CASTLE, Sigel Wylie

1862 - 1925  (62 years)

• Name	CASTLE, Sigel Wylie
  Born	27 Nov 1862	Iowa, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Aug 1925	Harrisburg, Linn, Oregon, USA   [1]
  Buried	16 Aug 1925	Eugene, Lane, Oregon, USA
  	Alford Cemetery
  Person ID	I40111	Brasfield ~ Brassfield Genealogies
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	CASTLE, Henry,   b. 1829, South Carolina, USA ,   d. Abt 1892, South Dakota, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	SERVICE, Mary Ann,   b. 1837, South Carolina, USA ,   d. Abt 1904, Nebraska, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Abt 1856	Iowa, USA
  Family ID	F10979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	CHEDESTER, Ida Lou,   b. Mar 1868, Iowa, USA ,   d. Abt Jul 1900  (Age ~ 32 years)
  Married	Abt 1887	Albia, Monroe, Iowa, USA
  Children	1. CASTLE, Alford,   b. Abt 1891  [natural]   2. CASTLE, Earl Walter,   b. Jul 1894, South Dakota, USA  [natural]   3. BRASSFIELD, Rena May,   b. 20 Jan 1892, Spring Creek, Pennington, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 21 Oct 1955, Meade, South Dakota, USA  (Age 63 years)  [natural]   4. CASTLE, Roy Emmett,   b. 14 Mar 1888, South Dakota, USA  [natural]   5. CASTLE, Eva Amanda,   b. 17 Jun 1896, South Dakota, USA  [natural]   6. CASTLE, William,   b. Dec 1889, South Dakota, USA  [natural]   7. CASTLE, Laura Odell,   b. 7 Apr 1900, Winter Creek, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, USA ,   d. 29 Dec 1979, Yuba City, Sutter, California, USA  (Age 79 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2022
  Family ID	F13058	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	CHEDESTER, Edith Mary,   b. 14 Feb 1878, Monroe, Iowa, USA ,   d. 14 Aug 1925, Harrisburg, Linn, Oregon, USA  (Age 47 years)
  Married	Abt 1900
  Children	1. CASTLE, Guy M.,   b. Abt 1904  [natural]   2. CASTLE, Bertha I,   b. 12 Jun 1906, Nebraska, USA ,   d. 14 Aug 1925  (Age 19 years)  [natural]   3. CASTLE, Evelyn Helen,   b. 21 May 1916, South Dakota, USA  [natural]   4. CASTLE, Sylvia M,   b. 18 Sep 1909, Nebraska, USA ,   d. 14 Aug 1925  (Age 15 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2022
  Family ID	F13059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Nov 1862 - Iowa, USA Married - Abt 1887 - Albia, Monroe, Iowa, USA Died - 14 Aug 1925 - Harrisburg, Linn, Oregon, USA Buried - 16 Aug 1925 - Eugene, Lane, Oregon, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  In July of 1925, Sigel bought a car and as he could not drive, he got Otis Angle (Bertha's boyfriend) to drive for them. They stopped first at his brother Earl's in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska. Then they went to Portland, Oregon where they visited , brother Emmet and family. On August 13th, on the way to their new home in Eugene, Oregon, they were struck by a train at a detour crossing in Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon. They were all killed, with the exception of Evelyn, who was 9 and Emmet's son 17 year old Merwin, who was driving that day because Otis had gotten a job in Portland. Coroner's Report Linn County Iowa 3/13 /1925. The report states that the coroner examined the cause and manner of death of Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Castle of Po rtland, Or (385 David ST.) and two daughters, Sylvia age 15 and Bertha age 18. He reports that they died in Harrisburg, Oregon when their auto was struck by a S.P. #33 southbound train at a railroad crossing in the northern end of the City of Harrisburg. Accident due to the new detour.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1930] Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Database online. Record for S. W. Castle