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Mary Garrett

Female 1837 - 1883  (46 years)


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  • Name Mary Garrett  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 6 Dec 1837  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Death 23 Dec 1883  [4
    Notes 
    • Along with her cousins, Anna Holman and Victoria Thomas, she "Attended St. Mary's Hall, an elite Episcopalian finishing school founded in 1837 in Burlington, New Jersey, near Philadelphia...(enduring) terrible homesickness and culture shock upon...arrival in November 1854..(Mary) begged her father to 'come for me....We have no fire in our room and...it is so cold we do not know what to do...This is a lonesome place although there is so many girls, but they will not go with us they think that they are too good." (Henson and Parmelee, THE CARTWRIGHTS OF SAN AUGUSTINE, p. 174)

      Henson and Parmelee also wrote that in 1862, Mary, "an old maid at twenty-two, also has typhoid, but recovered to help care for her deceased sister's children while their father was in the army." (ibid, p. 220)

      Not living with her parents at the time of the 1880 San Augustine County census.

      In Book Two of the San Augustine County, Texas Marriage book, there are marriage records listed for a "Mary Garrett" to Joseph Little in 1865, to Henry Sublett in 1869, and to Madison Sexton in 1876.

      This Mary Garrett would have been around age 25 in 1865, and could have married Joseph Little. However, they can not be located either the 1870 or 1880 census of San Augustine County. If they did marry, he either died before 1870, and Mary next wed Henry Sublett; or they both moved away from San Augustine County prior to 1870.

      The Mary Garrett who married Henry Sublett in 1869 was born sometime between 1835 (ref: 1880 census) and 1842 (ref: 1870 census). She was shown on both census transcriptions as being born in Texas, and that both her parents were born in Tennessee. This appears to be a good match for this Mary Garrett.

      As Henry and Mary were still married in 1880, our Mary Garrett Sublett could not have wed Madison Sexton in 1876. Madison Sexton can not be located on either the 1870 or 1880 San Augustine County Texas census transcription.
    Person ID I14305  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father William Garrett,   b. Abt 1808, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1884, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Mother Mary "Polly" Grimmer Cartwright,   b. 1 May 1814, Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1846, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Marriage 20 Oct 1833  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7
    • Mary's eldest brother, Matthew Cartwright, wrote his uncle about the impending marriage of his sister, Mary "Polly," now nineteen, to 'a Respectable citizen.' (Henson and Parmelee, p. 62)

      John Cartwright gave his daughter two slaves as a wedding present, just as his father had done for John's sisters. (ibid, p. 62).
    Family ID F5595  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Henry William Sublett,   b. 27 Aug 1845, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1883 (Age 38 years) 
    Marriage 15 Jul 1869  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Minnie Clementine Sublett,   b. 15 Mar 1873, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1954, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F3903  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Dec 1837 - San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S633] Davis, Kathryn Hooper "San Augustine County, Texas Census Records 1860".

    2. [S144] 1850 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, 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 1850 Federal Census.), Texas, San Augustine, San Augustine District Enumerated 14 Sept 1850 Stampted 336 77-77 (Reliability: 3).

    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).

    4. [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.

    5. [S231] Noble, Harry Jr. "William Garrett Plantation Was Near Town" SAN AUGUSTINE TRIBUNE 6 April 1995, pg 6.

    6. [S667] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (The WorldConnect Project is a set of tools, which allow users to upload, modify, link, and display their family trees as a means to share their genealogy with other researchers. The program used to day has a genealogy of its own. RootsWeb announced the launch of the World Connect Project on November 10, 1999 after staff members and users submitted 5.5 million records during a four-week beta-testing period. The WorldConnect Project continues to grow, and as of January 2004 had more than 312 million records. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. It is a file format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program.), Garrett, James (jgarrett1@centurytel.net) "Garrett & Kin" ( http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=g arrettvirginia&id=I05370) Ver. 2007-08-11 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 62 (Reliability: 3).