William Casto
Birth Date
On 1816 February 10 (Born)
Death Date
On 1894 November 9 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born
1816 February 10
Date Details
Occurred On 1816 February 10
Married
Jane Watson
No dates given
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company D
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 30)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Additional Information
Detached to Pueblo
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Mormon Battalion Detachments (1847)
1847 May 24 – July 29 (Age 31)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1851)
1851 (Age 34)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Mary Ann Casto (Age 6)
Racheline Cornog (Age 39)
William Henry Casto (Age 2)
Santa Ana Casto (Age 0)
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1851
Joined Company
Circa 1851
Company Arrived
Died
1894 November 9 (Age 78)
Media
William Casto (1816 - 1894) Profile
Sources
Person
1860 United States Census
1860 United States Census.
Deseret Weekly
"Obituary Notes", Deseret Weekly, (23 November 1895), Page 31.
Pioneer
John Steele reminiscences and journals, 1846-1898
John Steele reminiscences and journals, 1846-1898, 30 July 1847.
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Registry of names of persons residing in the various wards as to bishop's reports, 1852-1853
Registry of names of persons residing in the various wards as to bishop's reports, 1852-1853.
Mormon Battalion
Brigham Young history documents, 1844-1866
"John Steele letter", Brigham Young history documents, 1844-1866, (28 December 1846), Page 44783.
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846
Descriptive roll [Mormon Battalion], 1846, Page 1.
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847
"Descriptive roll", Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847, Page 1.
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847. Pay record, 1847: Page 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 15.
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847, Page 1.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 23.
Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848
"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848.