Hello Casteel Cousins,
I've been receiving this "e" mailing for a long time now and found very few
connections. However, there had been one email, which I received that was a
true possible connection and I was thrilled. Alexander has been a block for
a long time. It was believed that he might be half Cherokee.
Unfortunately I had some computer problems that deleted all my saved emails
before I could attempt to research this information.
Now, I need some help finding the person who sent that email to me.
I am a descendent of Alexander and Susannah Sherrill Casteel's daughter (all
from McMinn, Tennessee), Elizabeth Jane Casteel Brown (wife of Hiram James
Brown, who moved with her family to Fulton County, Illinois). And I have a
photograph of Elizabeth Jane Casteel Brown if anyone is interested...please
feel free to contact me.
This is my tree:
Descendants of Alexander Casteel
0 Alexander Casteel Born: Abt. 1800 Died: May 16, 1862 in McMinn
County, Tennessee
- +Susannah Sherrill Born: Abt. 1802 North Carolina Married: Abt.
1823 Died: April 7, 1862 in McMinn County, Tennessee
1 Madison H. Casteel Born: Abt. 1824 Died: Bef. 1920
--- +Mary Ann Elbert Born: Abt. 1825 Married: January 1, 1850 in
McMinn County, Tennessee Died: Bef. 1920
1 Sarah A. Casteel Born: March 23, 1828 Died: Bef. 1920
--- +Lewis Erwin Born: Abt. 1825 Married: September 10, 1857 in McMinn
County, Tennessee Died: Bef. 1915
1 Elizabeth Jane Casteel Born: March 23, 1832 6th District, 23rd
Subdivision, McMinn, Tennessee Died: December 27, 1916 in Fulton County,
Illinois
--- +Hiram James Brown Born: December 1, 1831 Indiana Married: May 17,
1853 in McMinn County, Tennessee Died: August 6, 1881 in Fulton County,
Illinois
--- 2 [1] Joseph Hamilton Brown Born: September 23, 1857 McMinn,
Tennessee Died: November 26, 1924 in Fulton County, Illinois
------ +Sarah Elizabeth Peters Born: Abt. 1850 Married: January 19, 1882
in Fulton County, Illinois
--- *2nd Wife of [1] Joseph Hamilton Brown:
------ +Druzilla Barker Born: October 6, 1854 Fulton County, Illinois
Married: November 12, 1886 in Fulton County, Illinois Died: March 7, 1941
in Fulton County, Illinois
--- *3rd Wife of [1] Joseph Hamilton Brown:
------ +Rosa Estes Born: Abt. 1855 Married: November 29, 1886 in Havana,
Mason County, Illinois Died: Bef. 1890
--- 2 Susan Clora Brown Born: April 19, 1854 Tennessee Died: October
31, 1922 in Liverpool, Fulton County, Illinois
------ +Thomas Harper Born: January 9, 1849 Southern Illinois Married:
1873 in Fulton County, Illinois Died: January 8, 1917 in Deerfield Township
--- 2 Andrew Jackson Brown Born: January 16, 1861 Died: February
11, 1895 in Fulton County, Illinois (suicide - Canton Daily Ledger article)
--- 2 Paralee (Pearl) Brown Born: Abt. 1862 Died: Aft. October 1922
------ +Shelabarger Born: Abt. 1860 Married: Abt. 1880 Died: Bef.
1950
--- 2 [2] Cordelia Brown Born: Abt. 1864 Died: Aft. October 1922
------ +John Downing Born: Abt. 1860 Married: Abt. 1880 in Lewistown,
Fulton County, Illinois Died: Abt. 1950
--- *2nd Husband of [2] Cordelia Brown:
------ +William Clark Born: Abt. 1860 Married: Abt. 1882 Died: Bef.
1950
--- 2 Sarah Louisa Brown Born: March 31, 1868 Banner, Fulton County,
Illinois Died: August 2, 1957 in Canton, Fulton County, Illinois
------ +Henry Ball Born: July 5, 1862 Married: December 1, 1884 in
Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois Died: February 3, 1949
--- 2 Henry Jack Brown Born: June 3, 1870 Died: Aft. 1925
------ +Eunice Phelps Born: Abt. 1875 Married: March 16, 1910 in Fulton
County, Illinois Died: October 20, 1925
--- 2 John Icem Brown Born: October 5, 1871 Banner Township, Fulton County,
Illinois Died: November 23, 1954 in Canton, Fulton County, Illinois
------ +Maggie Belle Wages Born: January 13, 1876 Banner Township,
Fulton County, Illinois Married: March 10, 1893 in Fulton County, Illinois
Died: September 26, 1948 in Canton, Fulton County, Illinois
--- 2 Charles Brown Born: January 22, 1874 Fulton County, Illinois
Died: July 29, 1950 in Fulton County, Illinois
------ +Sarah Hughes Born: August 18, 1872 Fulton County, Illinois
Married: December 22, 1894 in Liverpool Township, Fulton County, Illinois
Died: May 24, 1949 in Fulton County, Illinois
--- 2 Arminda (Minnie) Brown Born: Abt. 1877 Died: Aft. October 1922
------ +James Shaw Born: Abt. 1870 Married: Abt. 1890 Died: Bef. 1960
--- 2 ? Brown Born: Abt. 1879 Died: 1879
1 Joseph Casteel Born: February 12, 1833 McMinn County, Tennessee
Died: Bef. 1920
--- +Ruth Ann Grisham Born: Abt. 1830 Married: June 13, 1867 in McMinn
County, Tennessee Died: Bef. 1920
1 Paralee Rebecky Casteel Born: 1835 Died: Bef. 1920
--- +Christopher Columbus Ricks Born: Abt. 1830 Married: February 14,
1867 in McMinn County, Tennessee Died: Bef. 1920
1 Amanda M. Casteel Born: 1836 McMinn County, Tennessee Died:
Bef. 1920
--- +James G. Ricks Born: Abt. 1835 Married: February 14, 1867 in McMinn
County, Tennessee Died: Bef. 1920
Maureen "Mo" McCarthy
Ellicott City, Maryland 21042