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My mother was a Castleberry, her father was James P. Castleberry. The only information I
have on his is he and my grandmother came from Jacksonville Alabama. She was a Taylor. At
some point they moved North, my mother was born in 1912 in Geraldine Ala. My aunt says
James had a brother but I don't know what his name was.
James P. fathered five boys two girls Oswell, John, Paul, Roy,
and Earnest who was blind, Mary and Stella.
Paul owned a store in Boaz named Bruce and Castleberry he lived and died in the Boaz area.
Roy and family moved to Chicago in the 1950's. John died in the 1950's. Earnest
left home in the 1930's and was never heard from again. Oswell lived in the Gadsden
area as far as I know, he died in the 1960's I think. Mary lived to the age of 87, she
died in 2000 in GA.
Stella is still alive.
Blindness seem to have ran in the family, James P. was blind in one eye, Earnest was
blind, Stella is blind in one eye, Roy's two daughters are blind. One of Stella's
daughters had a child that is blind. One of Roy's blind daughters had a child that is
blind in one eye. Is there any blindness in your Castleberry line?