Castleman's in the Proceedings of the Clarke County Historical Association

Proceedings of the Clarke County Historical Assocation (28 Volumes)

Vol. I
James Castleman, 19
William Castleman, 19
Massey Castleman, 19
Emeline Massey Castleman, 19
Major David Castleman, 19
Margaret Ann Castleman, 19
Castlemans, 37

Vol. II
Fenton Castleman, 12

Vol. V
Thomas Castleman, 14

Vol VII
Charles McCormick Castleman, 53
Dr. David James Castleman, 54
Henry W. Castleman, 54
James Castleman, 54
Thomas Castleman, 45

Vol. XI
Charles W. Castleman, 111
Thomas Castleman, 44,45,110,111
William Castleman, 9

Vol. XVII
James Castleman, 20

Vol. XIX
C.D. Castleman, 23
W. Castleman, 23

Vol. XX
Frank Castleman, 43
William Castleman, 28

Vol. XXIII
Charles Castleman, 54
David Castleman, 23
George Castleman, 61
Henry Castleman, 54
Jacob Castleman, 2
John Castleman, 31
Juliet (Abbot) Castleman, 37
Massie Osborn (Ferguson), 54
Sarah Castleman, 62
Wm. Castleman 37, 54

Vol. XXV
Fremont Castleman, 38
Henry Castleman, 38
John Castleman, 38
John R. Castleman, 38
Mary E. Castleman, 165
William Castleman Jr., 28,29
William Castleman Sr., 28

Timeline

Here is a brief timeline of events of my direct Castleman ancestors. It is kept brief in order to show the travel from one location to the next.

• 1634 Johann Casselman marries Anna at the Lutheran Church in Adelshofen, Germany.
• 1709 In winter Hans Dietrich Casselman and family emigrate to America.
• 1713 The first Palatines arrived in the Mohawk Valley in January.
• 1729 First log church of the Palatines in Stone Arabia is built.
• 1749 Andreas Ludwich Casselman receive two land grants totalling 700 acres. in Wappacomo or the Great South Branch of Potomac in Frederick County,Virginia from Lord Fairfax.
• 1750 brothers David, Jacob, and Lewis came to Virginia from Albany County, NY. 
• 1761 Andreas Ludwich Castleman cleared & improved a 300 acre plantation on Dunnings Creek about 4 miles from the Town of Bedford in Cumberland County, PA.
• 1762 David purchased Head Spring Farm at Summit Point. 
• 1765 David sells Head Spring Farm and puchases Glen Owen Farm 3 miles east of Berryville, VA.
• The original Log church in Stone Arabia, NY is burned by the Tories and Indians on Oct. 19, 1780.
• 1795 Alfred Castleman is born in Runnymede,Virginia.
• 1801-02 son William serves in the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• 1808-1811 William serves in the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• 1811 David sells Glen Owen farm and purchases Rose Hill 
• 1824 David conveys 1 acre of property at Rose Hill to Wickliffe Academy. 
• 1826 David dies at the age of 92, leaving behind an estimated 240 descendants including 1 great great grand child. 
• 1826 Osborne David Castleman is born in Runnymede, VA. 
• 1832 William dies in Runnymede, Frederick County, VA.
• Over a disagreement about slavery Osborne David moves away from his father, and heads to Missouri. He obtained a land grant from President Van Buren. 
• 1858 Osborne David marries Trithena Groves in Dent, Missouri. 
• 1880 Alfred dies in Battletown, Clarke, Virginia. 

Bryan Lee Castleman (1975-present)

Bryan Lee Castleman (1975-present) is the father of Living Castleman (2010-present)

Gregory James Castleman (1950-present)

Gregory James Castleman (1950-present) was the father of Bryan Lee Castleman (1975-present)

Fred Glenn Castleman (1927-1963)

Fred Glenn Castleman (1927-1963) was the father of Gregory James Castleman (1950-present)

Frederick Berlin Castleman (1882-1954)

Frederick Berlin Castleman and his first wife Lottie C. Stites

Frederick Berlin Castleman (1882-1954) was the father of Fred Glenn Castleman (1927-1963)

When Frederick Berlin Castleman was born on August 5, 1885, in Rolla, Missouri, his father, Osborne, was 58 and his mother, Trithena, was 42. He married Lottie Cynthella Stites and they had nine children together. He then married Blanche Mildred Roques and they had two children together. He died on March 17, 1954, at the age of 68, and was buried in Lenox, Missouri.

Fred B was a farmer. One article in 1911 mentions that he had sold "cows from $40 to $47, a colt $105, sow and eight pigs for $40". The article called those "high prices".

According to his grandson Fred, "played a fiddle at barn dances where neighbors out in the country did square dancing". The Rolla Herald reported on New Year's Eve in 1935, that "Music was furnished by Ozark Orchestra composed of John and Joe Waltz, Walter Snelson, Richard and Fred Castleman. They played real live music which contributed greatly to the enjoyment of the dance." 

Children of Fred and Lottie:
1. Eunice E Castleman
2. Buford Freemont Castleman
3. Wilford "Wib" Alvin Castleman
4. Mildred Maxine Castleman
5. Jewell Lee Castleman
6. Jeanette "Netta" Alene Castleman
7. Harold Castleman
8. Winston Leroy Castleman
9. Fred Glenn Castleman

Children of Fred and Blanche: 
1. Living Castleman
2. Living Castleman

Dr. Osborne David Castleman Esq. (1826-1903)

Dr. Osborne David Castleman, Esq. (1826-1903)

Osborne David Castleman (1826-1902) was the father of Frederick Berlin Castleman (1882-1954)

O.D. Castleman's Findagrave.com Memorial

When Osborne David Castleman was born on October 12, 1826, in Frederick, Virginia, his father, Alfred, was 30 and his mother, Margaret, was 17. He married Trithena Groves on March 12, 1858 in Dent County, Missouri. They had 17 children in 29 years. He died on November 30, 1902, in Rolla, Missouri, having lived a long life of 76 years, and was buried in Phelps, Missouri.Osborne David Castleman Esq. lived in Virginia in 1831, around the time Nat Turner and his fellow slaves launched a revolt against white settlers.

He was the oldest child of nine children. His brother Nathaniel "Nat" was born when he was 3 years old. His next brother, William Alfred was born when he was 5 years old. By the time his youngest brother Charles was born, "David" was 22 years old.

O.D. Castleman lived in Virginia into his twenties. He moved to Missouri having received a land grant from President Van Buren and married his wife Trithena in 1858. In 1859, their first child Susan Frances was born.
 
According to family sources "David" disagreed with his father Alfred about the issue of slavery. It appears that other members of his family may have been divided on the issue, as well.
 
After the Civil War, his father, in his request for a pardon to President Andrew Johnson, in 1865, stated, "I had two sons in the United States Army one of whom was killed, and two in the Confederate Army." I am not sure how accurate of a statement that was. 

(Although his father, Alfred, stated this there are some facts, in his request for a pardon that appear to be either incorrect or embellished, since they contradict other statements of his own. I believe four of his sons fought for the Confederacy and only one for the US Army, and the Union during the Civil War. Two of his sons, William and Ned died during the War and the rest survived. Alfred also denied ever serving in the military but later fought to receive a pension for serving in the war of 1812. ) 

His brother, William, died at Sharpsburg in 1862 in the bloodiest battle in American history, known as The Battle of Antietam. In 1863, his brother Edward "Ned", while serving in the Confederate Army, died after he was thrown from a horse.

"Squire O.D. Castleman" was a farmer, and in 1883 he visited the Rolla Herald newspaper and gave them samples of his corn. He informed the newspaper that "he raised a thousand bushels of the best corn in the county".

On July 1, 1886, the newspaper announced, "Osburn D. Castleman, of Cold Spring township, as a candidate for the office of Representative, subject to the decision of the Democratic Nominating Convention."

The Rolla Herald published his speech delivered on May 26, 1888, titled "Our Noble President". The subject of the speech was president Grover Cleveland. Interestingly, O.D. Castleman's cousin John B. Castleman was a delegate of the 1892 Democratic Convention and successfully lobbied for the nomination of Grover Cleveland.

David served on the executive committee of The Phelps County Horticultural Society. Phelps was called "the fruit basket" of Missouri.  The committee was organized in 1888, which for a long time was very prosperous and held annual fairs.

In 1891, "O.D. Castleman was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the eastern part of Cold Spring township on account of the long distance to the duly elected justices."

In 1900, "Hon. O.D. Castleman was made temporary chairman" of the Republican Convention. In a speech, he "told of his conversion to Republicanism, and glorified McKinley and the Republican administration."

Osborne "David" Castleman and Trithena had 17 children:

1. Susan Frances Castleman Whitten
2. Margaret Lucinda Castleman Treat
3. John Alfred Castleman
4. Joseph R Castleman
5. Missouri Elizabeth Castleman Register
6. Martha Jane Castleman Green
7. Virginia Roumania Castleman Treat
8. James David Castleman
9. Charles Fremont Castleman
10. Laura Louisa Castleman Heflin
11. George Washington Castleman
12. Mary Florence Castleman
13. William Franklin Castleman
14. Robert Lee Castleman
15. Frederick Berlin Castleman
16. Justina Josephine Castleman Hankins
17. Eva Katherine Castleman Pope

Please see the findagrave.com memorial link page where many of O.D. Castleman's descendant's memorials are linked.

Related Links

Our Noble President, a speech by O.D. Castleman