John Clinton Cartwright: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

John Clinton Cartwright was born on 10 Sep 1823 in Pike County, Mississippi; died on 10 May 1848 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Cartwright Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas.

Notes:

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).

John married Elvira "Ella" Holman on 19 Mar 1844 in San Augustine County, Texas. Elvira (daughter of Col. Isaac Holman and Anne Wigglesworth) was born on 14 Oct 1825 in Tennessee; died on 6 Apr 1855. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. William Holman Cartwright was born about 1845 in San Augustine County, Texas; and died.

Generation: 2

William Holman Cartwright

(1.John¹) was born about 1845 in San Augustine County, Texas; and died.

Notes:

His cousins, Lon and Matthew Cartwright, hired him to manage ranches that they managed in Cooke County, north of Denton, and Stephens County, west of Forth Worth. (Henson and Parmelee, THE CARTWRIGHTS OF SAN AUGUSTINE, p. 295).