Casto, Margaret Rose (Mrs. C. C.)

Passed: 1923-03-01

Age:

Source: Mountaineer

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1923-03-30

Information: Mrs. C. C. Casto, formerly of Ripley, died about noon, March 1st, at the St. Joseph Hospital at Parkersburg, where she had recently been operated upon for an ailment which proved to have been due to adhesions caused by having chronic appendicitis for several years.  Mrs. Casto was a daughter of William Rose.  She was born December 16, 1851, near Sissonville, where she lived until her marriage.  When she was about ten years of age, her father, William Rose, enlisted at West Union in the Confederate Army, in which he served throughout the Civil War, with the exception of time he was a prisoner of war, for instance at Mt. Lookout.  While he was in prison there, the deceased's mother died, leaving Margaret and the other children practically orphans until the return of their father at the close of the war.  At the age of eighteen Mrs. Casto, then Margaret L. Rose, was united in marriage to Charles C. Casto, son of Levi Casto.  Shortly after their marriage this couple settled on the old Casto home farm, near Ripley, where they lived the greater part of their lives and reared a family of eight children:  Dr. T. J. Casto of Charleston, Mrs. Theo Staats of Reedy, Claton, an attorney at law, now deceased, Mrs. W. E. Staats of Ripley, Mrs. Clay Chenoweth of Morgantown, Dr. O. J. Casto of Parkersburg, Mrs. Clarence Rathbone of Parkersburg and Mrs. Ernest Ball of Charleston.  In addition to these children, the deceased is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Emma Beaver of Indianapolis, Indiana, Mrs. Etta Carney of Charleston,and Mrs. Malissa Fisher of Sissonville; by her husband Mr. C. C. Casto of Parkersburg; by several grandchildren and by some great-grandchildren.  Funeral services were held at Parkersburg at the home of the deceased by Rev. West, formerly of Ripley, now of South Charleston, on Sunday March 4, and interment was made in the IOOF cemetery at Parkersburg.  The floral offering was one of the finest and largest ever seen.  (from the Betty Kessel McIntyre collection)