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Luther Casto

Male 1884 - 1949  (65 years)


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  • Name Luther Casto 
    Born 14 Jun 1884  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 Jul 1949  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Name: Luther/Casto
      Sex: male
      Death Date: 08 Jul 1949
      Death Place: Staats Mill, Jackson, West Virginia
      Age at Death: 65y5m24d
      Cemetery: Grass Lick, Fairplain
      Birth Date: 1/14/1884
      Birth Place: Fairplain
      Marital Status: married
      Spouse: Sade Casto, age 60
      Mother: Rue Thomas
      Mother's Birth Place: Jackson Co
      Father: A.A. Casto
      Father's Birth Place: Jackson Co

      Casto, Luther
      Funeral services for Luther Casto, 64 year old farmer who died at his Staats Mills home last Friday of heart disease, were held from the Ephesus Church on Grasslick on Sunday afternoon with the Rev. James Anderson officiating and the burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Casto was born at Fairplain on June 14, 1884, a son of A. A. and Rue Thomas Casto. He lived in that section of the county all his life. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Sadie Casto; a brother, Ervin Casto of Grasslick, and three sisters, Mrs. Nellie Wolfe of Sissonville, Mrs. Minnie Shamblen of Charleston, and Mrs. Bertha Raines of Evans. (Jackson Herald, Friday, 15 July 1949)
    Person ID I8869  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2017 

    Father Addison Adam Casto,   b. 17 Jul 1854,   d. 26 May 1936, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Rua Virginia Thomas,   b. Nov 1857, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 8 Jan 1881  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 

    • 1900 Washington Dist, Jackson, WV # 351-363
      Addison, 7/1855, m19
      Sarah Virginia, 11/1857, m19. 9-8
      Hartford?, 1/1882
      Luther, 1/1884
      Bertha, 9/1885
      Ermina, 8/1886
      Nellie, 1/1890
      Ulysses E, 4/1892
      Lyda, 1/1896
      Lawrence, 2/1897

      1910 Washington Dist , Jackson Co WV 28 #282
      Addison A Casto 64 M1 29y
      Rauie, 62 9-7
      Hartford 28
      Luther 26
      Nella E 20
      Urban 17
      Eddie son 12

      1920 Washington Dist, Jackson, WV
      Addison A 64 wid
      Hartford, 37
      Luther 35
      Urban 27 wid
    Family ID F2925  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah M Merrical,   b. Mar 1887, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1959  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Married 12 Oct 1922  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 

    • Marriage Record
      Date: 12 Oct 1922 at Staats Mills
      Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States
      Luther Casto, 38, Jackson Co, WV; Plum Orchard, WV
      Mrs Sadie Rhodes, 34, Jackson Co, WV; Staats Mills, WV

      1930 Washington, Jackson, West Virginia #137
      Casto, Luther 46 md age 38 WV WV WV
      Sada wife 42 md age 21 WV OH WV
      Merrical, Lula niece 11 WV WV WV dau of Charles L & Maggie (Johnson)

      1940 ED 18-14 Staats Mill, Washington, Jackson, WV p16B
      #260 owns $600, farm
      Casto, Luther 56 WV 1935: lived same house
      Sada 52 WV 1935: lived same house
    Family ID F16177  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S479] Death records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.

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