Son of Glass and Elizabeth Wagner Caston - they had twelve known children. (John, Joseph, Seth, William, Gabriel, Eli, Elizabeth, Asia, Samuel, Mary, Wilks and Glass)
Glass Caston, Jr, born about 1782-85, died August 1845 in Lancaster, County in the present Rich Hill community of a cerebral hemorrhage he suffered while on horseback. He was said to have been looking over some of his farm lands there at the time of the seizure. In later years Glass began to sign his name as Glass G. Caston in order to distinguish himself from the many cousins of the same name.
Glass G Caston married about 1819 to Anna (Annie) Clark who was born 1802 and who died 1878. She lies in the Fork Hill Baptist church cemetery. While he was buried in a family burial plot about 4 miles south of the church on the east side of the Red Fields Road on what became known as the Samuel Caston land.
Glass G Caston and probably his mother, is said to have once lived in the Samuel Caston house on the Red Fields Road in the present Flint Ridge - Fork Hill section of the county. However, before his marriage he built a two story house nearer the Fork Hill church, just below a fork of Lynches Creek south of the church as shown on the Mills map.
Glass was nearly twenty years older than his wife Anne. The story is that he first saw her when she was about eight years old. Her father, a master of a wagon train, operated between Charleston SC and Monroe, NC, sometimes carried his little daughter with him on his trips to Charleston. On this occasion, having her with him, he stopped at the Caston home for a night's lodging. Upon seeing the attractive little girl, Glass G. Is said to have jokingly remarked, "You must save this one for me, Mr. Clark." Ten years later he married her.
About the time Glass G. Caston died of a stoke, suffered in August 1845, several members of his family were stricken with malarial fever. Just how many died we are not sure but at least two. In that day it was believed that breathing the night air coming off creeks and streams caused the fever.
Fearing more deaths, Ann Clark Caston gave ordered that the house be torn down and moved to higher ground away from the creek. With the help of slaves the house was torn down and the materials carried to the spot several hundred yards to higher ground were they attempted to put it back together again. They made a rather bad job of getting a story and a half of the two story building put up. A slave, Ephraim, is said to have done the greater part of the work.
The house was once the property of J. Durham Caston, grandson of Glass G. And Anna Clark Caston.
Glass Caston, Jr, born about 1782-85, died August 1845 in Lancaster, County in the present Rich Hill community of a cerebral hemorrhage he suffered while on horseback. He was said to have been looking over some of his farm lands there at the time of the seizure. In later years Glass began to sign his name as Glass G. Caston in order to distinguish himself from the many cousins of the same name.
Glass G Caston married about 1819 to Anna (Annie) Clark who was born 1802 and who died 1878. She lies in the Fork Hill Baptist church cemetery. While he was buried in a family burial plot about 4 miles south of the church on the east side of the Red Fields Road on what became known as the Samuel Caston land.
Glass G Caston and probably his mother, is said to have once lived in the Samuel Caston house on the Red Fields Road in the present Flint Ridge - Fork Hill section of the county. However, before his marriage he built a two story house nearer the Fork Hill church, just below a fork of Lynches Creek south of the church as shown on the Mills map.
Glass was nearly twenty years older than his wife Anne. The story is that he first saw her when she was about eight years old. Her father, a master of a wagon train, operated between Charleston SC and Monroe, NC, sometimes carried his little daughter with him on his trips to Charleston. On this occasion, having her with him, he stopped at the Caston home for a night's lodging. Upon seeing the attractive little girl, Glass G. Is said to have jokingly remarked, "You must save this one for me, Mr. Clark." Ten years later he married her.
About the time Glass G. Caston died of a stoke, suffered in August 1845, several members of his family were stricken with malarial fever. Just how many died we are not sure but at least two. In that day it was believed that breathing the night air coming off creeks and streams caused the fever.
Fearing more deaths, Ann Clark Caston gave ordered that the house be torn down and moved to higher ground away from the creek. With the help of slaves the house was torn down and the materials carried to the spot several hundred yards to higher ground were they attempted to put it back together again. They made a rather bad job of getting a story and a half of the two story building put up. A slave, Ephraim, is said to have done the greater part of the work.
The house was once the property of J. Durham Caston, grandson of Glass G. And Anna Clark Caston.
Son of Glass and Elizabeth Wagner Caston - they had twelve known children. (John, Joseph, Seth, William, Gabriel, Eli, Elizabeth, Asia, Samuel, Mary, Wilks and Glass)
Glass Caston, Jr, born about 1782-85, died August 1845 in Lancaster, County in the present Rich Hill community of a cerebral hemorrhage he suffered while on horseback. He was said to have been looking over some of his farm lands there at the time of the seizure. In later years Glass began to sign his name as Glass G. Caston in order to distinguish himself from the many cousins of the same name.
Glass G Caston married about 1819 to Anna (Annie) Clark who was born 1802 and who died 1878. She lies in the Fork Hill Baptist church cemetery. While he was buried in a family burial plot about 4 miles south of the church on the east side of the Red Fields Road on what became known as the Samuel Caston land.
Glass G Caston and probably his mother, is said to have once lived in the Samuel Caston house on the Red Fields Road in the present Flint Ridge - Fork Hill section of the county. However, before his marriage he built a two story house nearer the Fork Hill church, just below a fork of Lynches Creek south of the church as shown on the Mills map.
Glass was nearly twenty years older than his wife Anne. The story is that he first saw her when she was about eight years old. Her father, a master of a wagon train, operated between Charleston SC and Monroe, NC, sometimes carried his little daughter with him on his trips to Charleston. On this occasion, having her with him, he stopped at the Caston home for a night's lodging. Upon seeing the attractive little girl, Glass G. Is said to have jokingly remarked, "You must save this one for me, Mr. Clark." Ten years later he married her.
About the time Glass G. Caston died of a stoke, suffered in August 1845, several members of his family were stricken with malarial fever. Just how many died we are not sure but at least two. In that day it was believed that breathing the night air coming off creeks and streams caused the fever.
Fearing more deaths, Ann Clark Caston gave ordered that the house be torn down and moved to higher ground away from the creek. With the help of slaves the house was torn down and the materials carried to the spot several hundred yards to higher ground were they attempted to put it back together again. They made a rather bad job of getting a story and a half of the two story building put up. A slave, Ephraim, is said to have done the greater part of the work.
The house was once the property of J. Durham Caston, grandson of Glass G. And Anna Clark Caston.
Glass Caston, Jr, born about 1782-85, died August 1845 in Lancaster, County in the present Rich Hill community of a cerebral hemorrhage he suffered while on horseback. He was said to have been looking over some of his farm lands there at the time of the seizure. In later years Glass began to sign his name as Glass G. Caston in order to distinguish himself from the many cousins of the same name.
Glass G Caston married about 1819 to Anna (Annie) Clark who was born 1802 and who died 1878. She lies in the Fork Hill Baptist church cemetery. While he was buried in a family burial plot about 4 miles south of the church on the east side of the Red Fields Road on what became known as the Samuel Caston land.
Glass G Caston and probably his mother, is said to have once lived in the Samuel Caston house on the Red Fields Road in the present Flint Ridge - Fork Hill section of the county. However, before his marriage he built a two story house nearer the Fork Hill church, just below a fork of Lynches Creek south of the church as shown on the Mills map.
Glass was nearly twenty years older than his wife Anne. The story is that he first saw her when she was about eight years old. Her father, a master of a wagon train, operated between Charleston SC and Monroe, NC, sometimes carried his little daughter with him on his trips to Charleston. On this occasion, having her with him, he stopped at the Caston home for a night's lodging. Upon seeing the attractive little girl, Glass G. Is said to have jokingly remarked, "You must save this one for me, Mr. Clark." Ten years later he married her.
About the time Glass G. Caston died of a stoke, suffered in August 1845, several members of his family were stricken with malarial fever. Just how many died we are not sure but at least two. In that day it was believed that breathing the night air coming off creeks and streams caused the fever.
Fearing more deaths, Ann Clark Caston gave ordered that the house be torn down and moved to higher ground away from the creek. With the help of slaves the house was torn down and the materials carried to the spot several hundred yards to higher ground were they attempted to put it back together again. They made a rather bad job of getting a story and a half of the two story building put up. A slave, Ephraim, is said to have done the greater part of the work.
The house was once the property of J. Durham Caston, grandson of Glass G. And Anna Clark Caston.
Gravesite Details
buried in a family burial plot about 4 miles south of Fork Hill Baptist church on the east side of the Red Fields Road on what became known as the Samuel Caston land.
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