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America "Meck" Peyroux Cartwright

Female 1874 - 1959  (85 years)


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  • Name America "Meck" Peyroux Cartwright  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Nickname Meck 
    Birth 16 Feb 1874  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Death 4 Apr 1959  Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Burial Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • 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
    Person ID I38980  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2012 

    Father Americus "Meck" Peyroux Cartwright,   b. 17 Mar 1840, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1873, Carthage, Panola County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Mother Margaret Ophelia Smith,   b. 14 Jan 1845, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1939, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage 11 Feb 1869  Jefferson, Marion County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Upon hearing of her brother's pending marriage plans, Anna Cartwright wrote her sister Mary "I cannot believe Meck is going to be married until the cermony has already been performed."
    Family ID F3484  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Walter Payne Allen, Sr.,   b. 10 Jan 1870, Mount Enterprise, Rusk County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Dec 1943, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1894  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Pauline Allen,   b. Jan 1895, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Margaret Ophelia Allen,   b. Jun 1897, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 1967, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years)
     3. Walter Payne Allen, Jr.,   b. Oct 1898, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F6672  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Feb 1874 - San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1894 - Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Apr 1959 - Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Kaufman County, City of Terrell Enumerated 21 Jun 1900 SD 6 ED 75 Sheet 34 B 657-667 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).

    3. [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 Parkd, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas (Reliability: 3).

    4. [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).

    5. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 288 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 272 (Reliability: 3).