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Rola Virginia Hess was born about 1855, probably in Independence County, Arkansas, the daughter of Hiram Hess and Nancy (last name unknown).
The family appears on the 1860 Newton County census, in Van Buren Township, south of Boxley. Virginia is listed as five years old on the census.
We do not know where the family was located between about 1862 and about 1873.
Virginia married James P. Cartwright on July 10, 1873, in Stone County, Arkansas. James Cartwright was born about 1851, in Arkansas, according to census records.
The 1880 Stone County census, Richwoods Township, shows James Cartwright, head, 29; Rola V., wife, 24; Sarah E., daughter, 6; James A., son, 4; and Arminda, daughter, 5 months old.
Children of James Cartwright and Virginia Hess
1. Sarah E. Cartwright, b. abt 1874
2. James A. Cartwright, b. abt 1876
3. Arminda Cartwright, b. 1880