Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Cattaraugus County, NY; by William Adams, published 1893.
Town of Leon, Pages 752 & 753
James CASTEN was a son of John and Jerusha (GATES) CASTEN. John CASTEN served in the Revolutionary war and by trade was a tailor. He came to Collins, Erie county, where he died in 1843. James CASTEN, his son, was born Sept. 25, 1801. In 1851 he became a resident of Leon and represented the town on the Board of Supervisors in 1857 and 1858. He died on the CASTEN homestead March 3, 1888. Mr. CASTEN married Amanda WHEELER, who was born July 16, 1802, and died Jan. 13, 1887; children: Ann R. (Mrs. S. W. BEARDSLEY), James W., John G., Ira L., Emily A. (Mrs. Butler R. WAITE), Mary J. (Mrs. W. H. WATSON), William H., Eunice, and Stephen W. William H. served in Co. B, 154th N.Y. Vols., and died July 4, 1865. Stephen W. died Oct. 4, 1887, and James W. on Nov. 20, 1889.
Town of Leon, Pages 752 & 753
James CASTEN was a son of John and Jerusha (GATES) CASTEN. John CASTEN served in the Revolutionary war and by trade was a tailor. He came to Collins, Erie county, where he died in 1843. James CASTEN, his son, was born Sept. 25, 1801. In 1851 he became a resident of Leon and represented the town on the Board of Supervisors in 1857 and 1858. He died on the CASTEN homestead March 3, 1888. Mr. CASTEN married Amanda WHEELER, who was born July 16, 1802, and died Jan. 13, 1887; children: Ann R. (Mrs. S. W. BEARDSLEY), James W., John G., Ira L., Emily A. (Mrs. Butler R. WAITE), Mary J. (Mrs. W. H. WATSON), William H., Eunice, and Stephen W. William H. served in Co. B, 154th N.Y. Vols., and died July 4, 1865. Stephen W. died Oct. 4, 1887, and James W. on Nov. 20, 1889.
Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Cattaraugus County, NY; by William Adams, published 1893.
Town of Leon, Pages 752 & 753
James CASTEN was a son of John and Jerusha (GATES) CASTEN. John CASTEN served in the Revolutionary war and by trade was a tailor. He came to Collins, Erie county, where he died in 1843. James CASTEN, his son, was born Sept. 25, 1801. In 1851 he became a resident of Leon and represented the town on the Board of Supervisors in 1857 and 1858. He died on the CASTEN homestead March 3, 1888. Mr. CASTEN married Amanda WHEELER, who was born July 16, 1802, and died Jan. 13, 1887; children: Ann R. (Mrs. S. W. BEARDSLEY), James W., John G., Ira L., Emily A. (Mrs. Butler R. WAITE), Mary J. (Mrs. W. H. WATSON), William H., Eunice, and Stephen W. William H. served in Co. B, 154th N.Y. Vols., and died July 4, 1865. Stephen W. died Oct. 4, 1887, and James W. on Nov. 20, 1889.
Town of Leon, Pages 752 & 753
James CASTEN was a son of John and Jerusha (GATES) CASTEN. John CASTEN served in the Revolutionary war and by trade was a tailor. He came to Collins, Erie county, where he died in 1843. James CASTEN, his son, was born Sept. 25, 1801. In 1851 he became a resident of Leon and represented the town on the Board of Supervisors in 1857 and 1858. He died on the CASTEN homestead March 3, 1888. Mr. CASTEN married Amanda WHEELER, who was born July 16, 1802, and died Jan. 13, 1887; children: Ann R. (Mrs. S. W. BEARDSLEY), James W., John G., Ira L., Emily A. (Mrs. Butler R. WAITE), Mary J. (Mrs. W. H. WATSON), William H., Eunice, and Stephen W. William H. served in Co. B, 154th N.Y. Vols., and died July 4, 1865. Stephen W. died Oct. 4, 1887, and James W. on Nov. 20, 1889.
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