Baxter Polk Cartwright, Jr.

Baxter married Anna Virginia Thomas. Anna was born on 21 Jan 1902; died on 14 Jun 1998; was buried in San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to be a daughter of Walter Theophilus Thomas and Tempe Sue Roberts.

Notes:

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, Pr 1, San Augustine City
Enumerated 28 Jun 1900
SD 267 ED 74 Sheet 14B
254-254
Cartwright, John M Head Jan 1863 37 m9 Tx Tx Tn
Cartwright, Emmie Wf W F Nov 1871 28 M 9 1/1 Tx Tx Miss
Cartwright, Holman L Son W M Aug 1898 1 S Tx Tx Tx

1910 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, Pr 2
Enumerated 2 May 1910
SD 2 ED 138 Sheet 7B
135-139
Cartwright, Mathew J Head M W 47 m1 19 Tx Tx Tn Own Income
Cartwright, Emmy Wf F W 37 M1 19 2/2 Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Homer L Son M W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Baster P Son M W 8 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, San Augustine, JP 1
Enumerated 2 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 174 Sheet 1A
1-1
Cartwright, John M Head M W 57 m Tx Tx Tn Farmer
Cartwright, Emma Wf F W 28 m Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Holman Son W W 21 S Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Baxter Son M W 18 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
not located

1940 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 1
Enumerated May 6, 1940
SD 42-2 ED 203-2
HH 49
Cartwright, Emmie Head F W 68 Wd Tx Same House
Cartwright, Baxter Sib N W 38 M Tx Same House Farmer
Cartwright, Anna V Dtr in Law F W 38 m Tx Same House
Cartwright, Baxter P Grandson M W 15 S Tx Same House
Cartwright, Jon M Grandson M W 9 S Tx Same House

John married Emily Massey. Emily was born on 27 Nov 1871 in Fannin County, Texas; died on 20 Oct 1956 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From FindAGrave:

Emily Massey Cartwright is the daughter of Charles Polk Massey and Eliza Jane Jones. Charles Polk Massey is the son of William Smith Massey and Margaret Benigna Polk of San Augustine, TX. Margaret B. Polk parents are John Polk(b.1785) and Elizabeth Ann Polk, both are buried in the Linn Flat Cemetery outside of Nacogdoches, TX. Her grand father was Charles (Civil Charley,) born January 18, 1760, and her grandmother was Margaret (Baxter) Polk.


Name Emily Massey Cartwright
Event Type Death
Event Date 20 Oct 1956
Event Place San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Widowed
Birth Date 27 Nov 1871
Birthplace Fannin, Texas
Father's Name Chas Polk Massey
Mother's Name Eliza Jones
Certificate Number 55570
GS Film number 2114936
Digital Folder Number 005145191
Informant B P Cartwright
Image Number 00975

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K33L-CRQ : accessed 01 Dec 2013), Emily Massey Cartwright, 20 Oct 1956; citing certificate number 55570, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2114936.

Notes:

At the age of 16, Columbus and two other local boys were sent to the Kentucky Military Institute near Frankfort. They traveled by steamboat down the Red River and up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to Louisville, and then by train, the first they had seen, to Frankfort. Homesick, but conscious of his duty, Columbus missed no classes and worked very hard to please his parents. Upperclassman Moses A. Broocks wrote this his father that Columbus was 'one of the finest and healthiest looking' cadets." (Henson and Parmelee, pp. 171 -172). He had to return to San Augustine in 1855 due to poor health. He later attended Cumberland Unversity in Lebanon, Tennesse, with his brother Meck. Poor health continued to afflict Cumby the rest of his life. At the onset of the Civil War, he remained home with his young family, not enlisting in the C.S.A. with his brothers Meck and Lon (ibid, p. 200)

In the summer of 1861 Mosquito-borne fevers troubled San Augustine..."Columbus was so sick that he spoke of dying to his father before his slow recovery. Sallie, his wife, also had two chills but seemed to be better; Matthew probably did not know that she was expecting her third child. Other neighbors were very ill and some were dying." (ibid, pp. 206-207). The ledger books of his father, Matthew Cartwright, show that a number of payments of $50 or more were made to pay men to serves as Columbus's substitutes in the Confederate army, a practice that was later forbidden. (ibid, p. 216) In 1864, fearful that the Union forces would advance into Texas, Columbus joined Gen. Major's cavalry below Natchitoches by April 24. His brother Meck, who had been on sick leave since October 1863 rejoined as well. The brothers were among the Confederates who followed the retreating Union boats along the river banks. Eventually Cumby's old kidney ailment sent him to the rear. He returned to duty near Opelousas on May 31. By the end of July 1864 he was home on a furlough he had bought for $38. His health remained bad, and his leave was extended until November. (ibid, pp 235-236).

During the 1880's, Columbus formed a business partnership with two of his sons, Robert and John Matthew, both of whom had moved to Mt. Calm in Hill County, to raise fine horses. Columbus remained most of the time in San Augustine, maintaining a race track where he trained his favorite animals. Beginning in 1884 he bought throughbreds and was listed in the AMERICAN STUD BOOK and TURF, FIELD AND FARM (ibid, pp. 298-299). Once the overachiever of the family, Columbus had learned over the years that his kidney ailment could be controlled by simple quiet living, and raising racehorses and other livestock in San Augustine suited him. He remained behind as the rest of his siblings moved to westward to Terrell. (p. 308).

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, San Augustine District
Enumerated 5 July 1860
Page 6
35-35
C. C. Cartwright 23 M Farmer 3000 9730 Tx
Sarah H Cartwright 19 F Tenn
Matthew Cartwright Jr. 2 M Tx
Robert L Cartwright 1 M Tx

1870 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, PO San Augustine
Enumerated 6 July 1870
Page 20
122-122
Cartwright, C. 32 M W Farmer 2000 1000 Tx
Cartwright, Sarah M 29 F W Keeps House Tenn
Cartwright, R. L 10 M W At School Tx
Cartwright, Mathew 8 M W Tx
Cartwright, C Jr 23 M W Tx
Cartwright, Americus 6/12 M W Tx Dec
Harper, Porter 25 M M Works on Farm Tenn
Harper, Milpey? 30 F B cook Tenn
Harper, Jessey? 9 M M Tx
Harper, Martha 2 F M Tx

Columbus married Sarah "Sally" Amanda Lane on 24 Jun 1858 in Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Robert Lane and America "Meck" Holman) was born on 24 May 1841 in Tennessee; died on 18 Feb 1895 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
During an extended visit with the Akin's in McMinnville, Tennessee, Columbus fell in love with his sixteen year old cousin, Sarah "Sallie" Lane, who had recently completed studies at Mary Sharp College.