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Anna Wigglesworth Cartwright

Female 1844 - 1903  (59 years)


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  • Name Anna Wigglesworth Cartwright  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Birth 6 Apr 1844  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 27 May 1903  Kaufman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6, 7] 
    Burial Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I9968  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Matthew Cartwright,   b. 11 Nov 1807, Wilson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1870, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Amanda "Mandy" Holman,   b. 24 Jul 1817, Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1894, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 18 Oct 1836  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    • In "The Cartwrights of San Augustine,' a transcription of a stilted, formal note written by Matthew Cartwright to his future bride reads as follows:

      Miss Amanda Holman,

      Please allow me to address you for the first time with the most profound respect. I admire your person, your addrss and appearance....I have come to the conclusion that of all other objects met with in this life...you are the one. Therefore I now address you for the purpose of requesting permission to pay my suit on that of which is the most importance to me and I hope not indifferent to you. Please reply as soon as convenient and relieve the suspense of one who is desiorous to unite his fate and happiness in life with yours.
      Your obedient servant,
      Matthew Cartwright

      Amanda soon accepted Matthew's proposal, scheduling the ceremony for Octobe 18, 1836. Some months prior to the wedding she bought seven yards of French muslin and two bonnest at Matthew's store, and later pink silk and gauze ribbon, all suitable for a wedding.

      The couple was married nearly thirty-five years before Matthew's death, and Amanda survived him for nearly twenty-five additional years. They were buried side by side in a small family plot near their home in San Augustine. Youngest son Matthew later made arrangements to have his parents reinterred in Terrell, Texas, with a suitable marker, in September 1896. (Henson and Paremelee, p. 308).
    Family ID F3418  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Benjamin Thomas Roberts,   b. 2 Apr 1837, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1887, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage 10 Jan 1869  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 

    • Anna and her sister Mary had commenced writing letters to "care-worn soldiers" other than their brothers. One of these soldiers was Benjamin T. Roberts, seven years older than Anna and a neighbor since childhood, whom had asked her to begin a "friendly correspondence." Although she "never corresponded with young gentelmen before the war...(and) said I never would, She decided it was a 'duty imcumbent of the fair sex' to contribute to the soldier's happiness." (Henson and Cartwright, p. 227) in October 1868, Anna finally gave in to Ben Roberts's ardent courtship and set the wedding for January 1869. Using money from her father's wedding gift, Anna bought the 1830 Ezekiel Cullen house in December 1869, registering the transaction in her own name, an unusual practice for married women at that time. (ibid, p. 267). As a young girl, Anna had displayed more independence of mind than many of her friends, even her mother deplored her occasional "contrariness." After her husband died in 1887, Anna applied to the court and was immediately appointed administrator. Although there was not a prenuptial agreement on file, Anna had kept her property seperate from Ben's. (ibid, p. 299). Her youngest brother, Matthew, offered to build a house for Anna on Griffith Avenue in Terrell, and she agreed to make a fresh start in an area that offered business opportunities for her sons. Within eighteen months of the move, she and her eldest son Matthew had opened a real estate and loan office with the aid of her brother Matthew, and they soon opened an insurance agency to augment their income. (ibid, pp. 300-301). Anna later also had her husband's body reinterred in Terrell, Texas.
    Children 
     1. Matthew Cartwright Roberts,   b. 18 Jan 1870, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1931, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     2. Amanda "Manda" Holman Roberts,   b. 17 Jan 1871, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1949, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     3. Annie W. Roberts,   b. 8 Nov 1872, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1963, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     4. Benjamin Shadrach Roberts,   b. 2 May 1874, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1966, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     5. Felix M. Roberts,   b. Abt 1876, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1900 (Age ~ 24 years)
     6. Claude C. Roberts,   b. 4 Jul 1877, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1924, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
     7. Mary C. Roberts,   b. 19 Aug 1878, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Dec 1936, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F3486  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Apr 1844 - San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 Jan 1869 - San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 May 1903 - Kaufman County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S633] Davis, Kathryn Hooper "San Augustine County, Texas Census Records 1860".

    2. [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.

    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.), Texas, San Augustine County, PO San Augustine Enumerated 5 Aug 1870 Page 90 40-40 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Oakland Memorial Park, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas (Reliability: 3).

    5. [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).

    6. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Oakland Memorial Park, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas (photo of tombstone shows 27 May 1903, versus the date of 7 May 1903 listed) (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 311 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S233] Noble, Harry P. Jr TEXAS TRAILBLAZERS: SAN AUGUSTINE PIONEERS (Best of East Texas: 1999), 85 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 99 (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 267 (Reliability: 3).


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