This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cartwright Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jh.2ADE/1288 Message Board Post: I am seeking information on my great-grandfather, James H. Cartwright (1842-1924). He was born at Maquoketa, Iowa Territory, December 1, 1842, and died on May 18, 1924 in Oregon, Illinois. He was chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court: http://www.state.il.us/court/SupremeCourt/Previous/Bio_Cartwright.asp Interested in information on his parents and siblings as well as other descendants. His daughter Genevieve was my paternal grandmother. Also interested in family rumours of a relation to the circuit riding Methodist preacher Peter Cartwright. thank you! John Salmon