J. J. Castleberry -- Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Watkins TX
N 32° 33.830 W 095° 59.977
15S E 218362 N 3606905
The tall WoW tombstone with a bronze emblem stands proudly in a far southwest corner of the Wesley Chapel Cemetery at Watkins TX
Waymark Code: WMRJZ4
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/01/2016
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J. J. Castleberry's interesting tombstone features an embedded bronze plaque with the WoW emblem on it.
The tombstone reads as follows:
"[Bronze WoW plaque]
J. J. CASTLEBERRY
Born
Dec. 14 1862
Died
April 2, 1908
He took thee from a world of care,
An everlasting bliss to share."
On Ancestry, we found the 1870 US census listing for J[ohn] Castleberry, age 6, living in Township 12 Range 2, Johnson County, Illinois with his parents William and Jane Castleberry and 5 siblings: (
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By 1880 the family was living in Pct. 1 in Dallas County Texas. John, older brother James, and younger brother Thomas were farming, living with their widowed mother L(ouisa). J(ane). Castleberry, who was keeping house. All the nativity information matches. (
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The family must have moved after the 1880 census 60 miles east to Van Zandt county, since according to Find-A-Grave, both John's brother James Castleberry and their mother Louisa Castleberry are buried at Wesley Chapel Cemetery. (
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