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SOURCE: History of St. Clair County, Mich.
        A. T. Andreas & Co., Chicago - 1883

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         CAPT. PETER CARTWRIGHT is a native of St. Clair County, and was
      born at Algonac November 15, 1835.  He began sailing in 1853 on the
      old schooner "Leander."  He has been in the marine service for thirty
      years, and for the past twenty years has sailed Captain most of the
      time.  In 1862, he was Captain of schooner "Elida," and has sailed
      the "Crevola," "Seminole," and schooner "David Todd," "St. Andrew"
      and the "Charlie Crawford." in 1857, he married Miss JULIA MERDRUM, a
      native of this county.  They have seven children - JULIA, MARY,
      SARAH, LOVINA, PETER, MARY, HATTIE.

 Transcriber Note: Mary is named twice in the list of his seven children.

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