Eugene Cartledge
Eugene Cartledge
1858 - 1942 Born February 7, 1858
in Mississippi Died Feb. 20, 1942 in Austin, Texas |
Nancy Isabel Harris
1863 - 1957 Born January 15, 1863
in San Antonio, Texas Died September 16, 1957 at 94 years of age in Austin, Texas buried in Fairmount Cemetery in San Angelo, Texas Daughter of Leasel B. Harris (b. Tennessee) & Martha Isabelle McKenzie (b. Texas) |
Eugene's marriage to Nancy is deduced from records
but the date and location have not been identified.
but the date and location have not been identified.
Their children are:
Leasel Harris Cartledge (son)
(1883 - 1892)* Born November 15, 1883 in Texas Died July 27, 1892 in San Angelo, Texas buried in Fairmount Cemetery in San Angelo, Texas |
Maude Eugenia Cartledge
(1885 - 1977)* Born June 1885 in Texas Died October 12, 1977 in Austin, Texas buried in Fairmount Cemetery in San Angelo, Texas |
Wayne R. Cartledge
Born April 2, 1887 in San Angelo, Texas Died February 16, 1972 at 84 years of age in Marfa, Texas buried in Fairmount cemetery, in San Angelo, Texas |
Robert "el Bo" Cartledge
Born June 26, 1890 in San Angelo, Texas Died July 2, 1972 in La Mesa, California Buried in in the Cook Walden-Forest Oaks Memorial Park in Austin, Texas |
Eugene, Wayne, and Bob Cartledge, the father and his two surviving sons [their older brother Leasel died at age 9] were all involved in the development of the area. They are mentioned in books about Terlingua such as Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale's Quicksilver: Terlingua and the chisos Mining Company.
According to Kenneth B. Ragsdale in Quicksilver page 25 Eugene as a young lawyer in the Austin law firm, Cochran and West when he started doing work for Howard E. Perry owner of the Chisos Mining Company.
Steve Voss notes that the San Angelo cemetery where he is buried has a record that shows "Judge Eugene Cartledge."
According to Kenneth B. Ragsdale in Quicksilver page 25 Eugene as a young lawyer in the Austin law firm, Cochran and West when he started doing work for Howard E. Perry owner of the Chisos Mining Company.
Steve Voss notes that the San Angelo cemetery where he is buried has a record that shows "Judge Eugene Cartledge."
The main sources for the information on this page is from Steve Voss in http://www.findagrave.com/ with minor information from the Franco family.