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Surnames: CASTLEMAN
Classification: Query
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Message Board Post:
We are looking to locate relatives of my step father,
Ashley Barbee Castleman born August 01, 1898, In Tenn. we believe,(died nov. 7th, 1982 at
age 84). He was one of a very large family, but the only brothers and sisters names my
mother can remember are Arlis, (now deceased) Ocie, Winifred, and Viola. Arlis had a son
also named Arlis.
They were of fairly hardy stock, and up until his death, Ashley was still one really burly
strong individual right til the end.
We will not be researching his family line since he was a step father and produced no
children with any of his 3 wives. His first wife left him after one year (she was an
artist) next he married Rosemary (she had two children from prior marriage) and years
after her death, my mother.
We have family pictures of not only him, and second wife rosemary, but of some of his
family and are looking for other family members that might benefit from these pictures.
Some are identified as his brother or sisters, but others have no names to tell us who
they are of.
We will gladly turn the photos over to a direct relative only if you can show us a
connection from you to this castleman branch.
Also if you are from this castleman line, Viola was last known to have the family bible
with extensive genealogy records listed in it. For those trying to connect up the
Castleman line, this might prove invaluable (sorry we have no further knowledge of how to
contact her or her family as we have been out of contact with the family since
Ashley's death).