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Elvira "Ella" Holman

Female 1825 - 1855  (29 years)


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  • Name Elvira "Ella" Holman  [1, 2, 3
    Nickname Ella 
    Birth 14 Oct 1825  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Death 6 Apr 1855  [4, 5
    Notes 
    • After John Cartwright's death, Elvira married Otis M. WHEELER, and can be found as "wife" in his household, along with a namesake newborn son, and her first-born, four year old William Cartwright. They later moved to Polk County. Matthew Cartwright wrote in his daybook "Mrs. John Clinton Cartwright married O. M. Wheeler in 8 mos and 8 days from Death of her Husband. Myself & wife rec'd invitation from the Madam late in the evening to take supper at candle lighting. She intended to moving to the country and making her home at Col. Wheeler. We went in the dark and Rain through the mud and saw the last of John C. Cartwright's fond and ever adoring wife." (Henson and Parmelee, p. 153).
    • (Research):

      Census Listings:

      1850 Census
      Texas, San Augustine County, San Augustine District
      Enumerated 10 OCt 1850
      Stamped 353
      311-311
      W. W. Holman 39 M Farmer 30,000 KY
      Eliza Holman 26 F Mi
      Wm. Holman 1 M Tx
      312-312
      Otis M . Wheeler 37 M Farmer 50000 Mass
      Elvira Wheeler 25 F Tenn
      Otis Wheeler 5/12 Texas
      John Polley 27 M Overseer Tx
      John Kelly 26 M Laborer Ohio
      Wm. Cartwright 4 M Tx
    Person ID I1642  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2015 

    Father Col. Isaac Holman,   b. 14 Sep 1783, Surry County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1835, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Anne Wigglesworth,   b. 14 Sep 1783   d. 22 Jul 1841, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 25 Dec 1800  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    • Shown as marrying in Woodford County, Kentucky by some. Henson and Parmelee instead cite their marriage as taking place in Harrison County.
    Family ID F1133  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 John Clinton Cartwright,   b. 10 Sep 1823, Pike County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1848, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years) 
    Marriage 19 Mar 1844  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    • Henson and Parmelee write that Clinton and Ella had a second child that died soon after birth, ca 1846. (P. 149)
    Children 
     1. William Holman Cartwright,   b. Abt 1845, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1132  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Dec 2012 

    Family 2 Otis Marshall Wheeler,   b. Abt 1813, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 18 Jan 1849  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Children 
     1. Otis M. Wheeler,   b. Abt 1850, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F11882  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2015 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Oct 1825 - Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 19 Mar 1844 - San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Jan 1849 - Texas Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S233] Noble, Harry P. Jr TEXAS TRAILBLAZERS: SAN AUGUSTINE PIONEERS (Best of East Texas: 1999).

    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 County, San Augustine District Enumerated 10 OCt 1850 Stamped 353 312-312 (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 AND Appendix, Chart III: Isaac Holman's Descendants (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. [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, shown as dying "1860?" Appendix, Chart III: Isaac Holman's Descendants, shown as dying "1855" (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S475] Woodall-Ivey, Emily "SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY, TEXAS MARRIAGE BOOKS", (10 May 1998 Printed in the State of Texas, U.S.A. Author and Publisher Emily Woodall-Ivey Rt. #1 Box 164, 88 Forecastle Drive Broaddus, TX 75929-9743), 6 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 151 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 153 (Reliability: 3).