1870 Census
Virginia, Bedford County, Lisbon Twp, PO Liberty
Enumerated 27 July 1870
Page 50
382-382
Carter, Jefferson 46 M W Farmer 1200 418 Va
Carter, Mary 46 F W Keeping House Va
Carter, Amanda K 20 F W Va
Carter, Texanna 17 F W Va
Carter, Victoria 15 F W Va
Carter, Rowland D 12 m W Va
Carter, Fulton 9 M S Va
Carter, Gustavus R 9 M W Va
383-383
Carter, Natl C 20 M W Farmer Va
Carter, Sally 20 F W Keeping House Va
Carter, Lisa May 10/12 F W Va
1910 Census
Virginia, Bedford County, Lisbon Magisterial District
Enumerated 11 May 1910
SD 6 ED 12 Sheet 22A Stamped 106
344-351
Carter, Jefferson P Head M W 85 m1 64 Va Va Va Farmer
Carter, Mary Wf F W 84 m1 64 8/6 Va Va Va
Wilson, Henry Son in Law M W 64 m1 22 Va Va Va Farm Laborer Working Out
Wilson, Texanna Dtr F W 56 M1 22 0/0 Va Va Va
Carter, Manda L Dtr F W 59 S Va Va Va
345-352
Carter, Nathaniel Head M W 63 m1 33 Va Va Va Farm Laborer Working Out
Carter, Sallie W. Wf F W 57 m1 33 6/5 Va Va Va
Mrs. Jean Lewis, age 93, of San Augustine, Texas, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at Colonial Pines Care Center. She was born December 5, 1928, in the Hawthorne community.
Jean and Grady Lewis were married April 5, 1952, in San Augustine.
Jean worked in the financial industry as a banker for 15 years.
After living in many places across the Southwest, they settled in Lafayette, Louisiana, where they lived for more than 40 years. They were active with the First Baptist Church in Lafayette.
Jean was an avid golfer and member of "Owga and Oakbourne Country Club" of Lafayette. She was the club champion for five years straight.
She was also a member of and served the "Society of Petroleum Engineers Auxiliary," "Chez Amis," "Acadiana Symphony," and the "Sunshine Foundation of Lafayette."
Jean and Grady moved back to San Augustine several years ago.
Those left to cherish her memory include Frank and Penny Gauthier and thier children, Landon Gauthier and Alaina Gauthier, who called her "MiMi;" a host of friends and neighbors; and caregivers, Eugenia Lara and Adolfo Castro.
Visitation will be held from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Monday, March 21, 2022, at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine.
Funeral services are set for 2:30 p.m. Monday, March 21, 2022, at the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel with Bro. Welton Blackmon officiating. Interment will follow at Chinquapin Cemetery.
Visit www.WymanRobertsFuneralHome.com for memories and condolences.
Arrangements are under the direction of Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine, Texas.
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, March 23, 2022, page 9
Lucille Carter Melde, 92, of Hemphill, died Thursday night in the Sabine County Hospital. Lucille was born in Hemphill to John Bradford and Beulah Carlton Carter. Lucille was married to the late Swede Melde, together they owned and operated Swede's Grocery and Service Station at the corner of Hwy 87 and FM 944. Lucille was a life resident of Hemphill and a member of the First Baptist Church.
Lucille is survived by her son Charles Melde and his wife Kathy of Hemphill and her niece Tina Butler of Hemphill. She was preceded in death by her husband Swede Melde and her sister Myrtle Horton.
Visitation will be from 6:00PM until 8:00PM, Friday, August 30, 2013, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 10:00AM, Saturday, August 31, 2013, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Hemphill Cemetery.
www.starrfuneralhome.com
Print edition in The Sabine County Reporter, September 4, 2013, Page 12
The book, SABINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SKETCHES AND GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, shows her as a daughter of "Wm. and Mary Carter, and believed to a desc. of Isaac Carter, Rev. soldier (sic)."
Wm. and Mary Carter were (1) dead prior to 1850, before the date of birth of Parthenia and (2) even if still alive, much too old. Perhaps Parthenia was a granddaughter, a daughter of their son Redmond? Or of son William and his wife Louisa Simmons?
It appears likely she is related in some way to the various Carter families enumerated immediately before them at the time of the 1850 Bossier Parish, Louisiana census.
It appears that she died, or was otherwise missing from the household, sometime after the 1864 birth of her youngest daughter, but prior to the 1860 census when her husband was remarried. In fact, on the website listed below, she is showsn as a daughter of of Derrell Carter and Sarepta Taylor. Derrell is said to be a son of Isaac Carter of Cumberland County, North Carolina and his wife Nancy Young, and brother to William Carter, the husband of Hannah Jemina Cole.
Permancy would therefore be a first cousin to Isaac F. Carter, the husband of Margaret Holden, who are both indexed in these files. Isaac was a son of Derrell's brother, William, by his first wife, Hannah Cole.
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Name: Phoebe Machen
Death Date: 18 Jun 1937
Death Place: Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: W
Death Age: 79 years 3 months 20 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 28 Feb 1858
Birthplace: Enterprise, Ms
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: W. T. Mchen
Father's Name: Wm. Carter
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Sarah Pickle
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Sandia, TX
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Sandia, Tx
Burial Date: 20 Jun 1937
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2117278
Digital Film Number: 4166744
Image Number: 2626
Reference Number: v X cn 33015
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
She is listed on FindAGrave, but not linked to a cemetery, under burial information it is written "location of the grave is unknown."
His grave marker indicates he was a veteran of the War of 1812. Kathy Casagranda writes he was a member of the first session of the District Court in Sabine Parish, January 1843. He was a farmer by occupation.
1850 Census
Lousiana, Sabine Parish
Enumerated 9 Sept 1850
Stamped 120
235-237
Redmon Carter 55 M Farmer 300 Ga
Nancy Carter 53 F SC
D. R. Carter 24 M La
Bradford Carter17 M La
James Carter 7 M La
236-238
W. R. Carter 25 M Farmer La
Jane Eliza Carter 28 F Tenn
Mary Carter 4 F La
Redmon Carter 5/12 M La
Ania Schumate 7 F La
A 21 year old Redmond Carter was living with the Parkman family in Lawrence county, Mississippi at the time of the 1850 census. He was shown as born in Tennessee, but this may be in error as all the members of the Parkman family were born in Tennessee.
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Name: Roberta Mclemore
Death Date: 25 May 1954
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: white
Death Age: 81 years 6 months 21 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 04 Nov 1872
Birthplace: Missouri
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Will Carter
Father's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother's Name: Anna Frakes
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Potter County, Texas
Cemetery: Shamrock Cemetery
Burial Place: Shamrock, Texas
Burial Date: 26 May 1954
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2114150
Digital Film Number: 4165605
Image Number: 2217
Reference Number: cn 24630
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
1900 Census
Lousiana, Sabine Parish, Ward 3
Enumerated 28 Jun 1900
SD 4 ED 90 Sheet 14A Stamped 44
227-232
Stroud, Sarah Head W F Sept 1864 33 Wd 6/6 La La Tx Farmer
Stroud, Asa J Son W M July 1888 11 S La La La Farm Laborer
Stroud, Sarah E Dtr W F Mar 1892 8 S La La La
Stroud, Henry R Son W M Nov 1897 2 S La La La
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Name: Leona Carter
Death Date: 02 Jan 1971
Death Place: Cuero, Dewitt, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 87 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1884
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Jones
Father's Name: Mirabeau B. Carter
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Fannie Harris
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2223071
Digital Film Number: 4169221
Image Number: 1418
Reference Number: 2160
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
The SSDI instead shows her birthdate as May 28, 1926.
Her obituary is indexed on Cleveland Public Library's index as having been published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 19, 1996, Page 9, Section B. It was also noted that she was a registered nurse. The full obituary was not available online, however.
1850 Census
Mississippi, Pike County, Fifth Police District, 15
Enumerated 27 Nov 1850
686-687
Burrel and Judy Carter
687-688
Tarrant A Carter 33 M Farmer 400 Miss
Octavia Carter 25 F Miss
Emily Carter 5 F Miss
Winston Carter 3 M Miss
Nancy Carter 8/12 F Miss
IGI Records show that Una Carter married Amaziah Vardeman in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana on 12 December 1815. The couple moved north to Mississippi sometime after their marriage, as all three of their daughters were born here.
A woman named "Uny Massy" can be found in Pike County, Mississippi in 1840 (Microfilm #704). Ronald Vern Jackson's index to this census references page 152. It appears that the reference should have been to pg 297, which is what is actually stamped at the top of the microfilm as a guide. The census listing indicates this was a household made up entirely of females. There was one female between the ages of 10-15, two between ages 15 and 20, one between 20 and 30, and one between 40 and 50. Living with them as well was a female slave, who was somewhere between 26 and 56 years of age. It appears that Una might have actually had four daughters, and not just the three currently listed. Una's oldest known daughter, Polly, became 20 years old in 1840. Her youngest known daughter, Jemimah, reached age 15 the same year. This means that either of them might have been classified into two age categories. Therefore gauging the age of a fourth daughter is especially difficult. She could have been born prior to Polly, or after Jemimah. She might even have been a daughter by Una's second husband.
At the time of the 1850 Sabine Parish Louisiana, Una was living alone in dwelling #304, between her daughters Jemimah Amazia Vardeman White and Ann Vardeman White. She is listed in the transcription of the Sabine Parish census prepared by Kathy Casagranda as Unas Massa age 57, M (sic), born in Louisiana.
On the 1860 Sabine County Census, she is living with her daughter Jimimah, and son in law John Reagan White (Household 118). This is next door to Henry Strickland White and his wife Mary Etta Vardeman. On that transcription, she is shown as Una Massa, age 66, F, born North Carolina.
Moved to St. Tammany Parish, LA about 1810. In the 1850 Sabine Parish Louisiana with Added Family Information by Kathy Casagranda, she writes that William Carter was from Halifax County, North Carolina. Karen Carter Garcia, a descendant from Jasper, Texas writes that he was from Jackson County, Georgia, and was the son of Solomon Carter, also of Jackson County, Grandson of Samuel and Rebecca Carter of Edgecombe County, NC and great-grandson of Solomon Carter of Virginia. (Karen Carter Garcia, Route 8, Box 824, Jasper, Texas 75951; kgarcia@inv.net) Leatha Betts shows the same lineage, but lists all his forebearers as being from Edgecombe County, North Carolina. She notes that he left deeds in Jackson County, Georgia 1794-1795 as did Solomon Strickland. His children were mentioned in the deeds.
The book, SABINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SKETCHES AND GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, also shows a Parthenia Carter, wife of Elias Impson, as a daughter of "Wm. and Mary Carter, and believed to a desc. of Isaac Carter, Rev. soldier." Mrs. Blanche Finley Toole, coauthor of that book, told me that his descent from Isaac was just speculation.
Wm. and Mary Carter were also not likely the parents of Parthenia Carter as they were (1) dead prior to 1850, the date of birth of Parthenia and (2) even if still alive, much too old.
The "Family of William Carterr" website instead shows he was born in Orangeburg District, South Carolina. Said to be a son of Isaac Carter of Cumberland County, North Carolina.
The "Youngblood Family Genealogy" website also lists Orageburg District, SC as his place of birth, and also showing his father of Isaac Carter, and his mother as Anne Elizabeth Nancy Young.
1850 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish
12 September 1850
286-288
John McCormack 24 M Farmer Louisiana
Elizabeth McCormack 22 F Texas
Thos McCormack 3 M Louisiana
Russell McCormack 19 M None Louisiana
287-289
Drucilla Sheffield 49 F Ga
Harriett Carter 18 F Tex
Emma? Carter 17 F None Tex
Lucinda Carter 16 F Tex
John Sheffield 11 M La
Amanda Sheffield 10 F La
Rachel Sheffield 8 F La
Wiley Sheffield 6 M La
288-290
Elijah Goff 28 M Farmer La
Nancy Goff 29 F Miss
Elisa Goff 6 F La
Mary Goff 4 F La
Catherine Goff 2 F La
Martha Goff 1 F La
289-291
David Carter 21 M Farmer Tex
Sarah Carter 14 F Miss
290-292
William Carter 30 M Miss
Polly Carter 31 M Miss
Wyatt Carter 8 M La
Geo W Carter 5 M La
??? Carter 3 F La
John Carter 1 M La
In December, 2001, Bobby Carter posted, on the Carter Family Genealogy Forum at Genforum, that "William, b abt 1835, died 1869 in MS probably from pneumonia (his wife Sarah Pickle and surviving child migrate to Texas following his death)."
1850 Census
Lousiana, Sabine Parish
Enumerated 9 Sept 1850
Stamped 120
235-237
Redmon Carter 55 M Farmer 300 Ga
Nancy Carter 53 F SC
D. R. Carter 24 M La
Bradford Carter17 M La
James Carter 7 M La
236-238
W. R. Carter 25 M Farmer La
Jane Eliza Carter 28 F Tenn
Mary Carter 4 F La
Redmon Carter 5/12 M La
Ania Schumate 7 F La
(Research):Could this be his death record, in spite of the differing first name?
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Name: Enoch B Carter
Death Date: 25 Jun 1975
Death Place: Overton, Rusk, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 80 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 24 Aug 1894
Birthplace: Louisiana
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Bradford Carter
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Ann Russell
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2240147
Digital Film Number: 4005486
Image Number: 02548
Reference Number: 46685
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
1930 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, San Augustine Precinct
Enumerated April 24, 1930
ED 203-1 SD 19 Sheet 10B
264-278
Cartwright, Minnie Head 8000 F W 56 Wd 20 Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Americus H Son M W 21 m 19 Tx Tx Tx Cashier Bank
Cartwright, Mintie Dtr F W 18 S Tx
Cartwright, Nelda Dtr-in-law F W 18 m 16 Tx
265-279
Cartwright, Ingram A Head M W 30 M 22 Tx Farmer
Cartwright, Wilma Wf F W 29 m 22 Tx
Cartwright, Ingram Jr Son M W 3 S Tx
Funeral services for Alvin Ingram "Red" Cartwright Jr, 67, of San Augustine were held Saturday, June 4, 1994 at the Wyman Roberts Funeral directors chapel in San Augustine. Interment followed at the City Cemetery.
He died Wednesday, June 1, 1994, at the Memorial Hospital in San Augustine.
Cartrwright was a lifelong resident of San Augustine County is is survived by cousins.
Henson and Parmelee show that she married A. D. McCUTCHAN, and that they were the parents of Mary and James. (Appendix, Chart II.) The couple moved to Upshur County in 1861, and after brief service with the Confederate Army, McCutchan was discharged because of poor health. He asked Matthew for help in disposing of the property he had left in San Augustine and also in identifying land Mandy had inherited from her father. She died sometime in the late 1860's leaving two children. Their son, James McCutchan, later worked for the Cartwrights and lived in Shelby County in 1888. (Henson and Parmelee, p. 266).
In 1886, the five female cousins, Columbus's Mary, age fourteen; Meck's Annie, fifteen; and the three Amanda's (Lon's, Anna's and Mary's) all fifteen, spent a year at Atheanaeum in Columbia, Tennessee. Jimmie Ingram and Lon visited the girls at Christmas and posed for a photograph. The importance the Cartwrights placed on good education continued as each child reached the proper age. (Henson and Parmelee, p. 297). She later studied at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. (ibid, p. 301).
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Name: Amanda Cartwright Wilson
Death Date: 18 Mar 1957
Death Place: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 85 years 11 months 29 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 19 Mar 1871
Birthplace: San Augustine, Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Leonadis Cartwright
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Ludie Ingram
Mother's Birthplace: Georgia
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
Cemetery: Oakland Memorial Park
Burial Place: Terrell, Texas
Burial Date: 19 Mar 1957
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2135605
Digital Film Number: 4163623
Image Number: 3289
Reference Number: cn 15205
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
She was born five months after her fathers death, and was named in honor of him. Like other children born after the death of a father, many people believed America had extraordinary powers for healing others. (Henson and Parmelee, p. 288).
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Name: America Cartwright Allen
Death Date: 04 Apr 1959
Death Place: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 85 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 16 Feb 1874
Birthplace: San Augustine, Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Americus Peyroux Cartwright
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Ophelia Smith
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
Cemetery: Oakland Memorial Park
Burial Place: Terrell, Texas
Burial Date: 06 Apr 1959
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2115910
Digital Film Number: 4165956
Image Number: 1978
Reference Number: v X cn 22121
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Not shown as a child of Columbus Cartwright and Sallie Lane on 'Chart II: John Cartwright's Children and Grandchildren' in the appendix of Henson and Parmelee's "The Cartwrights of San Augustine."
However, a stand alone chart was later issued as an Erratum, stated that the name of three of their children were inadvertently omitted.
1900 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, San Augustine
Enumerated 26 Jun 1900
SD 267 ED 73 Sheet 1B
Census Listings:
227-227
Cartwright, Mack Head W M Dec 1870 29 m 6 ZTx Tn Tn Farmer
Cartwright, Minnie Wf W F Mch 1873 27 m 6 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Infant Son W M Mch 1900 7/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Storne, Corry Servant B M 1882 18 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer
Sharp, Jane Cook B F 1895 25 W Tx Tx Tx Cook
Sharp, Alfred Son B M 1886 14 S Tx Tx Tx
1910 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, San Augustine, Pr 1
Enumerated 21 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 138 Sheet 4A
71-72
Cartwright, Americus H Head M W 40 m1 16 Tx Tx Tn Own Income
Cartwright, Minnie C Wf F W 37 m1 16 2/2 Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Ingram Son M W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, A. H. Jr. Son M W 1 S Tx Tx Tx
Hollis, Sophronia Servant F B 21 S Tx Tx Tx Cook Private Family
Garrett, Kate S. Boarder F W 42 S Tx Tn Tx Deputy Clerk County
Dixon, Felix B Friend F W 36 S Tx Oh Tx
Fields, Garrett W Nephew M W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
John Bennett Boddie's SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA FAMILY, Volume 1, states that Mr. Cartwright was a First Lt., C.S.A. in the Third Texas Cavalry and fought in the Missouri Campaign, later serving in General Major's brigade in Louisiana and Texas. His date of death was shown by Boddie as 11 Aug 1873, which matches the photo of his headstone on FindAGrave.
As had his older brother, Cumby, Meck attended the Kentucky Military Institute in Frankfort. In 1856 he had trouble with a reoccuring infection in his left eye...which eventually led to the loss of they eye. He later attended Cumberland Unversity in Lebanon, Tennesse, also with his brother Cumby. (Henson and Parmelee, p.179-183). He finished his studies in 1859 and returned home to clerk for the Burrus and Cartwright store. (ibid, p. 193).
On May 25, 1861, Meck, his brother Lon "and twenty other volunteers rode to Shelby County, where Captain Short lived, to enlist...Short's company left in June to rendezvous near Dallas, where along with other East Texas units, they were sworn into Col. Elkana Greer's mounted regiment....(and) eventually were designated as the Third Texas Cavalry, and Short's company became Company E." (ibid, p. 200). Upon reorganization of the regiment on May 8, 1862, Meck Cartwright became second lieutenant of Company E, chosen by the majority of the forty-seven members voting. (ibid, p. 215) Meck requested and received a medical discharge in August, 1862 due to his missing left eye and a more recent impairment to his hearing. (ibid, p. 217). He rejoined the Texas Third Cavalry in 1863...and became a forage master. (ibid, p. 229) later returning home on sick leave, and later still joining General Major's Cavalry (ibid, p. 235). In May, 1864, he ceased duty as a cavalryman and was promoted to courier dispatcher at General Major's headquarters. (ibid, p. 236).
In 1873, he died at a hotel in Carthage, while travelling on business. For some time he had suffered from various ailments, including jaundice, for which he took calomel or blue pills, both which contained mercury. He also used liquor to mitigate the pain, and on August 11, the doctor pronounced him as dead of black jaundice. (ibid, p. 287). When his widow some years later moved to Terrell, Texas, to join Meck's siblings, she had his body reinterred with those of his parents and siblings. (ibid, p. 308).
Texas, San Augustine County, PO San Augustine
Enumerated 6 July 1870
Page 20
121-121
Cartwright, A 52 F W Keep House 343291 15529 Tenn
Cartwright, M 14 M W At School Tx
Cartwright, A. P. 30 M W Merchant Tx
Cartwright, Ophelia 23 F W Tx
Cartwright, Mathew Jr 7/12 M W Tx
Jones, Tom 20 M B Svt Tx
Burl, Elvira 15 F B Svt Tx
Sexton, Qunn? 10 F B Tx
1930 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, San Augustine Precinct
Enumerated April 24, 1930
ED 203-1 SD 19 Sheet 10B
264-278
Cartwright, Minnie Head 8000 F W 56 Wd 20 Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Americus H Son M W 21 m 19 Tx Tx Tx Cashier Bank
Cartwright, Mintie Dtr F W 18 S Tx
Cartwright, Nelda Dtr-in-law F W 18 m 16 Tx
265-279
Cartwright, Ingram A Head M W 30 M 22 Tx Farmer
Cartwright, Wilma Wf F W 29 m 22 Tx
Cartwright, Ingram Jr Son M W 3 S Tx
In 1886, the five female cousins, Columbus's Mary, age fourteen; Meck's Annie, fifteen; and the three Amanda's (Lon's, Anna's and Mary's) all fifteen, spent a year at Atheanaeum in Columbia, Tennessee. Jimmie Ingram and Lon visited the girls at Christmas and posed for a photograph. The importance the Cartwrights placed on good education continued as each child reached the proper age. (Henson and Parmelee, p. 297).
Obituary from FindAGrave:
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie T. Cartwright Warren, 88, of 4241 Lorraine, wife of the late State Sen. Robert Lee Warren, will be held at 2:30 Friday at her home. Dean Gerald G. Moore and the Rev. George A. Detor will officiate. Mrs. Warren died Wednesday in a Dallas hospital after a brief illness. The daughter of colonial and pioneer Texas families, she was born in San Augustine and married Senator Warren in Terrell. He served in the Legislature in 1913. She was a member of the First Families of Virginia, the Dallas Woman's Club and the Dallas Garden Club. She was a communicant of St. Matthews Cathedral for 40 years. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Summerfield G. Roberts of Dallas and a brother, Matthew G. Cartwright of Terrell. Entombment will be in Hillcrest Mausoleum. Pallbearers will be Reagan Waskom Jr., Matthew C. Roberts III, Griffith Moore II, James C. Williams, Ronald Rutherford, Gill Clements, James I. Cartwright, Bourke Cartwright, Matthew C. Roberts Jr., W.P. Allen Jr., Matthew Allen, Jerome Cartwright Jr., Wallis Warren and Jerry H. Roberts. Dallas Morning News, October 23, 1959
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Name: Annie T Cartwright Warren
Death Date: 21 Oct 1959
Death Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 87 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 28 Nov 1871
Birthplace: San Augustine, Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Americus P Cartwright
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Ophelia Smith
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Highland Park, Dallas, Texas
Cemetery: Hillcrest Mausoleum
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2115989
Digital Film Number: 4165962
Image Number: 340
Reference Number: item 1 cn 54826
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Name: Bourke Cartwright
Death Date: 23 Apr 1965
Death Place: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 71 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 21 Jan 1894
Birthplace: Terrell, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Matthew Cartwright
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mary Davenport
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Real Estate & Rancher
Place of Residence: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
Cemetery: Oakland Memorial Park
Burial Place: Terrell, Texas
Burial Date: 25 Apr 1965
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117753
Digital Film Number: 4028298
Image Number: 2289
Reference Number: cn24719
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Henson and Parmelee wrote that after her husband died suddenly at a young age, his widow, Clementine was only age twenty-four, with two small children. The probate court named the widow and Sanford's brother, William W. Holman, administrators of the estate. The Treasury Department of the State of Texas had filed suit agains Sanford prior to his death, and they won this, resulting in his heirs becoming liable for this debt. Both Sanford and Clementine had inheritied land from their parents that in 1842, a year before Sanford died, totaled about 15,000 acres. By 1844, the year after her husbands death, Clementine owed taxes on four slaves and one silver watch plus acreage. The continuing hard times slowed land sales, but Clementine managed to pay some debts by transferring some acreage, while other tracts were sold at sherriff sales for back taxes and other debts. By 1846, the struggling widow owned only 1,476 acres valued at a mere $369, an average of twenty-five cents per acre." (Henson and Parmelee, p. 127). Henson and Parmelee write that she when she died, four years after the death of Sanford, her body was taken by wagon to be interred next to her husband in the Holman family plot northwest of town. (ibid, pp. 150-151).
1900 Census
Texas, Hill County, JP 5
Enumerated 2 Jun 1900
SD 6 ED 47 Sheet 2B
52-52
Cartwright, C. Clinton Head W M Dec 1867 32 M2 Tx Tenn Tenn Loader in Store
Cartwright, Mary W Wf W F Sep 1869 30 m 2 1/1 Tx Ala Tx
Cartwright, Mary Pearl Dtr W F Nov 1898 1 S Tx Tx Tx
Albea, Mary Mother in law W F Jan 1843 57 Wd 1/1 Tx Ga Ga
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).
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
She was named after Polly's mother. She died in Mississippi. FindAGrave shows, presumably in error, that she was buried in the Carwright Cemetery in San Augustine.
Obituary, copied from her FindAGrave Memorial page:
Dot is survived by her husband, J. H. Wood; son, Michael L. Wood and wife Mary Beth; daughter, Dorothy Diane Wood; grandchildren, Michael Todd Wood, M.D. and wife Amy, Amy W. Kuriger and husband Chad, Dorothy Clair Wood; great grandchildren, Connor Gregory Wood, Samantha Riley Wood, Richard C. "Quinn" Kuriger, V, James Alexander Kuriger and Catherine Hope Kuriger; sisters Ruby Chapman, Earline Sasser and Netty Ruth King.
In each of our lives there is someone we know that has touched our hearts. For many of us that was Dot. With a smile, a wink, or an encouraging word she lifted the spirits of her family and friends. Dot never sought recognition for her good deeds and will be missed by the many people who experienced the depth of her love and generosity. Thank you God for allowing us to share in her life; she was truly a blessing.
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Name: Mrs. L. T. Clark
Death Date: 24 Jan 1939
Death Place: Angelina, Lufkin, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 62 years 4 months 14 days
Estimated Birth Date: 1877
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: L. T. Clark
Father's Name: Sanford Cartwright
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Sarah Kathryn Click
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
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Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2117861
Digital Film Number: 4030416
Image Number: 2683
Reference Number: cn 35
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Name: Eugenia Polk Cartwright
Death Date: 08 Oct 1937
Death Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: W
Death Age: 56 years 10 months 5 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 03 Dec 1880
Birthplace: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: James I. Cartwright
Father's Name: Matthew Cartwright
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Mary C. Davenport
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Terrell, Texas
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Terrell, Tex
Burial Date: 08 Oct 1937
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2117299
Digital Film Number: 4166736
Image Number: 1719
Reference Number: item 4 cn 49334
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Noble writes that he "Lived in Sabine County and was a charter member of the Jackson Masonic Lodge of Milam. He was a land speculator like his father and brother, Matthew. In 1881, he sold 20 A. to Wm. M Reese and S.E. Collier for the Sabine Valley University in Hemphill."
Henson and Parmalee indicate he was a blacksmith (p. 42). The authors also speculate that "George Cartwright may have taken his wife and small daughter Mary to California [during the Gold Rush]. The tax assessor in Sabine County listed him as a nonresident, and his name appears nowhere in Texas in the 1850 and 1860 censuses. George's five-year-old son Sanford lived with Uncle Richard Cartwright in San Augustine in 1850 and went to school in Shelby County for the next two years. George was back in Sabine County on June 5, 1860, when his steam mill exploded, damaging the machinery. He told a friend that he was "not dispirited" and thought he could repair it. (ibid, p 165). In a footnote, the authors also cite the "Diary of C. C. Cox," 49, [which] mentions a company of families from eastern Texas, including a blacksmith.
1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill Beat No. 1, PO Hemphill
Enumerated 30 Jun 1870
Pages 11 and 12 Stamped 6
86-86
Cartright, G W 58 M W Farmer 2000 1000 Tenn
Ann Cortright 40 F W Keeping House Ireland
Mary V Kay 24 F W Widow Tx
Unice P Kay 2 f W Tx
1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County
Page 4D SD 1 ED 85
Enumerated 16 Jun 1880
36-37
Cartright, George W M 67 Farmer Tenn NS Va
Cartright, Ann W F 50 Wf Keeping Houst Ireland Ireland Ireland
Kay, William W M 11 Grandson Farm Laborer Tx
Kay, George W M 9 Grandson At School Tx
1910 Census
Texas, San Augustine, JP 1
Enumerated 26 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 137 Sheet 10B
Cartwright, Geo W Head M W 32 m1 9 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Cartwright, Etta Wf F W 25 m1 9 4/3 Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Curtis Son M W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Burtis Son M W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Pearl Dtr F W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
1920 Census
Texas, San Augustine, JP 1
Enumerated 5 Feb 1920
SD 326 mED 174 Sheet 15A
273-276
Cartwright, William Hd M W 40 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Cartwright, Etta Wf F W 37 M Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Curtis Son M W 17 S Tx Tx
Cartwright, Pearl Dtr F W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Rodney Son M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Claud Son M W 3 S Tx Tx Tx
At the time he registered for the draft for the First World War, he was working as a mechanice of Frank Blount in San Augustine. He was shown as Tall, small build, with blue eyes and brown hair.
1930 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, San Augustine Precinct and Town
Enumerated April 10, 1930
ED 203-1 SD 19 Sheet 3A
53-53-60
Roberts, Fred T Head M W 27 M 22 Tx Tx Tx Salesman Auto
Roberts, Bessie Wf F W 28 m18 Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Holman Jr Stepson M W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Roberts, Doris Dtr F W 4 S Tx Tx Tx
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Name: Jerome Broocks Head
Death Date: 24 Dec 1976
Death Place: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 93 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 03 Nov 1883
Birthplace: Terrell Texas
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Matthew Cartwright
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mary Davenport
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
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Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2243988
Digital Film Number: 4005518
Image Number: 00115
Reference Number: 100406
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
John was the only son of Matthew (1754-1812) and Mary "Polly" Grimmer Cartwright (1761-1824), although he had five sisters. He was a grandson of John Cartwright (1728-1780) and Sarah Miller.
Harry Noble wrote a twenty page biography of him in his book, TEXAS TRAILBLAZERS (pages 70 - 90). He noted that much additional material can be found in the first five chapters of Margaret Swett Henson and Deolece Parmelee's volume THE CARTWRIGHTS OF SAN AUGUSTINE (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993).
Margaret Henson, in her preface of her book about the Cartwright Family, writes that Emily Griffith Roberts, the wife a John Cartwright's great-grandson, privately published a two-volume genealogy about the family in 1939 and 1948. The volumes included research and many documents concerning the Roberts, Griffiths, Cartwrights and other interrelated families. A committee of descendants later employed Mrs. Deolece Parmelee to explore the collections of papers scattered in private hands, along with some archived at the Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center, and to prepare a more complete history. Parmelee made photocopies and typescripts, arranged them in a usable order, and eventually compiled a 450 page typescript. This was largely the basis for Henson's 1993 book.
Noble wrote that when John Cartwright was five years old his parents sold their farm in North Carolina and moved westward across the mountains into Tennessee. There they purchased two hundred acres on Drake's Lick Creek in Sumner County. John spent his childhood in Tennessee. He would continue a pilgrimage that would cover approximately 800 miles and involve at least five moves, but when completed thirty-three years later, he would be in Texas--his home for the remainder of his life. Texas would also be the home for several generations of his descendants.
While in Wilson County, Tennessee, John was a merchant, an occupation he would continue for the rest of his life. By 1818 he was having trouble collecting certain debts. His attorney, a new resident in Lebanon, Tennessee, was Sam Houston....the two men were detstined to meet again--the next time in San Augustine, Texas. (Noble, page 71)
John later moved his family to Mississippi, and "caught 'Texas fever' when the new Mexican government...stabilized...with a constitution resembling that of the United States." He began the last leg of his pilgrimage in early 1825...(taking) his family down the Mississippi River to New Orleans by steamboat and then across the Gulf and up the Red River. Leaving the river at Natchitoches, the family traveled by wagons overland past Fort Jessup to James Gaines ferry. John picked his homesite about five miles east of the Ayish Bayou close to the banks of springs near Palo Gacho Creek. The area was vacant, not a settler anywhere near, "...although the house of a previous owner remained in the vicinity." John's thirty-three year odyssey was over, ending on the banks of the Palo Gacho Creek in Texas and Coahuila, Mexico. What a mosiac of people John found in the Ayish Bayou region when he arrived. Most were hard working farmers or businessmen of modest means, but some were unscruplous drifters, already at odds with the law. (Noble, page 72)
John and his family can be found on the 1835 Sabine District census. Their were 11 slaves in their home, from ages 12 to 39. There were also 4 children born to their slaves.
On August 21, 1840, with the assistance of San Augustine attorney William W. Frizell, Cartwright made his will. In it he gave the 885 acre homesite on Palo Gacho to his two minor sons, Clinton and Richard. He also gave his wife an interest in the homesite and placed the restriction that it couldn't be sold until after her death. Additionally, he gave her all monies due him by debt. He then distributed the remaining assets to various family members. (Noble, 89) John Cartwright died on July 18, 1841, and (his son-in-law William) Garrett, along with Mary, Cartwright's widow, were appointed executors of Cartwright's estate. Their selections was confirmed the following month. With assistance from Matthew Cartwright, Garrett then compiled an inventory of the estate. It was valued at $72,800. (Noble)
In the book, The Cartwrights of San Augustine, it was noted that elder sons, Matthew and Robert, challenged the will, likely on the grounds that the document was not in keeping with the community property laws adopted by the Republic of Texas in January 1840, and because John had exceeded his testamentary powers in the distribution of his property to his children. Mary Cartwright immediately renounced her executorship in order to contest John's will so as to "receive in common with my children such portions of said estate as we are by law entitled to." The family reached a settlement in January 1842. (Henson and Parmelee, pp. 119-120).
Clinton worked as a errand boy and perhaps clerk for both is father and brother Matthew. (Henson & Parmelee, p. 103) Clinton inherited a boardinghouse and store from his father's estate, and also entered into a partnership in a blacksmith shop in town with William T. White, where he kept the slave Jordan, a valuable blacksmith given to him by his mother, employed. (Henson & Parmelee, p. 151). Clinton became quite ill with malaria in November 1847, and never fully recovered, dying in May 1848. (ibid, pp. 152-153).
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
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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
Funeral Services for John Matthew Cartwright, age 88, longtime resident and former sheriff of San Augustine, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, January 22, 2019, in the San Augustine County Cowboy Church, with Chris Burris and Charles Sharp officiating.
Burial will follow in the San Augustine City Cemetery.
Visitation was held Monday evening, January 21, 2019, from the hours of 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Wyman Roberts.
John Matthew was born July 22, 1930, in San Augustine, Texas to the late Anna V. (Thomas) Cartwright and Baxter Cartwright.
A graduate of San Augustine High School, he proudly served his country in the United States Navy.
He married the love of his life, Barbara Ann, and was a devoted husband until her death on April 1, 2013.
As a civic leader, he served on the San Augustine City Council, owned and operated a dry cleaning business in his beloved hometown.
During his distinguished career of law enforcement, he proudly served in several counties including his beloved hometown of San Augustine as the former Police Chief, afterwards being elected as a "write-in" as Sheriff of San Augustine County where he continued to serve and protect the citizens of San Augustine County until he retired. He was of the Episcopal faith.
Those left to cherish his memory include, his beloved sons, John Matthew Cartwright, Jr., and his wife, Mila of Dallas; Mark Cartwright and his wife, Melissa of Midland; Robert Cartwright and his wife, Laurie of San Augustine and Michael Cartwright and his wife, Joni of San Augustine; his beloved daughter, Sylvia Ann "Sissy" (Cartwright) Harris and her husband, Rob of Nacogdoches and special friend, Barbara Brittain of San Augustine.
His beloved grandchildren, Clint Cartwright of San Augustine; Veronica Lyn Tobar of Arizona; Cami Clement and her husband, Luke of Winnie; Chelsi Cartwright of San Augustine; Mackenzie Cartwright of San Augustine; Garrett Cartwright of San Augustine; Sidney Cartwright and Riley Mumme both of Midland; Kassi Bennefield and her husband, Malcolm of Broaddus and Jordin Holloway of Broaddus; his great-granchildren, Wylie, Laney, Hayden, Tilden, Mason, Emeri, Cetch, and Rhett; Sisters-in-law, Betty Jean Cartwright of San Augustine, Sue Perry of Breham and Karen Perry Kent of San Augustine; along with numerous cousins and friends.
He is preceded in death by his beloved parents, Anna and Baxter Cartwright; his beloved wife, Barbara Ann; his beloved brother, Baxter Polk Cartwright, Jr. and a brother-in-law, Bobby Perry.
Pallbearers will include, John Welch; Shannon Brazeal; Joey Watson; Walter Shofner, Steven Hayes and Gary Fountain; Honorary pallbearers will include, Cleo Hines; Jason Hines; Dan Fussell; Phil Sublett and Wesley Hoyt.
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Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, January 23, Page 8
At the age of 22, he was responsible for running the stock farm owned by his father, which was eight miles southwest of Gainesville. They bred throughbred saddles and harness horses, registered and grade Jersey cattle, and grade-level Holsteins and Shorthorns. Leonidas Jr also opened another stock ranch in Cooke County where he and his father raised Durham cattle and Berkshire hogs in addition to fine horses. (Henson and Parmelee, p. 299).
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Name: Leonidas Cartwright
Death Date: 15 May 1944
Death Place: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: W
Death Age: 68 years 18 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 27 Apr 1876
Birthplace: San Augustine, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Leonidas Cartwright
Father's Birthplace: Dk
Mother's Name: Ludie Ingram
Mother's Birthplace: Dk
Occupation: Farmer-Stockman
Place of Residence: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Terrell, Texas
Burial Date: 16 May 1944
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2137792
Digital Film Number: 4029637
Image Number: 2661
Reference Number: cn24065
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
The death of Leonidas Cartwright, Sr., at Terrell, Tex., on February 25, 1922, removed one of the most influential citizens of that community, a leader in movements for the public good. He was born at San Augustine, Tex., November 27, 1842, the third son of Matthew and Amanda Holman Cartwright. His grandfather, John Cartwright, was one of the pioneers of that section, going there from Tennessee in 1819, and the place where he located became, in 1831, the site of the present town of San Augustine.
Leonidas Cartwright was educated there and at the Military Institute at Bastrop, and when the war came on he and his brother, A. P. Cartwright, enlisted in May, 1861, in Company E, 3rd Texas Cavalry. When this regiment was reorganized in 1862 it became part of Ross's Brigade, and in 1864 this command took part in the Atlanta campaign under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. During this campaign he was selected as one of a hundred picked men from this brigade, as scouts under Lieutenant Taylor, to operate in the rear of Sherman's army, getting valuable information, tearing up railroad tracks and bridges, etc., to interrupt his lines of communication; and it was in this department of the Confederate army that he was mustered out after a service of four years.
He was married to Miss Ludie Ingram in December, 1868, and engaged in farming until 1870, when his father died and he assumed the extensive land business of the latter, and carried it on with marked success until 1894. He opened up a ranch in Cooke County, Tex., and another in Taylor County, and he took great interest and pride in the raising of fine horses and cattle. He located in Terrell in 1895. Four sons and five daughters survive him. He had long been a member of the Methodist Church.
Henson and Parmelee note that in the early 1880's, Lon wanted to move to the boomtown of Terrell, where traveling by train to oversee his ranches would be easier. Hoping to persuade his reluctant mother, he bought a large residential block on Griffin Avenue in Terrell and divided the property with Matthew. (Henson and Parmelee, THE CARTWRIGHTS OF SAN AUGUSTINE, p. 295). Intrigued by the success of his older brother, Cumby, with racing stock, Lon also invested in thoroughbreds, much to the diguist of their youngest brother, Matthew. The ever practical Matthew chided his mentor for risking money on exotic horses when mules were the real money makers. "Mules are a staple article," Matthew wrote, "and will command money; horses can scarcely be bartered for trash." (ibid, p 299). As his mother refused to leave San Augustine, however, Lon and his family remained in San Augustine until after her death in 1894. They built a custom Queen Anne style home on the lot they owned on Griffith Avenue, which was finished in April 1895.
1880 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, San Augustine
Page 4D SD 1 ED 80
Enumerated 7 and 8 day of June 1880
24-24
Cartwright, L. W M 38 (head) Land Business TX TN TN
Cartwright, Ludie W F 30 wife Keeps house GA GA GA
Cartwright, Amanda W F 9 daughter at School TX TX GA
Cartwright, Anna B. W F 6 daughter at school TX TX GA
Cartwright, Leonidas W M 4 son at home TX TX GA
Cartwright, Amanda W F 62 Mother Widowed at home TN TN TN
Mays Sally B F 38 Servant Cook Ga Ga Ga
Dixon Aron B M 23 Servant Laborer Miss Ala Ala
1900 Census
Texas, Kaufman County, City of Terrell, Ward 3
Enumerated 21 Jun 1900
SD 6 ED 75 Sheet 35B
676-687
Cartwright, Leonidas Head W M Nov 1842 57 M 31 Tx Tenn Tenn Capatalist
Cartwright, Ludie Wf W F Feby 1850 50 m 31 9/9 Ga SC SC
Cartwright, Leonidas Son W M APr 1876 24 S Tx Tx Geo Stock Man (live)
Cartwright, James I Son W M Apr 1879 21 S Tx Tx Geo Live Stock Man
Cartwright, Columbus Son W M Oct 1887 17 S Tx Tx Geo At School
Cartwright, Ludie Dau W F July 1885 14 S Tx Tx Geo At School
Cartwright, Mary L Dau W F Oct 1887 12 S Tx Tx Geo At School
Cartwright, Grover C Son W M Dec 1889 10 S Tx Tx Tx At School
Cartwright, Velma Dau W F Oct 1892 7 S Tx Tx Geo
Paine, Thomas Servant B M Apr 1857 43 Wd Tx Tx Tx Hostler
Stephens, James Servant B M Mch 1876 24 Wd 1 Tx Tx Tx Carriage Drivcr
Stephens, Roxie Servant B F Feby 1878 22 M 1 0 La La La Cook
677-688
Cartwright, Matthew and Mary and Family
Polly became sick in July of 1846, and she died on September 30, after nearly thirteen years of marriage. She left two daughters, and was buried in the family cemetery only a short distance northeast of the Garrett home. (Noble).
Not shown as a child of Columbus Cartwright and Sallie Lane on 'Chart II: John Cartwright's Children and Grandchildren' in the appendix of Henson and Parmelee's "The Cartwrights of San Augustine." However, a stand alone chart was later issued as an Erratum, stated that the name of three of their children were inadvertently omitted.
In 1886, the five female cousins, Columbus's Mary, age fourteen; Meck's Annie, fifteen; and the three Amanda's (Lon's, Anna's and Mary's) all fifteen, spent a year at Atheanaeum in Columbia, Tennessee. Jimmie Ingram and Lon visited the girls at Christmas and posed for a photograph. The importance the Cartwrights placed on good education continued as each child reached the proper age. (Henson and Parmelee, p. 297).
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Name: Mary Cartwright Bewley
Death Date: 25 Feb 1954
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 82 years 1 month 8 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 17 Jan 1872
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Columbus Cartwright
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Sally Lane
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2114068
Digital Film Number: 4165579
Image Number: 3234
Reference Number: 9118
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Name: Mary Davenport Pickrell
Death Date: 20 May 1964
Death Place: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 79 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 13 May 1885
Birthplace: Terrell, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Matthew Cartwright
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mary Cynthia Davenport
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Houseduty
Place of Residence: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
Cemetery: Oakland Memorial Park
Burial Place: Terrell, Texas
Burial Date: 22 May 1964
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117486
Digital Film Number: 4028427
Image Number: 3144
Reference Number: v X cn 31494
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
He began clerking and keeping books for his father's store in 1831, and in 1832 they formed a partnership, "Matthew Cartwright & Co." Each contributed $2,000 to the business. The store prospered. (Noble, pages 80 - 81).
In his August 30, 2007 column in the San Augustine Tribune, Harry Noble writes that Matthew was the richest man in San Augustine and the sixth wealthiest in the State of Texas in his era. In 1860, he owned so much land scattered across the state that as he traveled on his big sorrel horse "Red Buck," it was said that no matter where he was, that he could spend the night on his own land.
Noble went on to write that Matthew exhibited maturity at an early age. When he was 14, his father sent him to the unsettled frontier of Texas with one servant to clear land John had acquired two years earlier. John also gave his son power of attorney at age 18 and sent him to Tennessee and Mississippi to settle family affairs.
At the age of 21, Matthew traveled to Wilson County where he enrolled in a local college...late in 1829 Matthew rejoined his father in Texas who was then operating a family farm, cotton gin and store.
Matthew's paid $900 in 1849 for the two-story Isaac Campbell home on Main Street. The New England style home had been built by Augustus Phelps, a master carpenter, in 1839. The palatial dwelling was still standing in San Augustine, and is owned by Matthew's direct descendants, as of 2007. Never a large slaveholder, Matthew's slaves were all employed inside or around the house, taking care of the livestock, firewood, garden and orchard.
The home was purchased by Americus "Meck" H. Cartwright and his wife, Minnie Clementine Sublett in 1898, after Amanda was forced by ill health to move in with her son Lon, and remained in the hands of Meck and Minnie's descendants. (Henson and Parmelee, p. 302).
At the time of the 1850 census Matthew's land alone was worth $165,000, and he had only seven slaves, considerably lower than most other wealthy families. The 1850 slave schedule listed the number of male and female slaves, as well as their ages, but not their names. Matthew Cartwright's bible, however, shows them as Nancy, b. 1810 and her four children, Dick, b. 1836, Emeline b. 1838, Virtue b. 1840 and Walker, b. 1846. It also lists Jane, b. 1830 and her daughter, Harriet, b. 1849.
In 1860, Matthew's occupation was listed as "land trader" and it was estimated that his real estate was worth $500,000 and personal property near $75,000, with 13 slaves. Henson and Parmelee point out by way of contrast that brother-in-law and "planter" William Garrett had a $171,651 estate, including 132 slaves, and that "Farmer-Merchant" Iredell D. Thomas had $166,000 in accumulated wealth, and 52 slaves. (Henson and Parmelee, p. 191).
After the war, the president Andrew Johnson issued an amnesty proclamation restoring citizenship to those who would pledge future loyalty to the United States; however, those holding high military or civil offices in the Confederate government, as well as those with taxable property valued over $20,000, would have to petition him directly for individual pardons. Matthew, the pragmatic businessman, wanted to get his special pardon as soon as possible so that he could resume his activities and protect his property. He took his amnesty oath on August 28, 1865 in the Caddo Parish District Court and received a copy to carry with him in order to conduct business. He later recorded this in the San Augustine District Courty. (ibid, pp. 239-243). Unlike many of their neighbors, the Cartwrights survived the Civil War without the loss or maiming of a son. The emancipation of their few household slaves was not an economic loss comparable to those suffered by neighbor planters who possessed numerous field hands. And by carefully guarding their gold and silver reserves, as well as utilizing his long business experience to carefully buy, sell and barter during the war, the family was able to resume business activities relatively unhampered. (ibid, p. 247).
His funeral notice card read:
The friends and acquantances of
MATTHEW CARTWRIGHT, Sr.
are respectfully invited to attend his funeral tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock, A.M. He will be buried with Masonic
honors, at this late residence in the town of San Augustine.
SAN AUGUSTINE, TEXAS, April 2, 1870
Amanda chose a burial plot several hundred feet east of the house.
No copy of the obituary that surely ran in the San Augustine paper can be found. The San Antonio Daily Express carried a brief obituary on May 1: "DIED at his home in San Augustine, first day of April, Matthew Cartwright, one of the pioneers of Texas, and one of the largest, if not the largest, land holder in the state." (ibid, p. 275).
When the inventory of his estate was compiled, it was shown that he owned 298 parcels of land in 56 counties, totalling 361,632 acres with a value of $356,304. Amanda inherited one-half as his widow, and the rest was to be divided equally among his six children.
At the time of the 1870 census, Amanda reported owning real estate worth $343,281, and personal property valued at $75,529, which ultimately placed the Cartwright estate as the fourth-largest in Texas, following those of Richard King in South Texas and Galveston Merchants, J. J. Hendley and George Sealy. (ibid, pp. 278-279).
1860 Census
Texas, San Augustine County
61-61
Cartwright, Mathew 52 M Land Trader 500,000 75,000 TN
Cartwright, Mandy 42 F TN
Cartwright, A.P. 20 M TX
Cartwright, Leonidas 17 M TX
Cartwright, Anna 15 F TX
Cartwright, Mary 14 F TX
Cartwright, Mathew, Jr. 4 M TX
In the fall of 1870, he was sent to a school in Gilmer, Upshur county, founded by Morgan Harbin Looney, a native of Georgia. One of the instructors was Judge Oran M. Roberts, adding to the schools prestige. He left after a term, and spent nine months travelling with elder brother Lon, learning the family business, and returned in the fall of 1872, staying only a few days before returning to San Augustine and enrolling at a school in Shelbyville.
His life was soon married by tragedy. On December 26, 1872, 17 year old Matt and 40 year old Carroll Ballard exchanged pistol shots near the old customs house in San Augustine. Details of the affray were suppressed by family and friends. While Matthew was not injured, he severely wounded the Ballard. Ballard's friends tied him to a horse and led him home to his wife, Clementine Texas "Tet" Ingram, the older sister of Jimmie Ingram (Mary's husband) and Ludie Cartwright (Lon's wife). Tet was a widow with three children and lived near Sexton in Sabine County when she married Ballard. They settled in Buena Vista in Shelby County, and had a stormy relationship, separating several times. Ballard had a violent temper, and had appear in court several times on charges of attempted murder. Matthew was arrested, but freed on bond. Rumors indicated that Matthew's life might be in danger from friends of the Ballards. He was acquitted on a charge of "assault to kill," but found guilty of unlawfully carrying a gun. He paid a $25 fine and surrendered his pistol.
Within a month, he was sent to Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee, well out of reach of Ballard's friend. Ballard died in December, 1873, a year after the shooting. Rumors continued to spread that his death was due to his earlier wounds, and that Ballard's friends still sought revenge. Other residents of Sabine County, however, told Mary Ingram that during his last feverish days, Ballard had expressed no animosity toward Matthew, believing that God had arranged the shooting to punish him for past misdeeds, and allow him to repent. Matthew left school in May, 1874, and decided not to return to the stagnating redlands, chosing to settle in the new railroad town of Terrell, in Kaufman County, opening a grain farm on inherited land, and engaging in the land business, as had his father. (Henson and Parmelee, pp. 280-293). Henson and Parmelee note that in the early 1880's, Matthew's brother Lon also wanted to move to the boomtown of Terrell, and ev even bought a large residential block on Griffin Avenue in Terrell and divided the property with Matthew. Matthew began building his large house in Terrell in 1882. His three story, five bedroom frame house with its square tower was impressive. It was finished by 1883, when his daughter Jerome Broocks was born. (ibid, pp. 295-296).
1900 Census
Texas, Kaufman County, City of Terrell, Ward 3
Enumerated 21 Jun 1900
SD 6 ED 75 Sheet 35B
676-687
Cartwright, Leonidas and Ludie and Family
677-688
Cartwright, Matthew Head W M Aug 1855 44 M 24 Tx Tenn Tenn Capitalist
Cartwright, Mary Wf W F July 1856 43 M 24 10/10 Tx Tenn Tenn
Cartwright, Lou D. Son W M May 1877 23 M 0 Tx Tx Tx Stock Man (Live)
Cartwright, Justa J Dtr-inllaw W F Aug 1878 21 M 9 Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Amanda Dau W F Mch 1879 21 S Tx Tx Tx At School
Cartwright, Eugenia Dau W F Dec 1880 19 S Tx Tx Tx At School
Cartwright, Estelle Dau W F July 1882 17 S Tx Tx Tx At School
Cartwright, Jerome Dau (?) W F Nov 1883 16 S Tx Tx Tx At School
Cartwright, Mary Dau W F May 1885 15 S Tx Tx Tx At School
Cartwright, Sam R Son W M Feb 1887 13 S Tx Tx Tx At School
Cartwright, Holman Son W M Mch 1889 11 S Tx Tx Tx At School
Cartwright, Matthew Jr Son W M Jany 1892 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Bourke Son W M Jany 1894 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Ellis, Henry Servant B M Mch 1883 17 S Tx Tx Tx
Slaughter, Ruff Servant B M Jany 1875 25 S La Tx Tx
Roberts, Millie Servant B F Mch 1870 30 S La La La
1910 Census
Texas, Kaufman County, Terrell Ward 3
Enumerated 18 Apr 1910
SD 8 ED 30 Sheet 4A
500-73-73
Cartwright, Mathie Head M W 54 m 34 Tx Tenn Tenn Stockman ranch
Cartwright, Merry B Wf F W 53 M 34 10/10 Tx Tenn Tenn
Cartwright, Holman Son M W 21 S Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Mathie Jr Son M W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Bourke Son M W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Johnson, John Servant M Mu 55 M1 6 Tx US US Servant house
Johnson, Alice Servant F B 40 m1 6 Tx US US Servant house
1920 Census
Texas, Kaufman County, JP 3, Terrell City,Ward 3
Enumerated 21 Jan 1920
SD 3 ED 40 Sheets 20B and 21A
505-358-400
Cartwright, Matheu Head M W 64 M Tx Tenn Tenn Stockman Ranch
Cartwright, Mary C Wf F W 63 M Tx Va Tenn
Cartwright, Bourne Son M W 25 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Cartwright, Mathue Son M W 27 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Cartwright, Emelia DtrInLaw F W 25 Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Mathue Jr GrdSon M W 1 5/12 Tx Tx Tx
Jones Dinah Servant F B 65 S Tx Tx Tx Servant Cook
Johnson Levi Servant M Mu 36 M Miss Tn Tn
Adama Neoma Servant F B 15 S Tx Tx Tx Servant House
Towell Grady Servant F Mu 26 M La La La Cook House
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JFJD-M3T
Name: Matthew Jr. Cartwright
Death Date: 12 May 1962
Death Place: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 70 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1892
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Matthew Cartwright
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mary Davenport
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2116970
Digital Film Number: 4028453
Image Number: 3114
Reference Number: cn 31122
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
1920 Census
Texas, Kaufman County, JP 3, Terrell City,Ward 3
Enumerated 21 Jan 1920
SD 3 ED 40 Sheets 20B and 21A
505-358-400
Cartwright, Matheu Head M W 64 M Tx Tenn Tenn Stockman Ranch
Cartwright, Mary C Wf F W 63 M Tx Va Tenn
Cartwright, Bourne Son M W 25 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Cartwright, Mathue Son M W 27 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Cartwright, Emelia DtrInLaw F W 25 Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Mathue Jr GrdSon M W 1 5/12 Tx Tx Tx
Jones Dinah Servant F B 65 S Tx Tx Tx Servant Cook
Johnson Levi Servant M Mu 36 M Miss Tn Tn
Adama Neoma Servant F B 15 S Tx Tx Tx Servant House
Towell Grady Servant F Mu 26 M La La La Cook House
1930 Census
Texas, Kaufman County, JP 3, Terrell City, Ward 3
Enumerated April 16, 1930
ED 129-10 SD 11 Sheet 17A Stamped 187
Griffith Avenue
614-414-458
Cartwright, Mathew Head O 20000 M W 36 m 23 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Cartwright, Emily Wf F W 34 m 18 Tx Tx Tx
Cartwright, Mathew Jr Son M W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
606-415-459
Roberts, Mathew C head M W 60 M 20 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Roberts, Emmie G Wf F W 58 M 18 Tx Tx Tx
Mims, Ione Dtr F W 24 m 22 Tx Tx Tx
McGruder Albert Servant M Neg 60 S Tx Tx Tx Servant Private family
Johnson, George Servant M Neg 70 S Tx Tx Tx Servant Private family
608-416-460
Roberts, Mathew C Jr Head M W 28 M 21 Tx Tx Tx Agent Insurance
Roberts, Catherine Wf F W 28 M 21 Tx Mo Tx
Roberts, Mathew C III Son M W 4 7/12 S Tx Tx Tx
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X2V2-HLQ
name: Matthew Cartwright
event: Birth
event date: 23 Aug 1918
event place: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas, United States
gender: Male
father: Matthew Cartwright
mother: Emily Roberts
certificate number: 42016
digital folder number: 004515331
image number: 00472
Collection: Matthew Cartwright, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K39M-TJD
name: Matthew Cartwright
event: Death
event date: 25 Nov 1940
event place: Terrell, Kaufman, Texas, United States
gender: Male
marital status: Single
birth date: 23 Aug 1918
birthplace: Terrell, Texas
father's name: Matthew Cartwright
mother's name: Emily Roberts
occupation student
Burial Terrell
certificate number: 51401
film number: 2138121
digital folder number: 005144982
image number: 01044
Collection: Matthew Cartwright, "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976"
Not shown as a child of Columbus Cartwright and Sallie Lane on 'Chart II: John Cartwright's Children and Grandchildren' in the appendix of Henson and Parmelee's "The Cartwrights of San Augustine." However, a stand alone chart was later issued as an Erratum, stated that the name of three of their children were inadvertently omitted.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J699-HJK
Name: Ella Cartwright Sharp
Death Date: 06 Dec 1952
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine Co., Texas
Gender: Female
Race: w
Death Age: 77 years 11 months 13 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 23 Dec 1874
Birthplace: San Augustine Co., Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Columbus Cartwright
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Sarah Amanda Lane
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: San Augustine, San Augustine Co., Texas
Cemetery: City
Burial Place: San Augustine, Texas
Burial Date: 08 Dec 1952
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2113746
Digital Film Number: 4167311
Image Number: 654
Reference Number: 62752
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Richard had his young nephew, Sandford Cartwright, living in his home at the time of the 1850 census, when older brother George appears to have gone to California to look for gold.
Richard inherited Jordan, a valuable slave who was trained as a blacksmith, after the death of his elder brother Clinton, but sold him in 1852 for his tax value of $1,625. For a Cartwright heir, Richard seemed to have been constantly short of funds, which suggests perhaps gambling and drinking too much. Family letters in 1873 refer obliquely to the tragedy of too much alcohol, but do not mention names. (Henson and Parmelee, p. 177).
1850 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, San Augustine
Enumerated 6 Sept 1850
17-17
Richard H. Cartwright 22 M Farmer 2000 Tx
Ann E Cartwright 16 F Tenn
Sandford Carwright 5 M Tx
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6RB-6G4
Name: Oscar Columbus Cartwright
Death Date: 18 Jan 1955
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 70 years 11 months 23 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 25 Jan 1884
Birthplace: Sabine County, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Sanford Cartwright
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Sarah Click
Mother's Birthplace: Arkansas
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Cemetery: McMahan
Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
Burial Date: 20 Jan 1955
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2114331
Digital Film Number: 4165421
Image Number: 903
Reference Number: FN 4221
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
"Robert was a respected citizen of Shelby County, having served as a county commissioner and as trustee of the ambitious Shelby University. By 1850, he had an estate of about $13,000, comfortable by local standards but not as impressive of that of his elder brother, Matthew. His various enterprises included a mill and a store in addition to his farm in the Jonathan Bittick league, and like Matthew, Robert has several thousand acres of speculative land. He owned nine slaves who helped him raise cotton, corn, cattle, hogs and sheep. Beginning in 1851, Robert's family and slaves were treated for intermittent fever by Dr. William J. Ragland, a Tennessee kinsman.....Mary Lanier Cartwright became very ill in 1852 and died by the end of September; Robert survived her by less than seven months...He had named Matthew his executor and co-guardian of his children with W. W. Lanier, his brother-in-law." (Henson and Parmelee, pp. 165-166).