Brief Life History of Rebecca Ann
When Rebecca Ann Casto was born on 17 May 1832, in Lewis, West Virginia, United States, her father, Isaac Newton Casto, was 20 and her mother, Dorcas Cutright, was 22. She married Jacob Post on 9 August 1853. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in West Virginia, United States in 1870 and Warren District, Upshur, West Virginia, United States for about 20 years. She died on 20 September 1902, in Ruraldale, Upshur, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Upshur, West Virginia, United States.
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- Rebecca A Post in household of Jacob Post, "United States Census, 1880"
- Rebecca Casto, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
- Rebecca Post, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Name Meaning
Spanish and Italian:
from the Latin personal name Castus ‘chaste’.
nickname from casto ‘chaste, pure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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