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Amanda "Mandy" Holman

Female 1817 - 1894  (76 years)


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  • Name Amanda "Mandy" Holman  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Nickname Mandy 
    Birth 24 Jul 1817  Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    Death 26 Jun 1894  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 7, 8
    Burial Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • In both 1870 and 1880. Amanda Cartwright was living in a household with her son Leonidas "Lon" and his family.

      Amanda died in Lon's home at age seventy-seven. The family gathered for her funeral and, as she had wished after almost a quarter century of widowhood, she was buried next to Matthew in the little private graveyard east of her old house. Lon composed suitable facts about her life on a sheet of paper entitled "In Memoriam" for use of the minister. Besides providing her birthdate, parents' names, date of arrival in San Augustine, and marriage dated, and noting the loss of one of her six children, Lon added, "She was one of the Kindest of Mothers and devoted wife, a faithful Christian, charitable to all in need and beloved by all who know her. She had joined the Methodist Church in 1858, and, he added, she had been a faithful and consistent member...Two weeks later, Lon, who once wrote poetry for Ludie, wrote six stanzas praising motherhood. (Henson and Parmelee, p. 305).

    • (Research):
      Census Listings:

      1870 Census
      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
    Person ID I6995  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    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  [6, 7
    • 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 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) 
    Marriage 18 Oct 1836  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10
    • 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).

    Children 
     1. Columbus "Cumby" Clinton Cartwright,   b. 23 Aug 1837, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1901, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     2. 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)
     3. Leonidas "Lon" Cartwright,   b. 14 Nov 1842, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1922, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     4. Anna Wigglesworth Cartwright,   b. 6 Apr 1844, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1903, Kaufman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     5. Mary Crutchfield Cartwright,   b. 15 Oct 1845, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1903, Kaufman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     6. Matthew Cartwright, Jr.,   b. 11 Aug 1855, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1925, Kaufman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F3418  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Jul 1817 - Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Oct 1836 - San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Jun 1894 - 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. [S233] Noble, Harry P. Jr TEXAS TRAILBLAZERS: SAN AUGUSTINE PIONEERS (Best of East Texas: 1999), p 85 (Reliability: 3).

    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. [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.), Enumerated 6 July 1870 Page 20 121-121 (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 AND Appendix, Chart III: Isaac Holman's Descendants (Reliability: 3).

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

    7. [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.

    8. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 305 (Reliability: 3).

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

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