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Castle Family
from
Boyd County Ky
Sarah Young born DEC.1, 1880 daughter of Oliver Perry and Ellen (Elender) Prince) Ellen Prince Young was a Cherokee Indian daughter of Cherokee parents married May22, 1902 Wheeler Castle @ Lawrence County, Ky., Wheeler, born in1877, was the son of Alonzo and Catherine Scarberry Castle of Johnson county, Ky. Wheeler Castle died ABT. June 15, 1915@ Lawrence County Ky., buried @ Young Cemetery, Irish Creek, Lawrence County, KY. Sarah Young Castle died March 1,1958 @Ashland, Boyd county, Ky. Buried Dixon Cemetery Boyd County, KY. &
AMERICA CASTLE WAS BORN OCTOBER 24,1904@LAWERENCE COUNTY,KY,SHE MARRIED WILLIE J. BURCHETT,D,O,M UNK.AMERICA DIED MARCH,01,1998 AT ASHLAND,BURIED DIXON CEMETERY ,BOYD COUNTY,WESTWOOD ,ASHLAND,KY. HER CHILDREN ARE;
James Milton Burchett, D.O.B. March 1, 1934 Boyd County, married @ Albany, Georgia D.O.M. UNK. Children: Betty Marie D.O.B. UNK, James D.O.B. UNK, Stephen D.O.B. UNK D.O.D. 2000 @ Boyd County, KY\line Sarah Ellis Burchett born March 9, 1936@ Boyd County, KY. Married Donald E. Jones Sr. @ Hamilton, Ohio, D.O.M. UNK. Children: Donald Jones Jr. D.O.B. June 7, 1956 @ Hamilton, Ohio, Virginia born June 7, 1958 @ Hamilton, Ohio, Roger Boern D.O.B. October 10, 1960 @ Hamilton, Ohio.
Nellie Ellen Castle born May 18, 1906 @ Lawerence, KY. Married Jessie Burchett D.O.M. UNK (D.O.B. UNK). They lived in Boyd County till 1948, moved to Pedro, Lawerence County, Ohio. Then to Phoenix, Arizona. Dates of Deaths unknown @ Phoenix, Arizona. Children: Ethel D.O.B. UNK, D.O.D. UNK @ Phoenix, Arizona. Jessie Jr. killed in World War 2 D.O.D. UNK. Pual Robert D.O.B. UNK D.O.D. UNK. @ Boyd County, Ky Dixon Cemetery. Verna Helen Bolton D.O.B. UNK D.O.D. UNK @ Paducah, KY. Billie Marie Burchett D.O.B. UNK @ Phoenix, Arizona. Following children are still living: D.O.B. UNK Ashley Ohio, Donna Lee Burchett D.O.B. UNK Phoenix, Arizona. Chloe Ruth Burchett Hedges D.O.B. UNK, Donna Lee Burchett D.O.B. UNK Phoenix, Arizona, Donald Ray Burchett D.O.B. UNK Phoenix, Arizona.
Richard Castle was born 1907 Died ABT 1915, buried @ Lawerence County, KY Young Cemetery.\line Alonzo Earnest (Lon) Castle born Dec. 01, 1912\line Lon Castle was a United States Postal Carrier in Ashland Boyd County Kentucky retired after 20 years of service. Lon was a descendant of Shawnee and Cherokee blood.
SHIRLEY CASTLE FERGUSON
Alonzo Lon Castle in the 1930's-1936, was a Western Union Telegram delivery boy. Lon delivered telegrams by riding bicycles up and down the streets of Ashland, Ky. Dad use to tell me "I knew everyone in Ashland and where they lived". Lon later delivered mail thourgh out Ashland as a United Postal employee 1937-1968. Lon was of Cherokee Indian blood. I am proud this was my father.-Shirley Castle Ferguson
LON E. CASTLE MARRIED RUTH BLAIR @BOYD COUNTY ,ASHLAND,KY.IN APRIL 16 OF 1935,LON CASTLE DIED MARCH MARCH 18,1982 AT ASHLAND BURIED @ROSE HILL CEMETERY ASHLAND,KY.RUTH DIEDFEBRUARY 2 ,1987 AT ASHLAND,KY BURIED ASHLAND CEMETERY ,ASHLAND KY.
CHLDREN OF RUTH AND LON CASTLE ARE ;
SHIRLEY ANNE CASTLE FERGUSON BORN MAY 8,1938 BOYD COUNTY ,KY, MARRIED HOWARD FERGUSON HE DIED MARCH21,1970 BURIED CARTER COUNBTY MEMORY GARDENS ,GRAYSON ,KY, THREE CHILDREN
HOWARD WAYNE FERGUSON BORN AUGUST 19,1956 BOYD COUNTY,KY
GREGG ALLEN FERGUSON BORN AUGUST 12,1965 BOYD COUNTY,KY.
TERRI LYNN FERGUSON SANDERS BORN JUNE 15 ,1969 ,BOYD COUNTY,KY.
ALL NOW RESIDE @PENSACOLA FLORIDA
LON E. CASTLE JR.BORN JUNE4,1941BOYD COUNTY ,MARRIED BARBARA LACEFIELD TWO CHILDREN
LON ANTHONY CASTLE BORN BORN APRIL 20,1962 BOYD COUNTY,KY
CYNTHIA JO CASTLE BORNJULY 8,1964,BOYD COUNTY ,KY.
LON E CASTLE REMARRIED TO ROSEMARI ZANALAR.THEY RESIDE AT FORT OGDEN,FLORIDA
KENNETH ALLEN CASTLE BORN APRIL 14.1947 ,BOYD COUNTY ,KY MARRIED KAREN WAGGONER. SECOND MARRIAGE TO CHARLOTTE RUTH HOWARD .ONE CHILD ;STACEY RENEE CASTLE BORN NOVEMBER24;1971 BOYD COUNTY KY.KEN REMARRIED AGAIN TO TINA PLYBON THEY HAVE TWO SONS KENNETH RAY CASTLE BORN JUE10,1985 AT CABELL COUNTY,W.V.
MICHAEL ALLEN CASTLE BORNFEBRUARY 28,1989 ,CABELL COUNTY,W.V. THEY NOW RESIDE IN HGUNTINGTON ,W.V
RICE FAMILY
From
BOYD COUNTY KY
JACQUELINE
ELAINE SPARKS WAS BORN AUGUST 29,1925@ASHLAND,BOYD
COUNTY.KY.DAUGHTER OF GEORGE MILTON AND AMANDA SUSAN GREEN
SPARKS,BETTER KNOWN AS ELAINE, SHE DIED JULY 5,1997 @ASHLAND,BOYD
COUNTY,KY.SHE MARRIED JAMES ALBERT RICE JR.,IN1946 @ASHLAND,BOYD
COUNTY,KY.JAMES ALBERT RICE JR.BORN JANUARY 1,1923,THE SON OF
JAMES ALBERT RICE AND LEOTIA MURRAY OF JOHNSON COUNTY,KY JUNE AS
HE WAS KNOWN DIED IN OCTOBER 21,1988 @ASHLAND ,BOYD COUNTY,KY
BOTH ARE BURIED IN THE SPARKS FAMILY CEMETERY ON ROUTE 5
,ASHLAND,KY.
JUNE AND ELAINE RICE WERE WELL KNOWN THRU OUT THE AREA AS
BLUEGRASS AND COUNTRY MUSICIANS.PLAYING AT FESTIVALS ,CARTER
CAVES STATE PARK,RADIO STATION WGOH,@GRAYSON,KY WITH J.P. AND
ANNADEADNE FRALEY FOR SEVERAL YEARS..JUNE WAS VERY TALENTED AND
COULD PLAY ANY TYPE OF MUSICAL INSTRUTMENT.JUNE AND ELAINE
SANG TOGETHER ALL OVER BOYD ,CARTER ,MORGAN,LAWERENCE
COUNTY ,KY AND THRU OUT OHIO
.
CHILDREN BORN OF JUNE AND ELAINE ARE;
SANDRA KAY RICE BORN NOVEMBER 3,1946 @ ASHLAND BOYD COUNTY
KY MARRIED DANNY GRABER OCTOBER 7,1966.@ASHLAND,BOYD
COUNTY.KY. ONE SON DANIEL EUGENE GRABER BORN @
COLUMBUS,OHIO ,APRIL 20,1970
BARBARA SUE RICE IS PRESENTLEY MARRIED TO GRANVILLE S.
FUGETT,JUNE 18,1984@ ASHLAND,BOYD COUNTY,KY. BARBARA SUE HAS TWO
CHILDREN,
JAMES ALLEN PHILLIPS BORN @ BOYD COUNTY,KY. FEBRUARY
6,1968
JACQUELINE MARIE EVANS BORN@BOYD COUNTY,KY.NOVEMBER 26
,1971
JAMES EUGENE RICE BORN @BOYD COUNTY,KY,MAY 25,1953 DIED @ ASHLAND
.BOYD COUNTY,KY SEPTEMBER OF 1985 SURVIVING ARE TWO SONS;
JASON RICE D.O.B UNK.
BRADY RICE D.O.B UNK.BOTH BORN IN BOYD COUNTY,KY
CHERYL ANN RICE BORN@ ASHLAND,BOYD COUNTY ,KY, MARCH 3,1958
PRESENTLEY MARRIED TO NICK GILLIAM ,DATE OF MARRIAGE DECEMBER
28,1992 @ASHLAND,BOYD COUNTY,KY.
KIMBERLEY DEE RICE WAS BORN DECEMBER 26,1963@ASHLAND BOYD
COUNTY,KY, PRESENTLEY MARRIED TO PAUL DAUGHTERY, TWO
CHILDREN;;;;;HEATHER JONES BORN MAY 1985,@ASHLAND,BOYD COUNTY,
KY.
CHELSEA DAUGHTERY NOVEMBER 1990 @ASHLAND BOYD COUNTY,KY
'' WESTWOOD AREA OF ASHLAND,KENTUCKY''
REMEMBERING THE BIG OLD RED BRICK TWO STORY SCHOOL BUILDING OF FAIRVIEW GRADE SCHOOL,WHERE THE FAIRVIEW HIGH SCHOOL NOW STANDS.I STARTED SCHOOL THERE IN 1944,"W.P.RENFROE", WAS THE PRINCIPAL,BEATRICE LOWE,SCHOOL NURSE AND OFFICE HELP,IRENE MILLER(PRICE)WAS MY FIRST GRADE SCHOOL TEACHER,SHE WAS A GREAT TEACHER,I RECALL SHE HAD MY FRIEND PEGGY JO KEETON AND I BOTH SET ALL DAY AT OUR TABLE IN CLASS,WITH OUR FEET ON TOP OF TABLE ,AS WE HAD DECIDED TO PUT OUR FEET THERE AND LEAN BACK IN OUR CHAIRS,BECAUSE WE DID NOT THINK SHE WOULD NOTICE.
IN 1945 THE REV CARROL CAUDILL ,TOOK OVER AS PRINCIPAL.AS W.P.RENFROE RETIRED.REV CAUDILL AND HIS WIFE STARTED THE CAFETERIA AT FAIRVIEW,SO WE COULD ALL HAVE HOT LUNCHES.THEY HAD EXCELLENT HOT PLATE LUNCHES,OR YOU COULD GET HOT DOGS,HAMBURGERS,CHEESE BURGERS,BAR.B.Q'S,CHILLI OR A BOWL OF HOT VEGETABLE SOUP.THEY ALSO STARTED A SNACK BAR WHERE THE STUDENTS COULD BUY,POTATOE CHIPS,CANDY BARS, AND ANY KIND OF POP.RUTH LYKINS WAS MY SECOND GRADE TEACHER,HER HUSBAND.REV GARDENER LYKINS.WAS THE PASTOR OF FAIRVIEW MISSSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH,THAT STOOD WHERE THE WESTWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT IS LOCATED NOW.
MRS NANCY CLAY(McCLURE)WAS MY THIRD GRADE SCHOOL TEACHER MRS GARNET COOKSEY (PRICE)WAS MY FOURTH GRADE TEACHER. MISS GOLDIE QUEEN WAS MY FIFTH GRADE TEACHER,HER FATHER CORNELIUS QUEEN,WAS THE SHERIFF OF BOYD COUNTY AT THAT TIME. MISS REBECCACAUDILL(HAEBERLIN)WAS MY SIXTH GRADE TEACHER, ALL OF THE ABOVE TEACHERS WERE SOME OF THE VERY BEST TEACHERS A CHILD COULD EVER WANT TO HAVE.
I REMEMBER IN THE SCHOOL YEAR OF 1947 ,MY BROTHER LON CASTLE JR.AND RITA COLE, DAUGHTER OF MR & MRS ED COLE ,WERE CROWNED THE KING AND QUEEN OF FAIRVIEW GRADE SCHOOL.IN THE SECOND GRADE.
WE NEVER HAD SCHOOL BUSES TO RIDE TO SCHOOL,WE ALL HAD TO WALK TO SCHOOL.REMEMBER WALKING MANY TIMES TO SCHOOL IN SNOW STORMS AND DEEP SNOWS ,WE HAD TO WALK UP HILLS AS WE LIVED ON UNRUE STREET TO SCHOOL.IT WAS HARD GETTING UP THE HILLS WITHOUT FALLING IN THE SNOW AND ICE,BUT COMING HOME I ALWAYS GOT IN TROUBLE ,AS WE WOULD SLIDE DOWN THE HILLS,GOING HOME IN SNOW COVERED CLOTHING AND SOME TIMES FROZEN CLOTHES.SCHOOL WAS NEVER DISMISSED DUE TO BAD WEATHER,AS SCHOOLS ARE TODAY. I ALSO REMEMBER THE BARBOUR AND HAMERICK GROCERY STORE,THE THOMPSONS HAD A GROCERY.CRATE TILSON ALSO OPERATED A GROCERY STORE,FARTHER OUT ON MAIN STREET CORNER OF BUCKLEY ROAD A COUSIN PERRY YOUNG OWNED THE PERRY YOUNG MARKET.THEN DOC OSBORNE ,AS HE WAS KNOWN TO ALL OPENED THE OSBORNE DRUG STORE.AND ICE CREAM SHOP AND FOUNTAIN.REMEMBER THE BLUE RIBBON BUS LINES WERE OUR TRANSPORTATION TO TOWN,LATER BECOMING OHIO VALLEY BUS LINES.
SHIRLEY CASTLE FERGUSON
LEFT TO RIGHT : LON CASTLE, SHIRLEY CASTLE FERGUSON WITH SON GREGG,
LON JR AND SHIRLEY CASTLE, SHIRLEY CASTLE FERGUSON ,
LON AND RUTH CASTLE WITH SHIRLEY AND LON JR.
LEFT TO RIGHT: JUNE RICE AND SHIRLEY CASTLE FERGUSON, KIMBERLY RICE DAUGHTERY,
KIM DAUGHTERY, JUNE AND ELAINE RICE.
CHERYL RICE GILLIAM
submitted by: Shirley Ferguson