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The  Shelbyville  Republican
Wednesday, March 6, 1946
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HEART  AILMENT  FATAL  TO  MAN
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Harry Casto Dies After Brief Illness
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          Ill for one week with a heart disease,  Harry Casto,  age forty-five, died Monday night at 8:45 o'clock at the Major Hospital.  His home was at 645 Main St.
          Mr. Casto was born in this city on March 20, 1900, the son of the late John and Alice Casto.  He had been a member of the Vine Street Methodist Church since early in life.  On August 5, 1923, he was married to Blanche Miller, who survives with two step-children, James Verle Miller, of this city, and Mrs. Edward Ficklin, of Indianapolis.  Also surviving are two step-grandchildren and four half-brothers, Maurice and Alfred Hogan, of this city; Ira Hogan, of Butlerville, and Thomas Hogan, of Cincinnati, Ohio.  Funeral services will be held at the Loren H. Murphy funeral home Thursday at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Alonzo Hamilton officiating.  Burial will be made in Forest Hill cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home.
Submitted by Barb Huff

The  Shelbyville  Republican
Wednesday, March 13, 1912
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DEATHS  AND  FUNERALS
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          Abijah Casto, aged eighty-one years, died at 9:15 o'clock Tuesday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jane Lambert, of North Vine street.  His death was due to catarrh of the stomach, from which he had been a sufferer for the past many months.  Mr. Casto is survived by the daughter at whose home he died, and by three sons, all of this city.  They are Henry S., George and Washington.  The funeral services will be conducted at the Vine Street Methodist Protestant church at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, the Rev. A. W. Conn officiating.  Interment will be made in the City cemetery under the direction of M. G. Tindall.
Submitted by Barb Huff

The  Shelby  Democrat
Thursday, June 11, 1885
Page 3, column 3
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AWFUL ACCIDENT
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Mrs. Rebecca Casto Instantly Killed
By Jumping Out Of A Wagon
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Her Little Daughter Badly Injured
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          A terrible accident occurred near Waldron Sunday morning, which resulted in the almost instant death of  Mrs. Rebecca Casto, and probable fatal injuries to her thirteen-year-old daughter.  The particulars are as follows:  Mrs. Casto, who is, or rather was, the wife of  Elijah Casto, who lives about a mile and a half west of Waldron, started to the latter place yesterday morning accompanied by her son, aged about eleven or twelve years, her daughter, aged about thirteen, and a son and daughter of  Mr. Dan Rader, the former about seventeen years of age, in a two horse wagon borrowed from  Mr. John Peek.  While going down the hill, about a quarter of a mile west of Waldron, and near the iron bridge, one of the single-trees came off and dropped down on the horses heels, scaring the team, which started to run away.  Mrs. Casto thinking first of her children, threw her boy out of the wagon and then threw the girl out, after which she jumped out herself.  The boy fell on his feet and escaped injury, but his sister was not so fortunate, for she struck on her face and shoulder, receiving injuries which is feared will prove fatal.  Mrs. Casto struck on the back part of her head, crushing her skull in.  She was carried to the residence of  William Newton  nearby, where she died in a few minutes.  The remains were interred in the Knight Cemetery at 9 o'clock Monday morning.  The other occupants of the wagon remained in the vehicle, and young Rader, getting hold of the lines succeeded in stopping the horses within two hundred yards.  When Mrs. Casto's little girl was picked up she was perfectly unconscious, and tightly clasped in her little hand was a penny and several little cards, which she was taking to Sunday School.
          LATER --- A communication received from our correspondent at Waldron says the little girl has regained consciousness, and there is now hopes for her recovery.
Submitted by Barb Huff

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