W. "Robert" Casto was the ninth child of ten for David Casto and wife Salina Clem. Batesel-Casto.

Timeline:

Birth - 1889 7 Aug
Mt Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Born in Mt. Vernon, Missouri per WWI Draft Registration
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Residence - 1900 US Census — Age: 11 living with parents
Independence & Smyma Townships, Pope, Arkansas
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Residence - 1910 US Census— Age: 21 Smyrna, Pope, Arkansas
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Marriage to Mary "Elva" Fountain in the home of her parents.
1912 28 Jan — Age: 22 Searcy County, Arkansas, United States
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This union brought forth one child a son:
Raydis L Casto
Born: 26 Sept 1915 Nogo, Pope County, Arkansas
Died: 08 Dec 1988 Gardena, Los Angeles County, California

Robert and Elva would divorce and she remarried to Mr Francis Albert "Frank" Cossey on
13 Dec 1919 in Arkansas.
Elva, Frank and her son Raydis Casto is found living in the 1930 US Census in North Cobb, Caddo County, Oklahoma and son Raydis is listed as Step-son to head of the house.
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Residence 1917 5 Jun — Age: 27 Nogo, Pope County, Arkansas - WWI Draft Registration Card
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Military 1917 5 Jun — Age: 27 Smyrna, Pope County, Arkansas
US Army - Arkansas, PVT 153 Inf., 39 Div
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Divorce from Mary "Elva" Fountain
1918 — Age: 29
Nogo, Pope County, Arkansas



Residence 1920 US Census— Age: 31
Smyrna, Pope, Arkansas - listed as divorced and his mother Salina Casto is living with him - she is listed as a widow.
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Death
1922 19 Aug — Age: 33
Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial: Kosoma Cemetery Pushmataha County Oklahoma, USA
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Robert was willing to move to Oklahoma to be near his son and so this information provides the reason for the move and the reason he is buried there.

This timeline of Roberts history can be found on ancestry.com. The Pendleton Family of England and America.

He is my Great Grand Uncle and I thank him for his life, caring for his widow mother, and service to our country and family.

Uncle you are missed by a very large family.
BJW-G