Mother's Family Tree

As recorded in the Somers Family Bible:

Mother's Name: Lillian Mae Weaver

(Born September 24, 1903, Randolph Co., Arkansas - Passed Away August 12, 1977, Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., Missouri)

Her Father: William Izear Weaver

Father: A.G.C. Weaver (Alfred Green Chance Weaver - listed as second husband to Patience here: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/a/s/Marjorie-Casteel/PDFODT8.pdf )

Mother: Patican Ang. Casteal (Patience Angeline Casteel)

Father: John Casteal

Mother: Burdett

(William Casteel and Elizabeth Burdett are listed as Patience's father and mother in this Casteel family tree: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/a/s/Marjorie-Casteel/PDFODT8.pdf )

Her Mother: Maggie Lenoa Wright

Father: George Wright (Probably George Washington Wright Jr. as listed here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ajobebrown/wright/phil/gw.html )

Mother: Nancy E. (Elizabeth) Jones

Father: Mose Jones

Mother: Mary Ann Jones

Note: I've found a family link on George Washington Wright here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ajobebrown/wright/phil/gw.html

For an extensive list of the Casteel descendents in a pdf file, please click here: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/a/s/Marjorie-Casteel/PDFODT8.pdf

* I reproduced this information as found written in the Somers Family Bible; spellings as found on the Internet and other documents will be in parentheses. - AW

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