Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-29
FOUNDER OF VILLAGE OF IuRAY
AND PIONEER or PoWEsHsEk
COUNTY. PASSES AWAY.
HAD BEEN Ill LESS
THAN THREE WEEKS
Had Been Sufferer For Years From
Nephritis and complieations-6ought
Nucleus of tLuray Farm Many Years
Ago and Added to Il Until It BE-
came Most Valuable Property.

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claimed Theodore g. Cartwright
known resident Of this city
founder Of the village Of Luray. and
a pioneer Of Poweshiek county. Mr..
Cartwright died at the home Of his son.
T. C. Cartwright, lilo West Main
street. The end came following an ILL.,
ness Of less than three weeks, due TO
uremia. -. O. .s
MI. Cartwright had been In failing
health for few years, due to chronic
nephritis, with which was associated
q prostate trouble Of several years
standing. Last winter, shortly after
Christmas, Mr.. Cartwright went to
Rochester in the hope of obtaining re-
lief, and returned home In March he
had rallied quite satisfactorily from
the attack. but his vitality had been
noticeably lessened with each recur-
ring attack. The last Illness was
brought on by over exertion when MI.
Cartwright worked too hard setting
out some shrubbery at his sons home.
Man Of lndomitable Energy.
r Mr.. Cartwright was a man OF In
domitable energy. This trait had
characterized his entire life. He was q
blacksmith in the early days. and his
physical strength seemingly knew no
bounds. This spirit Of energy followed
him turnout his life, and finally con-
tributed to his last illness. He was not
satisfied to be idle; he must be doing
something as long as he was able.
Buys luray Land Years Ago.
while blacksmith at Malcolm Mr..
Cartwright traded some Texas land he
had acquired for about 200 acres OF
land near what Is now the village OF
Luray. He accumulated surrounding
tracts until he owned about TOO acres
He plated the village Of Luray. and
the railroad station Of the Great West
ern IS on q part Of the farm.
Mr.. Cartwright farmed like he did
other things. He worked on large
scale. He raised corn to feed large
herds of cattle, and developed some OF
the finest beat cattle ever marketed in
the Union stock yards, Chicago.
Native Of Indiana
Theodore Smith Cartwright was
native Of Indiana, having been born at
New Harmony Nov. II. 1S46. He went
east when a young man, and when the
civil war broke out enlisted as far
rter in the First Massachusetts, caval-
N. He served thruout the war, and
during the last two years saw active
service. - IT,
On Nov. 80, 1868, at Racine, Wis,
Nj. Cartwright took as his wife Miss
Clara Walter, and came to Marengo,
then the western terminus OF the Rock
Island railroad. He worked at his trade
there for year, and the spring follow
ing moved with the new railroad to
Malcolm, where he went into the black
smithing business.
In 1889 Mr.. Cartwright moved to
.Grinnell, and for many years travelled
for the Odds Wagon Company Of Fort
Wayne, Ind. His territory included the
entire country, and he sold the fac
tory's output for many years :
Mr. Cartwright retired from the road
in 1902, and went to Hampton, where
he and his son engaged in the retail
lumber business. In the fall Of 1904
the family moved here, that Mr.. Cart
wright might be near his Luray inter
ests, which he had always supervised
while on the road. Mrs. Cartwright
died here April s, 1906, and since then
Mr.. Cartwright has lived with his son.
Mr.. Cartwright Is survived only by
his son in this city. Two children died
In infancy, and daughter Carrie, a
sophomore in Iowa College Grinnell,
died Aug. 3, 1880.
Mr.. Cartwright was a member Of
the Congregational church and the To-
cal Masonic blue lodge, chapter, and
commandery. He was also a member
Of Kaaba temple, A. A. o. N. NJ. S., Of
Davenport. mH
Body to GrinneIl.
tie prayer services will be held
the Cartwright home at S:15
,esday morning. in charge of Rev. B.
y. Martin, and at 9:15 the funeral
party will accompany the body to
Grinnell. where the funeral will be held
at the Grinnen cemetery. also In
charge Of Mr.. Martin. Burial viii be
beside the grave Of Mrs. Cartwright.