Frances Gaines

1789 - 1876  (86 years)

• Name	Frances Gaines  [1, 2]
  Birth	16 Aug 1789	Charlotte County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	7 Feb 1876	Cartwright, Sangamon, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Burial	Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon, Illinois, USA   [1]
  	Frances Gaines and Rev Peter Cartwright, buried together
  		Burial-CARTWRIGHT Frances and Peter Frances Gaines and Rev Peter Cartwright, buried together - Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Pleasant Plains IL + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7950974/peter-cartwright https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7950987/frances-cartwright
  Person ID	I19090	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Reverend Rev Peter Cartwright, Jr,   b. 1 Sep 1785, James River, Buckingham, Virginia, USA d. 25 Sep 1872, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon, Illinois, USA (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	18 Aug 1808	Barren County, Kentucky, USA   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F7133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Aug 1789 - Charlotte County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 18 Aug 1808 - Barren County, Kentucky, USA Death - 7 Feb 1876 - Cartwright, Sangamon, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Biographies and Histories

  Bio-CARTWRIGHT Frances Gaines Frances Gaines Cartwright

  
  

  Burials

  Burial-CARTWRIGHT Frances and Peter Frances Gaines and Rev Peter Cartwright, buried together - Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Pleasant Plains IL + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7950974/peter-cartwright https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7950987/frances-cartwright

  
  

  Historic Documents

  (Historic) Waiting for the Chariot Waiting for the Chariot Carl Sandburg's poem about Frances Gaines Cartwright: Can bare fact make the cloth of a shining poem? In Sangamon County, Illinois, they remembered how The aged widow walked a mile from home to Bethel Chapel Where she heard the services and was called on "To give her testimony," rising to speak freely, ending: …

  
  

  Obituaries

  Obituary-CARTWRIGHT Rev Peter and Frances (Gaines) bituaries of REV PETER J CARTWRIGHT and FRANCES GAINES CARTWRIGHT

  
  

  People

  GAINES-Frances Cartwright Frances Gaines Cartwright, wife of Reverend Peter Cartwright, famous pioneer preacher. Daughter of Robert Gaines and Elizabeth. Some say her mother was Elizabeth Gaines, daughter of Rev Henry Gaines, but this has not been proven. - Find A Grave Memorial # 7950987

  
  

• Sources

  [S6766] Find a Grave: GAINES Frances Cartwright 1789-1876, Frances Gaines Cartwright. Frances Gaines Cartwright, wife of pioneer preacher, Rev. Peter Cartwright. Daughter of Robert Gaines. Born 1789, Charlotte County, Virginia. Died sitting in a pew while attending Sunday church services, 1876, at Cartwright Township, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon County, Illinois. Written By Carl Sandberg About Her Death Can bare fact make the cloth of a shining poem? In Sangamon County, Illinois, they remembered how The aged widow walked a mile from home To Bethel Chapel Where she heard the services and was called on "To give her testimony," rising to speak freely, ending "The past three weeks have been the happiest of All my life, I am waiting for the chariot." The Pastor spoke the benediction, the members rose And moved Into the aisles towards the door, and looking back They saw the widow of the famous circuit rider Sitting quiet and pale in an inviolable dignity And they heard the pastor: "The chariot has arrived." https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7950987/frances-cartwright [S1636] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 1997;).