Abram Castetter

Abram Castetter is one of the ablest of the pioneer citizens of Washington County and is particularly well known for his extensive interests as a banker and as founder of the A. Castetter banking house of Blair.

He was born in Ohio, February 13, 1831, and grew up and received his education in his native state. A young man seeking broader opportunities inhe opening of a new western country, he came to Nebraska Territory in 1856, when the interest of the nation was being turned in this direction as a result of the discussion over the Kansas-Nebraska Bill in Congress. His first settlement was De Soto. In 1868, he moved to Blair, and the following year established a bank which has been in existence for over half a century as the banking house of A. Castetter. He was an active republican, served as county clerk of Washington County, and has many business and civic interests to lend importance to his name. He was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Mr. Castetter, whose honored career came to a close on April 23, 1900, married in 1854 Helen M. Phelps of Williston, Vermont. She followed her husband to Nebraska in 1857 and was his personal assistant while he was in the office of county clerk. She was one of the woman pioneers of Washington county, and was long prominent socially. Her death occurred May 29, 1909.

Source: History of Dodge and Washington Counties, Nebraska and Their People, Volumes I and II, pages, 749-750. Ed. Rev. William H. Buss, Fremont, Thomas T. Osterman, Blair. The American Historical Society, Chicago, 1921.