Barnett, Lucretia

Passed:

Age: 100

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1935-02-08

Information: Late Flash - Rockcastle, WV.  ""Aunt Lucretia"" Barnett, Jackson County's oldest citizen, who is now in her 100th year, is believed to be recovering satisfactorily from her illness of the past few days.  Members of the family reported her ""much better"" tonight.   (25 Jan. 1935)      [partial news obituary of Lucretia Barnett of Rockcastle, almost 100 years old.  Page 1 of the 8 Feb 1935 is not on microfilm]  ...............Asberry Barnett at whose home she died.  She became ill several days ago and for several days it was feared that she might not recover.  The latter part of last week, she began to grow noticably weaker, but until the end she was the same ""Aunt Lucretia"" she had been for years, alert of mind and surprisingly strong of body considering her years.  Mrs. Barnett was a native of Jackson County, and lived near Rockcastle most of her long and useful life.  She united with the Barnett Chapel United Brethren Church at its organization in 1856 by presiding Elder Moses Michaels and pastor, Rev. W. H. Miles, the class now being known as the Mount Olive Church on the Rockcastle United Brethren circuit.  Mrs. Barnett's grandfather, William Casto, came from Lewis County about 1810 and established a home on Mill Creek near the present Mt. Calvary Church above Ripley, and her parents, Benjamin and Sallie Shinn Casto, came at the same time and settled on Parchment Creek near where O. J. Parsons now resides.  Mrs. Barnett's brothers and sisters were Joseph Casto; Solomon Casto; Phoebe Casto, who married Alexis Parsons, Sr.; Michael Casto; Enoch Casto; Martha Casto, who later married Elisha Stewart; Mason Casto; Edmond Casto; ""Uncle Zan"" Casto, as he is familiarly known, [and] is the baby brother of Mrs. Barnett, resides at Evans and is the only one of this pioneer family living.  Their family easily has the greatest number of relatives in the county among the many pioneer families whose prosterity resided in the county.  Nearly 80 years ago she married Enos Barnett and they founded a home on Thirteen Mile Creek where they reared a large and industrious family of children.  Mr. Barnett has been dead for a great many years and several of their children are dead.  Among the children were the late Asbury Barnett, who died a few year ago; Perry Barnett, now residing at Leon; Oscar Barnett of Bidwell, Ohio; Albert Barnett of Red House;  Mrs. Elsworth Parsons of Ripley and Mrs. James Parsons of Leon.  The funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon with the Rev. C. C. Nichols of the Rockcastle United Brethren Church in charge and burial was in the Barnett Cemetery.   (from the collection of Betty Kessel McIntyre)