Six Degrees of Separation Caston & Brumfield families Part 3

Going to school

All forbearers have not been identified in federal census records.  Mississippi school-age

children were enumerated in county school records for selected years. The children are divided by race and location. The name of the parent or guardian was sometimes included. These school records were helpful in identifying children and families for non-census years. I performed an extensive but by no means exhaustive search of school records for Lincoln, Amite and Pike counties for 1878 and 1885. I found the Caston children in school records for Pike County, Holmesville precinct in 1878. The parent is not listed with the children.  The oldest Caston child listed was Isham age 19 years old and Monroe the youngest 5 years old.

"Mississippi, Enumeration of Educable Children, 1850-1892; 1908-1957," images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-14208-33487-64?cc=1856425&wc=10918067: accessed 22 Feb 2014), Pike > 1878 > image 111 of 200

Name	Age	Sex
Caston Green	17	male
Caston Silas	14	male
Caston Isham	19	male
Caston Jesse	12	male
Caston Adeline	11	female
Caston Monroe	5	male

"Mississippi, Enumeration of Educable Children, 1850-1892; 1908-1957," images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-14208-32811-52?cc=1856425&wc=10918067: accessed 22 Feb 2014), Pike > 1878 > image 112 of 200

The Caston children were also found in the 1885 Pike County school enumeration.
 

Name	Age	Sex	Parent
Caston Jesse	19	male	Calvin Caston
Caston Adeline	17	female	“                        “
Caston Monroe	12	male	“                       “

"Mississippi, Enumeration of Educable Children, 1850-1892; 1908-1957," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-14208-41161-22?cc=1856425 : accessed 03 Jun 2014), Pike > 1885 > image 7 of 178; citing Government Records, Jackson

What happened to Frank, Richard and Irving? More information to come.