This was extracted from the Hartford City newspaper October 23, 1907 Transcribed by P. Karol 5/2/2000
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CELEBRATION OF GOLDEN WEDDING
MR. AND MRS. JAMES CASTERLINE AND CHILDREN HAVE A REUNION
Four Generations of the Casterline Family are Represented at the Celebration
Mr. and Mrs. James Casterline celebrated their golden wedding Friday at their home, 622 north Walnut street. For the first time since April 1885, all the children were assembled under the parental roof to eat dinner. They are Bert and Clement L. Casterline and Mrs. Alma Huggins, of this city; Mrs. Dora Reeves, of Warsaw, and Mrs. Bertha Miller, of Roll. Besides these there were present John Miller, son-in-law, and two children, Mrs. Huggins's daughter, Orilla, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Casterline, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Jones and son, Paul, and Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Miles.
Four generations were represented at the gathering – five children, twelve grandchildren and two great grandchildren. There was a big dinner without which no golden wedding celebration would be complete, and all the guests enjoyed the hospitality of that couple who have journeyed together through fifty years of life.
Mr. and Mrs. Casterline were married at Lake Geneva Wisconsin fifty years ago. Mr. Casterline's father came here from Steuben county, N.Y., and bought the farm now occupied by Bert Casterline in 1840. The farm has remained in the Casterline family ever since. Mr. Casterline at the time was four years old. In 1856 the family moved to Illinois. After living there two or three years they moved to Wisconsin, where Mr. Casterline met the woman who has been his faithful wife for fifty years.
In 1860 the Casterlines moved back to their farm in this county and on that farm all but the oldest of the five children were born. In 1888 Mr. and Mrs. Casterline moved to Hartford City and have lived there ever since.
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Transcriber's Note: The following excerpt identifies James Casterline's parents and his wife's maiden name:
(Transcribed from Blackford County newspaper, date and paper unknown.
Old-Time Square Dances Were a Delight To The Pioneers Of This County

Â… Ira Casterline was born July 29, 1805, in Sussex county, New Jersey. He married Malinda Saxon, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Evans) Saxon. The fathers of both Mr. And Mrs. Casterline were Revolutionary soldiers. Ten children were born of this union, whose names were, Elizabeth, Charlotte, John, Loammi, James, Edward, Alvah, Mahitabel, Lydia Jane and Mary. Six of these ten children were born in New York and made the trip to Indiana with their parents.

Â…. James Casterline married Eliza Rowe and were the parents of five children namely Bert, Alma, Dora, Clement L., and Bertha.

This obit was extracted from the Hartford City Telegram, Wednesday, November 6, 1907 (p.1), Transcribed by P. Karol 5/2/2000
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DEATH FOLLOWS GOLDEN WEDDING
MRS. JAMES CASTERLINE DIES SATURDAY EVENING OF PARALYSIS
Celebrated Her Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary Two Weeks Ago – Funeral Monday
Mary Eliza Casterline for more than 45 years a resident of Blackford county, passed to her long home Saturday evening at 5 o'clock. She had been an invalid for four years owing to paralysis.
The deceased as born in Syracuse, New York, January 3, 1838. When ten years of age she accompanied her parents to Geneva, Wis., two years afterward moving to Hebron, Ill., where on October 16 1857 she was married to James Casterline. When a girl of thirteen she became a member of the Methodist church and she always led a christian life. Her friends and acquaintances were innumerable. Her husband, two sons, Dr. C. L. and Bert Casterline, of this city; three daughters, Mrs. John Miller, of Roll, Mrs. John Reeves, of Warsaw, and Mrs. George Huggins of this city, mother, four sisters and four brothers, are left to mourn.
Two weeks ago, Mr. and Mrs. Casterline celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a large gathering at their north Walnut street home. Although confined to her bed and hardly able to raise her head Mrs. Casterline enjoyed the affair immensely. However realizing her condition, she was heard to say that she could not live to see another such happy event.
Funeral services were conducted at the late home Monday at 1:30 p.m. by Rev. Louis Reeves. Burial took place in the Oddfellows