Obituary of Mann R. P. Castleman

Mann R. P. Castleman Obituary: 
A dispatch was received here on Sunday announcing the death at the hospital in Staunton of Mr. M. R. P. Castleman, of this county, which occurred early that morning from apoplexy, aged about 65 years. Mr. Castleman went to the hospital at that place for treatment several months ago and was improving quite satisfactorily when his earthly career was suddenly terminated as above stated.

He was a gallant Confederate soldier, and for a while carried the colors of the Sixth Virginia Cavalry, and no one bore them more heroically. During the war, he was elected a member of the House of Delegates by his comrades in arms. Since the war, he has followed farming and milling for a livelihood. He was a member of the organizations known as the Survivors of the Clarke Cavalry and of the J. E. B. Stuart Camp C. V., both of this county. He is a brother of Mr. John R. Castleman, who was also a gallant Confederate soldier and is a prominent citizen of this county.

The deceased is survived by a widow, two daughters, and two sons.

His body was brought home and interred in Green Hill Cemetery on Tuesday morning.

[source: Clarke Courier, November 1, 1899, page 3]

Mann R P Castleman, Patient Records and Cause of Death from the Western State Hospital Collection. The Western State Hospital began in 1825 as the Western Lunatic Asylum for insane white persons.

Source: Library of Virginia

Western State Hospital Collection

Series IV. Patient Records, 1826-1996

Volume 250

Title: Admission Register (#5205-9458), 1896-1913

No. & (Line): 5863 (11)

Previous Admission #: (blank)

First Name: Mann R P

Last Name: Castleman

Occupation: Farmer

Admission Date: 1899/09/13

Gender: Male

Age: 61

Year of Birth: (Calculated): 1838

Social Relations: Married

Education: Fair

Nativity: Virginia

Residence: Clarke

No. Attacks: 1

Supposed Cause/Form: Business troubles / Acute melancholia

Duration: 3 months

Death or Release: Died

Date of Death: 1899/10/29

Cause of Death: Apoplexy

Remarks: Two brothers were insane

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** According to my own research there is one verifiably insane brother, Charles F Castleman, who attempted to murder his wife and children and was later put into an asylum. The identity of the other insane brother I do not know.