In His 77th Yr.
Rev. Daniel G. Cartwright was born in Sempronius, New York, in 1796. His parents were James and Catherine Cartwright,* who gave him such advantages of education as the common schools of the day afforded. In 1820 he married Melinda Messenger. Ten years later he joined the M. E. church, and soon developed those gifts and graces which pointed to him as a man called to the ministry. In 1835 he came west, first stopping in Warren county, Ill., where he made the acquaintance of Peter Cartwright, who sent him to Burlington to take charge of the newly formed circuit in this region. He settled on a farm in Union township, in this county. His wife and sons managed this farm, while he traveled through the sparsely settled country, preaching and forming societies wherever a few of the faithful were to be found. In the spring of 1845 he purchased a farm in Yellow Spring township, and was among the early settlers of that decade. His family of eight children are yet living. They are William H., James R., Clarissa H., Hiram M., Daniel C., Catherine, Nelson R. and Jane. In 1865, after the family had all gone out from the home, the old people came to Kossuth to live in the home of their son, Wm. H., and they continued there till 1873, when Father Cartwright was called home. Mother Cartwright died in 1884, and was laid by the side of her husband in Kossuth cemetery.
* James Cartwright was a Baptist preacher. In 1822 he left his home in New York and came west to look after some land which he owned on the Military Tract in Illinois. While at Griggsville, Ill. he was taken sick and died, and was buried by strangers. But his grave was not forgotten. Sixty-five years later, his grandson, W. H. Cartwright, of Mediapolis has his bones brought here and laid by the side of his wife, who died here in 1850. Thus father and son, the one unknown to all this people, and the other, for many years a familiar face and figure, going in and out before the people, in the service of his Master, are permitted to rest together, with the wives of their youth, in our beautiful city of the dead.
from Yellow Spring and Huron by J. W. Merrill, Mediapolis, 1897, published by the author, pp. 326-7.(courtesy of pmfrench)
Rev. Daniel G. Cartwright was born in Sempronius, New York, in 1796. His parents were James and Catherine Cartwright,* who gave him such advantages of education as the common schools of the day afforded. In 1820 he married Melinda Messenger. Ten years later he joined the M. E. church, and soon developed those gifts and graces which pointed to him as a man called to the ministry. In 1835 he came west, first stopping in Warren county, Ill., where he made the acquaintance of Peter Cartwright, who sent him to Burlington to take charge of the newly formed circuit in this region. He settled on a farm in Union township, in this county. His wife and sons managed this farm, while he traveled through the sparsely settled country, preaching and forming societies wherever a few of the faithful were to be found. In the spring of 1845 he purchased a farm in Yellow Spring township, and was among the early settlers of that decade. His family of eight children are yet living. They are William H., James R., Clarissa H., Hiram M., Daniel C., Catherine, Nelson R. and Jane. In 1865, after the family had all gone out from the home, the old people came to Kossuth to live in the home of their son, Wm. H., and they continued there till 1873, when Father Cartwright was called home. Mother Cartwright died in 1884, and was laid by the side of her husband in Kossuth cemetery.
* James Cartwright was a Baptist preacher. In 1822 he left his home in New York and came west to look after some land which he owned on the Military Tract in Illinois. While at Griggsville, Ill. he was taken sick and died, and was buried by strangers. But his grave was not forgotten. Sixty-five years later, his grandson, W. H. Cartwright, of Mediapolis has his bones brought here and laid by the side of his wife, who died here in 1850. Thus father and son, the one unknown to all this people, and the other, for many years a familiar face and figure, going in and out before the people, in the service of his Master, are permitted to rest together, with the wives of their youth, in our beautiful city of the dead.
from Yellow Spring and Huron by J. W. Merrill, Mediapolis, 1897, published by the author, pp. 326-7.(courtesy of pmfrench)
In His 77th Yr.
Rev. Daniel G. Cartwright was born in Sempronius, New York, in 1796. His parents were James and Catherine Cartwright,* who gave him such advantages of education as the common schools of the day afforded. In 1820 he married Melinda Messenger. Ten years later he joined the M. E. church, and soon developed those gifts and graces which pointed to him as a man called to the ministry. In 1835 he came west, first stopping in Warren county, Ill., where he made the acquaintance of Peter Cartwright, who sent him to Burlington to take charge of the newly formed circuit in this region. He settled on a farm in Union township, in this county. His wife and sons managed this farm, while he traveled through the sparsely settled country, preaching and forming societies wherever a few of the faithful were to be found. In the spring of 1845 he purchased a farm in Yellow Spring township, and was among the early settlers of that decade. His family of eight children are yet living. They are William H., James R., Clarissa H., Hiram M., Daniel C., Catherine, Nelson R. and Jane. In 1865, after the family had all gone out from the home, the old people came to Kossuth to live in the home of their son, Wm. H., and they continued there till 1873, when Father Cartwright was called home. Mother Cartwright died in 1884, and was laid by the side of her husband in Kossuth cemetery.
* James Cartwright was a Baptist preacher. In 1822 he left his home in New York and came west to look after some land which he owned on the Military Tract in Illinois. While at Griggsville, Ill. he was taken sick and died, and was buried by strangers. But his grave was not forgotten. Sixty-five years later, his grandson, W. H. Cartwright, of Mediapolis has his bones brought here and laid by the side of his wife, who died here in 1850. Thus father and son, the one unknown to all this people, and the other, for many years a familiar face and figure, going in and out before the people, in the service of his Master, are permitted to rest together, with the wives of their youth, in our beautiful city of the dead.
from Yellow Spring and Huron by J. W. Merrill, Mediapolis, 1897, published by the author, pp. 326-7.(courtesy of pmfrench)
Rev. Daniel G. Cartwright was born in Sempronius, New York, in 1796. His parents were James and Catherine Cartwright,* who gave him such advantages of education as the common schools of the day afforded. In 1820 he married Melinda Messenger. Ten years later he joined the M. E. church, and soon developed those gifts and graces which pointed to him as a man called to the ministry. In 1835 he came west, first stopping in Warren county, Ill., where he made the acquaintance of Peter Cartwright, who sent him to Burlington to take charge of the newly formed circuit in this region. He settled on a farm in Union township, in this county. His wife and sons managed this farm, while he traveled through the sparsely settled country, preaching and forming societies wherever a few of the faithful were to be found. In the spring of 1845 he purchased a farm in Yellow Spring township, and was among the early settlers of that decade. His family of eight children are yet living. They are William H., James R., Clarissa H., Hiram M., Daniel C., Catherine, Nelson R. and Jane. In 1865, after the family had all gone out from the home, the old people came to Kossuth to live in the home of their son, Wm. H., and they continued there till 1873, when Father Cartwright was called home. Mother Cartwright died in 1884, and was laid by the side of her husband in Kossuth cemetery.
* James Cartwright was a Baptist preacher. In 1822 he left his home in New York and came west to look after some land which he owned on the Military Tract in Illinois. While at Griggsville, Ill. he was taken sick and died, and was buried by strangers. But his grave was not forgotten. Sixty-five years later, his grandson, W. H. Cartwright, of Mediapolis has his bones brought here and laid by the side of his wife, who died here in 1850. Thus father and son, the one unknown to all this people, and the other, for many years a familiar face and figure, going in and out before the people, in the service of his Master, are permitted to rest together, with the wives of their youth, in our beautiful city of the dead.
from Yellow Spring and Huron by J. W. Merrill, Mediapolis, 1897, published by the author, pp. 326-7.(courtesy of pmfrench)
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