Margaret Ophelia Smith

1845 - 1939  (93 years)

• Name	Margaret Ophelia Smith  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	14 Jan 1845	San Augustine County, Texas   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Death	11 Jan 1939	Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas   [1, 3, 5, 7]
  Notes	Shown in John B. Boddie's SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA FAMILIES, Volume 1, as a daughter of Dr. Charles James Smith and Annie Adeline Tomlinson. Dr. Smith attended medical school in Lexington, KY and moved to Mississippi, then to Texas where he practiced medicine unitl his death at the advanced age of eighty five. The Smith's children were Eliza Jane, m. William CROUCH, Cordelia m. Rufus PRICE; Addison; Conway; m. Libby Shays; Margaret Opehelia, m. A P Cartwright; Charles Figures, and John Smith, Jr. Henson and Parmelee note that her mother died soon after her birth, and she was raised by her older siblings, in 1860 living in Jefferson with her brother and his wife. (Henson and Parmelee, THE CARTWRIGHTS OF SAN AUGUSTINE, p. 272). Meck died at a relatively young age, and after her father died in December 1886, she joined her two oldest children, Matthew Charles and Annie in Georgetown, Texas, where both were students at Southwestern University. Teenage son Meck accompanied her to attend high school in Georgetown. They later moved to Waco, in order for Matthew Charles to attend business college. Shortly after Matthew graduated, and the other two children completed their school term in June 1890, the entire family moved to Terrell. (ibid, p. 304). Her three married children eventually built houses next door to each other on Griffith Avenue, and Ophelia lived with her daughter Meck, and Meck's banker husband, Walter P. Allen, until her death in 1939. (ibid, p. 311). (Research): Census Listings: 1900 Census Texas, Kaufman County, City of Terrell Enumerated 21 Jun 1900 SD 6 ED 75 Sheet 34 B 657-667 Cartwright, Ophelia Head W F Aug 1845 54 Wd 3/3 Tx Va Miss Allen, America P Daug W F Feb 1874 26 Md 6 3/3 Tx Tx Tx Allen, Walter P S-in-law W M Jan 1870 30 m 6 Tx Ala Tenn Cashier Bank Allen, Pauline Gdtr W F Jany 1895 5 S Tx Tx Tx Allen, Ophelia Gdtr W F Jun 1897 2 S Tx Tx Tx Allen, Walter P Gson W M Oct 1898 1 S Tx Tx Tx Kennedy, Hetty Servant B F Dec 1869 30 Wd 0 Tx Tx Tx Francis, Hally Servant B F JNun 1883 16 S Tx Tx Tx
  Person ID	I7124	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Americus "Meck" Peyroux Cartwright,   b. 17 Mar 1840, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas d. 11 Aug 1873, Carthage, Panola County, Texas (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	11 Feb 1869	Jefferson, Marion County, Texas   [6]
  	Upon hearing of her brother's pending marriage plans, Anna Cartwright wrote her sister Mary "I cannot believe Meck is going to be married until the cermony has already been performed."
  Children	1. Matthew Charles Cartwright,   b. 24 Nov 1869, San Augustine County, Texas d. 26 Jan 1960 (Age 90 years)   2. Annie Thompson "Annie T" Cartwright,   b. 28 Nov 1871, San Augustine County, Texas d. 21 Oct 1959, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (Age 87 years)   3. America "Meck" Peyroux Cartwright,   b. 16 Feb 1874, San Augustine County, Texas d. 4 Apr 1959, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F3484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2012

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 14 Jan 1845 - San Augustine County, Texas Death - 11 Jan 1939 - Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S292] Collins, Jerry H. (Jerry H. Collins@comcast.net) Ver. 2009-01-18; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jhc-3cousins. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Kaufman County, City of Terrell Enumerated 21 Jun 1900 SD 6 ED 75 Sheet 34 B 657-667 (Reliability: 3). [S1186] Boddie, John B. SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA FAMILIES, Volume 1, p. 372 (Reliability: 3). [S207] 1870 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003., (United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T132, RG29, 13 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1870 United States Federal Census, the Ninth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age at last birthday, sex, color; birthplace, occupation, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1870 Federal Census.), Enumerated 6 July 1870 Page 20 121-121 (Reliability: 3). [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), Appendix, Chart II: John Cartwright's Children and Grandchildren (Reliability: 3). [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 272 (Reliability: 3). [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 311 (Reliability: 3).