Cumberland County, Maine - Thomas P. R. Cartland
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Biography
Thomas P. R. Cartland
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 547-548


Thomas P. R. Cartland, sole proprietor of the establishment at 105 Middle
Street, Portland, bearing the sign "Jones & Cartland, Shoe Manufacturers," was
born in Brunswick, Me., December 29, 1854. He is a son of Isaiah and Eunice H.
(Rich) Cartland, and a grandson of Charles Cartland, of Limington, Me. His
father, Isaiah Cartland, was a well-known merchant in Portland, where he died in
January, 1895. His wife, who was the daughter of Stephen Rich, is still living.
They were the parents of two children - Mary R., who married William Graham, of
Portland; and Thomas P. R., our subject.

Thomas P. R. Cartland attended the public schools of Portland, supplementing his
elementary studies with a three years' course at the Friends' Boarding School at
Providence, R.I. He first went to work for G. C. Tyler& Co., wholesale shoe
merchants, and in their employ became familiar with the line of trade which he
has since followed. In 1877  he formed a partnership with Mr. A. T. Davis; and
they opened a retail shoe store under the Falmouth Hotel, under the name of
Davis & Cartland, doing a very successful business until 1887. In that year Mr.
Cartland established his present manufactory, being at first associated with Mr.
C. R. Jones. He manufactures a medium grade of ladies' button boots for the
wholesale trade, and has an extensive business, employing a large number of
hands, and occupying a building about fiftyfive by one hundred and forty feet in
dimension and four stories in height. His goods are sold from his Boston office;
and their sales reach from Maine to California and New Orleans, the business
steadily advancing each year.

Mr. Cartland was married in 1883 to Minnie, daughter of William H. and Julia
(Wyman) Milliken; and two children have blessed their union - M. Gertrude and
Ruth T.

In politics Mr. Cartland is a Republican. He is a member of Ancient Landmark
Lodge, No. 17, A. F. & A. M., Greenleaf Chapter, and Portland Commandery, No. 2;
and belongs also to the Portland Athletic Club and the Bramhall League. He and
his wife are members of the State Street Congregational Church. They have a very
fine residence at 255 Western Promenade, Portland. Though not actively
interested in politics and taking no part in municipal affairs, Mr. Cartland is
well known to the public as a business man and as a member of the various
prominent social organizations, being numbered among the most esteemed residents
of the city.