Descendant of William Cantrell, the first Cantrell in North America. William arrived from England with Captain John Smith in Jamestown, Virginia on April 20, 1607
Jim was born in March 1917 in DeKalb County, Tennessee. He is the son of William H Cantrell and Ella B Redmon. He passed away in May 1981 in DeKalb County and is buried in Keltonburg Cemetery, Keltonburg, DeKalb County.[1]
James was born in 1917. He passed away about 1981.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNPL-NKV : accessed 12 August 2018), J B Cantrell in household of William H Cantrell, Civil District 21, De Kalb, Tennessee, United States; citing ED 66, sheet 6A, line 26, family 114, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1737; FHL microfilm 1,821,737.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPWL-XSK : accessed 12 August 2018), James W Cantrell in household of William H Cantrell, District 21, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 23, sheet 5B, line 54, family 89, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2244; FHL microfilm 2,341,978
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V985-LQS : 20 May 2014), Jim Cantrell, May 1981; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Name: Jim Cantrell
Birth Date: 13 Mar 1917
Death Date: 4 May 1981
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1: 15 Oct 1941
Release Date 1: 20 Nov 1945
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 August 2018), memorial page for James William “Jim Bill” Cantrell (13 Mar 1917–4 May 1981), Find A Grave Memorial no. 80647081, citing Keltonburg Cemetery, Keltonburg, DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by AJ (contributor 46933295) .
Acknowledgments
Thank you to William Graham for creating WikiTree profile Cantrell-799 through the import of WLGraham.ged on May 24, 2013.
Find A Grave: Memorial #80647081 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80647081/james-william-cantrell: accessed 03 December 2022), memorial page for James William “Jim Bill” Cantrell (13 Mar 1917–4 May 1981), Find a Grave Memorial ID 80647081, citing Keltonburg Cemetery, Keltonburg, DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by AJ (contributor ) .
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