Cartmell, John M.

Born: 1802-08-25 Bath County, Kentucky

Cartmell married Mildred R. Tacket before moving with his parents to Sangamon County, Illinois, in 1829. He and Mildred have five children. He lived on his parents' farm six miles north of Springfield. In 1850, he owned $1,900 in real estate.

John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876), 193; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Sangamon County, IL, 190.