Thomas C. Cantrell (1819 - 1885)

Born 22 Jun 1819 in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Louisa B. (Lawson) Cantrell — married 1 Mar 1843 in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 1885 at about age 65 in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Thomas was born in 1819. He was the son of Elijah Cantrell and Sarah Cantrell. He passed away in 1885.

Thomas married Louisa Lawson on 1 March 1843 in McMinn County, Tennessee.^[1]

In 1850 Thomas and Louisa were living in Dade County, Missouri. They had only recently moved there, since their youngest son Elijah [Wilson] was one year old and born in Tennessee. Also in the household are children Lewis (age 5) and Sarah (age 3), both born in Tennessee.^[2]

By 1860 Thomas and Louisa have moved back to Tennessee. They are on the 1860 census in Bradley County, Tennessee. In the household are:

• Thos C Cantrel, M, 40, Tennessee
• Louisa Cantrel, F, 40
• Lewis Cantrel, M, 15, Tennessee
• Sarah Cantrel, F, 14, Tennessee
• Mary Cantrel, F, 10, Tennessee
• [Elijah] Wilson Cantrel, M, 12, Tennessee
• Almira Cantrel, F, 8, Tennessee
• Pierce Cantrel, M, 6, Tennessee
• Jane Cantrel, F, 4, Tennessee
• Albert Cantrel, M, 11 mos, Tennessee^[3]

Notes

When researching the family of Thomas C Cantrell, one must be careful not to confuse him with Thomas C Cantrell born March 1823 in Tennessee and married to Susanna Cantrell. In 1870 this Thomas and his wife Louisa are living in DeKalb County, Tennessee.^[4]

The other Thomas C Cantrell and his wife Susanna are living in Morgan, Dade County, Missouri in 1870.^[5]

It is easy to get sidetracked to the wrong Thomas Cantrell since in 1850 they were both living in Dade County, Missouri. Our Thomas in District 25, Family #409 next door to father Elijah; the other Thomas in District 25, Family #38. The two Thomas Cantrells can be identified and separated by tracking their children.

Sources

1. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNDV-C8V : 4 December 2014), Thomas C Cantrell and Louisa Lawson, 01 Mar 1843; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 75, McMinn, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZ4-MDP : 9 November 2014), Thomas C Cantrell, Dade county, part of, Dade, Missouri, United States; citing family 409, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Y3-3JG : 30 December 2015), Thos C Cantrel, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8R-M3S : 17 October 2014), Thomas C Cantrell, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 2, family 10, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,023.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4D1-DQ5 : 17 October 2014), Thomas C Cantrell, Missouri, United States; citing p. 50, family 343, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,272.

See also:

• Christie, Susan Cantrill. The Cantrill-Cantrell Genealogy: A Record of the Descendants of Richard Cantrill, who was a Resident of Philadelphia Prior to 1689, and of Earlier Cantrills in England and America. New York: The Grafton Press Genealogical Publishers, 1908. p 107

• Thank you to William Graham for creating WikiTree profile Cantrell-751 through the import of WLGraham.ged on May 24, 2013.