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Rola Virginia Hess was born 1855, in Independence County, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Hiram Hess and Sarah (last name unknown).
The family appears on the 1860 Newton County census, in Van Buren Township, south of Boxley. Virginia was listed as five years old on the census.
The family moved to Springfield, Missouri in August 1864. Virginia's father died at Springfield in 1866.
Prior to 1871, Virginia's mother, Sarah, returned to Arkansas with the children. The family settled in Izard County (now Stone County).
Virginia married her James P. Cartwright on July 10, 1873, in Stone County, Arkansas. James Cartwright was born 1851, in Izard County, Arkansas. He was the son of Peter C. Cartwright and Nancy (last name unknown).
Peter C. Cartwright was born about 1810, in Tennessee and died October 1875, in Stone County, Arkansas. Nancy was born about 1813, in Tennessee and died prior to 1870, in Izard County, Arkansas. Peter and Nancy married about 1832, in Tennessee. They had at least nine children including: (1) Joshua Cartwright, b. 1833, TN; (2) Juliann Cartwright, b. 1835, TN; (3) Elizabeth Cartwright, b. 1837, TN; (4) William Cartwright, b. 1840, TN; (5) John Austin Cartwright, b. Jan 1842, TN; m. Elizabeth "Eliza" Jane Hess (daughter of Isaac Brookfield Hess and Elizabeth Tate); (6) Martha Matilda Cartwright, b. Jan 1846, TN; m. William Chapman Hess (son of Isaac Brookfield Hess and Elizabeth Tate); (7) Thomas W. Cartwright, b. 1847, TN; (8) James P. Cartwright, b. 1851, AR; m. Rola Virginia Hess; and (9) Susan Cartwright, b. Aug 1856; m. James R. Brownfield.
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, born in January 1880.
We believe both James and Virginia died prior to 1900, probably in Stone County.
Children of James Cartwright and Virginia Hess
1. Sarah E. Cartwright was born 1874, in Stone Co, AR.
2. James A. Cartwright was born 1876, in Stone Co, AR.
3. Arminda "Minnie" Cartwright was born Jan 19, 1880, in Stone Co, AR. She married E. H. Haynes on July 19, 1903, in Stone Co. They divorced and Minnie married James Kincheloe McPherson on Oct 6, 1911, in Pottawatomie Co, OK. James died in 1926 and Minnie married ____ Isenhower after 1930. Minnie died 1963, in Placer, CA. Children included: (1) Oscar Haynes, b. 1907, AR; (2) Virginia "Jinnie" McPherson, b. 1913, OK; (3) Gladys M. McPherson, b. 1916, OK; (4) Lawrence McPherson (a twin), b. 1919, OK; (5) Florence McPherson (a twin), b. 1919, OK; and (6) Clarence McPherson, b. 1921, OK