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Surnames: CAST
Classification: Death
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Message Board Post:
"Death of an Infant: Little Almerta, the five days' old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. CAST, died at their home in Browneville at 12:50 o'clock yesterday. The remains
will be taken to Clapp's factory this morning for interment in the family burying
grounds." - from the "Columbus, GA, Daily Enquirer-Sun" newspaper, Tuesday
morning, 14 JUN 1889, p. 3.
The name of Browneville was changed to Phenix City in 1889. At that time, it was in Lee
County, AL. In 1923, Phenix City merged with Girard, AL, under the name Phenix City, and
the county line was changed so that all of the town was in Russell County. This is across
the Chattahoochee River from Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA. Clapp's Factory was on the
river, three miles above Columbus, where the Oliver Dam is today. I am interested in any
further information on this CAST family and their kin. I have further material on the
Clapp's Factory mill, community, and cemetery, which I'll be glad to share.