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Author: jasonleestraw
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Name: Austin Fuller CASTLE
. Reference Number: 4521
. Sex: M
. Birth: 8 NOV 1835 in Licking Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio
. Death: 10 JAN 1899 in Anchor, McLean Co., Illinois
. Burial: Fairview Cem., Livingston Co., Illinois
. _UID: 9C113437B132714F98AFC8B62A2F67BAFA89
. Note:
I have a copy of Austin's & CATHERINE's marriage liscense. They were
married on 19 October 1865 in McLean Co., Illinois.
The 1870 census for Allin Twp., McLean Co., Illinois shows two Castle
Families:
AUSTIN F. CASTLE, age 34, farmer, value of real property - $3200,
value of personal property -$800, born Ohio
CATHERINE A., age 27, keeping house, born Ohio
MARTHA E., age 3, born Illinois
2 boarders, ages 14 & 9 are shown living with the family.
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Daniel Castle, age 40, farmer, , value of real property - $5000,
value of personal property -$1300, born NY
Emily, age 43, keeping house, born Ohio
Samuel? B., age 3, born Illinois
a 43 year old seamstress, Francis E. Wood, is shown living with them.
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The family of Austin's and Daniel's sister, Margaret:
Joseph Green, age 33, farmer, born in England
Margaret [sister of Castle brothers], age27, keeping house, born Ohio
Julia A., age 6, born Illinois
Calvin C., age 5, born Illinois
Liddia A., age 3, born Illinois
Margaret A., age 1, born Illinois
The 1880 census for Lawndale Twp., McLean Co., Illinois, (vol. 37, ed 182,
sheet 11, line1) shows the following:
Austin Castle, age 44, farmer, born Ohio, father & mother both born NY.
CATHERINE M., age 43, wife, keepinghouse, born Ohio, mother & father
both born Ohio.
MARTHA E., age 13, dau,. at home, attending school, born in Illinois.
Daniel E., age 8, son, at home, attending school, born in Illinois.
John L., age 7, son, at home, attending school, born in Illinois.
Ruben K., age 6, son, at home, attending school, born in Illinois.
I Have a copy of the birth certificate for Daniel Elkanah Castle. He was
born on 29 August 1871 in [Colfax] Allin Twp., McLean Co., Illinois. The
certificate was attested to by Daniel's brother, J.L. Castle, in 1943, in
Wheeling, Livingston Co., Missouri. Daniel married Ida Maretta Parvin of
Springfield, Missouri on 8 August 1894. He died on 11 July 1956 in
Emerson, Nebraska.
Obituary from the, Illinois newspaper, "The Weekly Pantagraph" of 13
January 1899: "Anchor - The remains of A. F. Castle, who died Monday
night at the age of 63 years, at his home northwest of town, were
interred in the Fairview Cemetery Wednesday.
An extract of Austin's obituary from "The Colfax Press" of 13 Jan 1899 :
"b. Licking C. O. [actually Licking Twp., Muskingum Co.] Nov. 8,1835 d. nw of
Anchor. 63 yrs. old. to Tazwell Co. 1852, to Stanford, 1872 to this
vicinity with his mother. marr. Oct. 19, 1860 to Catherine Amanda
Baird, 8 ch, 4 died in infancy, wife died June 1882; marr. Agnes
Catherine Trippe, died Dec 24, 1893; bur. Fairview.
The register of deaths lists Austin's occupation as farmer. Says he was
a widower. He died of Bright's disease with dropsy as a complication.
Buried in Fairview Cemetery,11 January 1899.
I have a copy of Austin's death certificate (State #7497). He died on 10
January 1899 in Anchor, McLean Co., Illinois, where he had resided for 42
years, at the age of 63y, 2m, 2d. He was buried in Fairview Cemetery.
According to the Livingston Co. Historical & Genealogical Society, the
Castle burials at Fairview Cemetery are apparently among many in the
cemetery for which there are no stones.
. Change Date: 1 DEC 2002
Father: Philo D CASTLE b: 1803 in New York
Mother: Lydia KING? b: 10 JUN 1807 in New York
Marriage 1 Catherine Amanda BAIRD b: ABT 1836 in Ohio
Married: 19 OCT 1865 in McLean Co., Illinois, U.S.A
Children
Martha Ellen CASTLE b: ABT 1867 in Anchor, McLean Co., Illinois
Marriage 2 Agnes C. (Sloan) TUPPER
Married: 1 JUN 1882
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