The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-05-16
THE CASTEEL
FAMILY
By CHARLES E. HOVE
THOMAS CASTEEL OF THE
BLOOMING ROSE

bLOOm1INO ROOL
One of the pioneer settlers of what
is now Garrett County, Maryland, was
Thomas Casteel, son Of Shadrack and
Laurena. He was born in Prince
Georges County, Maryland, and set
tied first in Valley Township, Bedford
County, Pennsylvania, where he and
his brother, Archibald, served in Cap
tain Evan Cessnas company of Bed
ford militia during the Revolutionary
War.
In the census of 1890, Thomas Cas-
teel is listed as head of a family of five
in Bedford County.
Prior to 1898, Thomas Casteel mi
grated to Maryland. He is said to
have resided for time on part of the
Blooming Rose" tract near the Friend
settlement, now the Thomas Fike
farm, but in 1914 Nathaniel Wallace,
for 500, decided him 1874 acres of
"Black Oak Ridge" and 39% acres of
Marrow Escape" which became the
Casteel home near the James McMul-
len settlement, about two miles south
west of Friendsville, Maryland.
On the assessment roll of 1898,
Thomas Casteel was assessed with two
horses, nine cattle, etc, valued at
954:15s-but no land In the census If
1900 he was listed in the same neigh
borhood, in Sandy Creek Hundred, as
head of family of ten
The pioneer Thomas Casteel and his
wife are probably buried in the old
Hall graveyard on Blooming Rose.
Among their children were:
(a) Thomas, who appears to have
served in Pennsylvania artillery COM
pany in 1913;
(b) jeremiah, who in 1912 bought at
tax sale 273 acres Of "The Granary,"
near the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS line, ard
in 1920 was listed as head of family
of nineteen in Preston County, Viz
ginia (now West Virginia).
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