Biographical Sketch of Charles Cartall, Phelps County, Missouri >From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889. ********************************************************************** Charles Cartall is a general merchant and dealer in lumber and building materials of all kinds at St. James, Mo., in which city he has been engaged in his present business since 1880. He keeps a large and well selected stock, and is enjoying correspondingly large patronage. He was born in Brunswick, Germany, in 1838, and is a son of George and Johannah Cartall, who spent their entire lives in Germany, and died at about the age of eighty years, the father being a florist throughout life. Charles is next to the youngest of five children, and attended the public schools from the age of six to fourteen years of age, and then served a six years' apprenticeship in a store. Having always had a desire to travel, and believing that the new world offered better opportunities for a young man to advance, he concluded to go to the United States, and landed in New York in August, 1857, where he remain- ed a short time, working at anything he could find to do, and afterward worked his way to Buffalo, thence to Canada, spending two years in the latter country, after which he came to St. Louis, Mo. He next accepted a situation at Alton, Illinois, remaining there one year, after which he clerked in Lane's Prairie, Mo., and that vicinity for two years, and then went to Knob View, where he clerked for T. J. Kinsey until the latter's death, about the close of the war. Mr. Cartall then purchased the stock of goods, and was engaged in business in Knob View until 1880 his enterprise being attended with remarkable success. He had about $800 of his hard earnings to commence with, and is now, although having met with several heavy losses, one of the well to do citizens of Phelps county. Besides his business block he owns 40 acres near St. James, with his handsome residence, and two other farms in the country, of 160 and 80 acres, respectively, all of which has been obtained by his good management and energy. He is a Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Lincoln in 1864; is also a member of the Command- ery and a Royal Arch Mason, and belongs to the A. O. U. W. In October, 1866, he was married to Miss Minnie, a daughter of William Wagner, formerly of Germany. Two sons and three daughters are living of seven children born to them. Mr. Cartall and wife are members of the Lutheran Church. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================