Ardella Morgan | F16134 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Female
Mildred Hazen Casto
Born 19 Nov 1911 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Died Aug 1986 Buried
Child 2 | Female
Edna Marie Casto
Born 30 Nov 1912 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Died 21 Sep 1999 Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
Child 3 | Male
Milford Morgan Casto
Born 26 Jun 1915 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Died 3 Mar 1997 Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Spouse Ella Marie Kessel | F16579 Married
Child 5 | Male
Jonathan Allendale Casto
Born 3 Sep 1919 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Died 20 Jul 2006 Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Buried Cunningham Gardens, St Albans, WV Spouse Violet H Vaughn | F22701 Married
Child 6 | Male
Arthur Blair Casto
Born 12 May 1922 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Died 2 Jan 2010 Anderson, South Carolina, USA Buried Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Spouse Eupha Gertrude Tolley | F19645 Married
Child 7 | Male
Bernard Lee Casto
Born 27 Aug 1924 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Died 8 Oct 2007 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Buried Cunningham Gardens, St Albans, WV Spouse Dorothy Virginia Skidmore | F22259 Married CA 1943
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Notes
1920 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 138
Casto, O H 33
Elva 33
Mildred da 8
Marie da 7
Milford son 5
Ardella da 3 9/12
Allendale son 4/12
1930 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 28
Casto, Okey H 42 m age 23
Elva 42 m age 23
Mildred H da 18
Marie da 17
Milford M son 14
Ardella da 11
I Dale son 10
Arthur son 7
Bernard son 5
1940 ED 18-11, Ripley Dist, Jackson, WV p10A
#226 owns farm $900 all born WV 1935: same Jackson WV
Casto, Okey H 53
Elva O wife 53
Marie da 27 s
Aurther son 18
Bernard son 15
Jackson Herald
The four sons of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Casto, of Rockcastle, are in uniform. Cpl. Milford Casto, an aviator radar operator with the Marines, is the husband of the former Marie Kessel, who with a small daughter, is with her parents near Ripley, He is stationed in North Carolina. S/Sgt. Dale C Casto has been in the service more than three years and is in England. Cpl. Arthur Casto is with the Army Air Corps in Texas, and Cpl. Bernard Casto, also with the Army Air Corps, is in Florida. All are graduates of the Ripley High School, except Bernard who was graduated from Stonewall Jackson High School in Charleston.
(Friday, Sept. 15, 1944)