John Whitshire Cardwell

Birth: Mar. 13, 1772 Virginia, USA Death: Aug. 30, 1860 Webster County Missouri, USA

Husband of Frances "Fanny" Ganes

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Spouse:

 Frances Henry Gaines Cardwell (1782 - 1860)*

Children:

 Thomas Perrin Cardwell (1802 - 1881)*

 Mary Cardwell Ewing (1804 - 1866)*

 Elizabeth F. Cardwell Turner (1811 - 1880)*

 Edmund P. Cardwell (1822 - 1911)*

 Susan Cardwell Casey (1826 - 1901)*

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Burial: Panther Valley Cemetery Marshfield Webster County Missouri, USA https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9907520

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The Marshfield Mail, Old Settlers Column September 7, 1905

The Cardwell Family The history of no Webster County family should be more interesting to citizens of Marshfield than that of the Cardwell family, as the founders of that family were the first permanent settlers of Webster County who lived in Marshfield or on the site of what is now Marshfield. While it is true that one man (we failed to learn his name) lived here before John Cardwell, the founder of the Webster County Cardwell family, came, this man moved away and has disappeared from the knowledge of anyone now here, leaving John Cardwell as the first permanent settler of what is now Marshfield. This settlement was made near the Humphrey Spring, the house standing southeast of there about where Alfred D. Smith's house now stands. John Cardwell purchased this claim from the former owner who had just opened it up out of the vast unsettled country. At the same time, Joseph Ewing, a son-in-law of Mr. Cardwell, purchased a claim on what is now known as the I.C. Jones farm southwest of town. The house on this claim stood on the hill just south of the Jones spring and the field around this has been in cultivation since 1835, or for a period of 70 years. The owner of the claim purchased by Joseph Ewing was Turnbo and the creek of that name was named after him. That was a very common practice in the early days. Turnbo, like the man who sold to Cardwell, moved away and all trace of him has been lost. His name, however, has been indelibly fixed in the history of Marshfield by being given to our nearest and most picturesque stream. John Cardwell's father was Thomas Cardwell who with his brother came to Virginia from Ireland many years before the Revolution. He settled in Stokes County, Virginia on the Dan river, where he lived until his death several years after the colonies had become states. Both Thomas and his brother were soldiers in the war for freedom.

John Cardwell was born in 1772. He had one brother who remained in Virginia when John and his young wife moved to Roane County, Tennessee. Here his children were born and here he lived until 1833, when he moved to Missouri settling in Laclede County near Cave Spring. In 1835 he moved to the present site of Marshfield. Here John Cardwell remained only one year, having sold his claim to James Flannigan who afterwards sold it to William Burford. Ewing sold the Jones place to a Mr. Bowers. John Cardwell moved from Marshfield to what is now the Welch farm, which he opened up. He lived here until his death in 1864, at the age of 92, having lived all his life as a pioneer of some state. As stated above, John Cardwell's children were all born in Tennessee, and all except one, Kryzira (Cardwell) Wester, came to Missouri with their father, and their descendants now form a large family, many of whose members live in this county. The children's names were Thomas, Polly, Kryzira, Elizabeth, Edmond P., and Susan. All are dead now except Edmond P.
Husband of Frances "Fanny" Ganes* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 9 2022, 15:05:32 UTC