George and Sallie Castles moved to Jones County from Navarro County in 1879. They camped and tented close to the Boyd family near Neinda for several months, then bought from William Alford that section of land, the west half of which for 56 years afterwards designated the Barrett place. There, near the corner where the Thompson Creek crossed the Anson and Roby road, the Castle family made a shed addition to the little prairie creek where Mr. William Alford lived when he applied to the sate for claim on several sections of land in that area. With a vast open range just across the road, the Castle family welcomed cowboys and neighbors miles away to the use of water in their well and tank during the terrible drought of 1886, proving themselves most generous people in the development of Jones County. Such generosity practiced among pioneer folk could but stamp indelibly growing youth with charitable ideals. In the early 1890s the Castle family became a potent influence in Anson religiously, morally, and educationally.
George and Sallie Castles moved to Jones County from Navarro County in 1879. They camped and tented close to the Boyd family near Neinda for several months, then bought from William Alford that section of land, the west half of which for 56 years afterwards designated the Barrett place. There, near the corner where the Thompson Creek crossed the Anson and Roby road, the Castle family made a shed addition to the little prairie creek where Mr. William Alford lived when he applied to the sate for claim on several sections of land in that area. With a vast open range just across the road, the Castle family welcomed cowboys and neighbors miles away to the use of water in their well and tank during the terrible drought of 1886, proving themselves most generous people in the development of Jones County. Such generosity practiced among pioneer folk could but stamp indelibly growing youth with charitable ideals. In the early 1890s the Castle family became a potent influence in Anson religiously, morally, and educationally.
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