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WEBSTER CEMETERY HANCOCK COUNTY, ILLINOIS |
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Author - Marcia Farina Thanks to Jack Hysel for sharing his research on the Cartwright family. |
Joshua G. Duff was born in Montgomery County, Kentucky, on July 15, 1820. He was the son of William and Mary Duff, who also lie buried at Webster Cemetery.
Martha Louisa Cartwright was the daughter of William A. Cartwright (1775-1845) and Abigail Davis (1779- ) Living in Hancock County in 1850 were Abigail Cartwright, 71, born in Rhode Island, value of real estate 100; her daughter, Abigail, 53, born in New York; and son, William A., 40, farmer, born in New York. See also, a possible sister, Ada Cartwright Alton. Martha Louisa Cartwright was married first in 1836 to Solomon Pendleton in Amity, Allegany County, New York. This union produced one child, named as Marion Pendleton, 12, female, in the 1850 Federal Census of Hancock County. Joshua Duff and Martha Cartwright Pendleton were married on August 14, 1847, in Hancock County. Marriage License They farmed for many years in Fountain Green Township and raised their family there. According to the inscription on her tombstone, Martha was born August 12, 1815, in Allegany County, New York. There is some evidence that she was born in 1818, rather than 1815. On that subject, it's fairly clear that she was older than Joshua; it's curious to note that in the four census years from 1850 through 1880, her age bounced from being approximately 2 years older, to 5 years older, to 1 year older, to 5 years older. Perhaps it's nothing more than a coincidence, but these variations lend a little support to the alternate birth year. Martha died August 1, 1880, in Hancock County. Joshua died August 31, 1897, in Decatur County, Iowa, six counties west of Illinois along the southern border of Iowa. Does the inscription on his marker indicate his body was not actually laid to rest at Webster Cemetery? We do not know.
Joshua and Martha's children were probably all born in Fountain Green Township (so named in 1850). They were:
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enumerated October 22, 1850, dwelling #928 Joshua Duff, 30, male, farmer, value of real estate 800, born KY
enumerated July 28, 1860, dwelling #3558 Joshua Duff, 40, male, farmer, value of real estate 1000, value of personal estate 700, born KY
enumerated June 4, 1870, dwelling #97 Duff, Joshua, 50, male, white, farmer, value of real estate 4000, value of personal estate 1200, born KY, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
enumerated June 18 and 21, 1880, dwelling #158 Duff, Josh G, male, white, 59, married, farmer, born KY, father born SC, mother born KY
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