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Peter Kastl
2 Nov 1828 – 31 Oct 1903
| Birth | 2 Nov 1828 |
| Death | 31 Oct 1903 |
| Cemetery | Saints Cyril and Methodius Cemetery Elk Township , Saunders County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | lee martinson on 24 Jul 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94140266 |
Bio
aged 77 yrs born in Sepadly near Nova Kdyne. Peter Kastl was a soldier in the Austrian army and came to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the spring of 1866, where he worked at the mason's trade. He wanted to become a farmer, but lands in Iowa began to rise in price, so he came to Omaha, where he looked up homesteads and chose 160 acres in Saunders County. He went by rail to Fremont, where he crossed by ferry and then followed the Platte River until he came to the present town of Linwood. From there he went south, in search of his homestead. After he had gone about twelve miles, he stopped on the farm of a Mr. Garrett, to ask the direction. Garrett told him the homestead lay many miles further south, on Oak Creek, near the present town of Valparaiso. He advised him to buy a farm a few miles south, from a certain American, which Kastl did and settled on it. It was near the present town of Prague and the old rural church settlement called Plasi. Hajek followed Kastl, they being friends. He settled near Linwood.
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- Anna Kastl Sedlacek 1860–1940
- Joseph Charles Kastl 1863–1943
- Filomena Kastl Fujan 1865–1955
- Mary Kastl Cuda 1865–1902
- Thomas James Kastle 1866–1942
- Frank Joseph Kastl 1874–1963
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