JOHN CARTHEW, Postmaster at Rockville, and member of the firm of John Carthew & Bro. (Thomas H. Carthew). The parents of Mr. Carthew - John and Eliza (Nanc) Carthew - were natives of Cornwall, England, and emigrated to America in 1833. Mr. John Carthew was married in 1875, to Frances Jones, of Potosi, and has two children - Raymond J. and Harry. He assumed the position he now fills, and started a general grocery store, in 1856. In 1867 to 1870, he served with distinction in the Legislature - he being a stanch Republican, and the district largely Democratic.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.