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Benjamin Castle 1785 – 1864 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1785

Birth Location: Castles Woods, Russell, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1864

Death Location: Toms Creek, Johnson, Kentucky, USA

Father: Jacob Castle

Mother: Mary Shane

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In 1785, Benjamin Castle entered the world in Castles Woods, Russell, Virginia, United States, born to Jacob Swan Castle and Mary Ann Martha Shane. Benjamin Castle passed away in 1864 in Toms Creek, Johnson, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1785, Benjamin Castle entered the world in Castles Woods, Russell, Virginia, United States, born to Jacob Swan Castle and Mary Ann Martha Shane.
  • Benjamin Castle passed away in 1864 in Toms Creek, Johnson, Kentucky, USA.

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Benjamin Castle's Ancestors

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Benjamin Castle
1785 – 1864
Birth Place: Castles Woods, Russell, Virginia, United States
Parents
Jacob Swan Castle
1749 – 1840
Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Mary (Ann Martha) Shane
1747 – 1840
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Grandparents
Jacob (the hunter 'White Tassel') Cassel\Castle
1717 – 1803
Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA
Sowega (Mary Elizabeth Gliding Swan Kispokotha Warrior) Clan
1720 – 1789
Middle, Ground, Indian Territory, Pellissippi, River, West Penn, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA
Dennis Shane
1709 – 1759
Kiltane, Freemount, Cork, Munster, Ireland
Emma Catherine
1725 –
Great-Grandparents
Peter Cassel
1666 – 1748
Catherine Hobart
1676 – 1748
William Sheehan
Ellen Keefe
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Rev Hobart
1645 – 1707

Benjamin Castle's Timeline

2 Records

1785
1785
Birth of Benjamin Castle in Castles Woods, Russell, Virginia, United States
Castles Woods, Russell, Virginia, United States
1864
1864
Age 79
Death of Benjamin Castle in Toms Creek, Johnson, Kentucky, USA
Toms Creek, Johnson, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1785
    Event Place: Castles Woods, Russell, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1864
    Event Place: Toms Creek, Johnson, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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