MONROE COUNTY, GA - BIOGRAPHIES   J.T. Castleberry

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'MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA", Historical and Biographical Sketches, by S. Emmett Lucas, Jr., PUBLISHED IN 1896.

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J. T. CASTLEBERRY, merchant, Cabaniss, Monroe Co., Ga., is a
son of Jephtha and Susanna F. (Bass) Castleberry, and was
born in Monroe county, April 24, 1845. His father was born
in Warren county, Ga., and went toMonroe county about the
time he reached his majority. He married soon afterward and
engaged in farming, which he continued in Monroe county
until 1856, when he removed to the vicinity of Indian
Springs, in Butts county, where he died April 27, 1866. His
wife survived him about twenty years, dying July 30, 1887.
Of ten children there are now living: Mrs. Mary A. Tingle,
Mrs Martha E. Roberts, Jeptha T., Mrs. Savannah F.
Scarborough, William P., John P., Theresa M. and Mrs. Carrie
O. Scarborough. As the civil war was precipitated about the
time Mr. Castleberry reached the age when the blood runs
hottest and the impulses are strongest, he hastened to
volunteer as a member of Company A., Thirtieth Georgia
regiment, and did his duty as a private in the Western army.
He participated in the battles about Jackson, Miss., at
Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge, and was with Gen. Johnston
as he retired before Gen. Sherman. In the memorable and
bloody battle of July 22, 1864, his brother was mortally
wonded, from which he died at La Grange on July 28, and he
was himself severely wounded in the right leg below the knee
and left on the field of battle. He was taken prisoner and
kept within the enemy’s lines, most of the time at
Chattanooga, until the surrender. Mr. Castleberry is the
merchant at Cabaniss, a prosperous community in the
northeastern portion of Monroe county, where he has been
doing business since the war. His fine business ability and
his great popularity in that section has attracted to him
the large trade he enjoys. He is also conducting a quite
large planting interest and operating three public ginneries
at different points. Mr. Castleberry began his business life
in 1868 as a clerk for Steele & Watson. In 1871 he bought an
interest in the business, the firm then being Steele, Watson
& Castleberry. In 1873, Steel & Castleberry bought out Mr.
Watson, and in 1874 he (Mr. Castleberry) bought out his
partner, and for the last twenty years has been sole
proprietor. He carries a $2,000 stock of merchandise and
plantation supplies and does a nearly cash business. Mr.
Castleberry was married in Butts county, November 28, 1872
to Miss Maggie L., daughter of Richard W. Willis, a pioneer
and substantial citizen of Butts county. They have had but
one child, James E., nineteen years of age and a law student
at Forsyth. Mr. Castleberry is an ardent democrat and a
Missionary Baptist, and a reliable working member in each
cause.