Elsie Myrtle (Casto) Stewart (1893 - 1957)

Born 15 Jun 1893 in Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Van Robert Stewart — married 28 May 1910 in Gallia County, Ohio, USA

Died 10 Nov 1957 at age 64 in Logan in Hocking Co., Ohio, USA

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Biography

Elsie was born in 1893.^[1] Elsie Casto ... She passed away in 1957.^[2]

Per her marriage license (ref. below) Elsie's fathers name was Wash (possibly short for Washington?) Casto.

FUNERAL NOTICE The Athens Messenger, Athens, Athens County, Ohio, Wednesday 13 Nov 1957

Mrs. Stewarts Rites Are Held Tuesday LOGAN-Funeral services Myrtle Stewart, 64, widow of the Rev. Van R. Stewart, were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Apostolic Gospel Tabernacle.

The Rev. Edwards officiated and music was furnished by Mrs. Kathleen Wells and Mrs. Leona Harden, accompanied by Miss Shirley Sudlow.

Pallbearers were Merl Huffines, Charles Hurst Jr., Larry Yates, David Baker, Harry Casto, and Lawrence Casto. Burial was made in Smith's Chapel Cemetery by the Heinlein funeral home.

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Sources

• 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900"
  citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 8; Digital film/folder number: 004123454; FHL microfilm: 1241760; Image number: 854; Sheet number: 9; Sheet letter: A; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N00812-9
  FamilySearch Record: M9CL-QTW (accessed 7 September 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HY-DTD3-6RB
  Myrtle E Casto (7), single daughter, in household of George W Casto (53) in Ripley district, Jackson, West Virginia, United States. Born in W Va.
• 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910"
  citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T624; Digital film/folder number: 004973205; FHL microfilm: 1375212; Image number: 125; Sheet number: 27; Sheet letter: A; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N03493-6
  FamilySearch Record: MLNQ-SR2 (accessed 7 September 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRVS-9TP
  Elsie M Casto (16), single daughter, in household of George W Casto (62) in Logan Ward 4, Hocking, Ohio, United States. Born in West Virginia.

• Gallia County, Ohio Probate Court Marriage Records, Vol. 11, Pg. 477, No. 3305.

• Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio 1930 US Census, Page 7-A (22), Household 59, Line 13.

• Listed as Wife on her husband Van's State of Ohio, Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death, No. 66609.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #135107018

Footnotes

1. ↑ "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMMB-Q3R : 18 March 2020), Elsie Myrtle Casto, 1893; citing Jackson, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 567,213.
2. ↑ Information entered by Dave McNally, Sunday February 21, 2016.

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