Those other Castleberry's in IL may be a branch from my family .... don't
know much about my great great great grandfather's first family except that
they may have moved to IL .... he deserted his second wife as far as we can
tell and may have gone further "west" to be with the children from his first
marriage.
Elijah Franklin Castleberry was born about 1819 in probably Caldwell Co.,
KY. In Dec 1840 he married first Emily Mae Yates (daughter of Stephen Yates
and Mary Polly Hall). They had the following children to my knowledge:
Mary G. Castleberry in 1842
James S. Castleberry in 1844
Edith A. Castleberry in 1846
Nancy L. Castleberry in 1848
Emily G. Castleberry in 1850
Sometime between 1850 and 1869, Emily Mae Yates Castleberry died. On 9 May
1869, Elijah married Jemima A. Darnall (widow of Joseph H. Lancaster and
mother of several children herself). Jemima was a relatively young widow of
33 and was several years Elijah's junior. Even before their only child was
born on 26 Jun 1870, Elijah had abandoned them. Jemima went back to using
her widow's name, but the child ... a daughter, was known as Emma Katherine
"Kate" Castleberry ... she was also known as Emily Katherine Castleberry.
I'd be very interested in learning anything about the first set of children.
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From: <barmbar(a)nts-online.net>
To: <CASTLEBERRY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 8:11 PM
Subject: [CASTLEBERRY] Re: Castleberrys in Denton
Carolyn, I am not familiar with any of those names you listed but If you
had some
definite years and some idea of where they came from, I will surely
help you all I can. There was another family of Castleberrys in Denton area
at that time and they were from Illinois. Julianna
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