Levi L Cantrell Jr. was born to parents Levi Cantrall and Frances "Fanny" England in Sangamon County, Illinois, on Sunday, 17 Mar 1822. Levi, aged 21, married Elizabeth C King, aged 15, on Monday 26 Feb 1844, in Sangamon County, Illinois. Children:
1844 February 26[6] Marriage to wife Elizabeth C King in Sangamon County, Illinois. This is the date they applied to the Sangamon County Clerk for a marriage license.
*Source: 1.50. 1850 United States Federal Census. Place: Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: M432_127; Page: 252B; Image: 514. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA; 2009.
Source: 1.60. 1860 United States Federal Census. Place: Subdivision 17, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: M653_226; Page: 740; Image: 738; Family History Library Film: 803226. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009.
Source: 3.1. Don J. Gray, Sangamon County Clerk, Marriage record from the book '1835–1849', page 197, (Springfield, Illinois). A scan is in the Images section of this profile.
Source: 6.1. Carmi G. Cantrall, The Cantrell Family : A biographical album and history of the descendants of Zebulon Cantrell the immigrant, with data concerning the families who have allied themselves with the Cantrell by marriage, covering the period from 1700 to 1898, (Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Register, 1898). This book has two parts, each with its own page numbers: "Biographical Album of the Cantrell Family" and "Family Record."web source
Source: 6.2. Susan Cantrill Christie, 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: Grafton Press, 1908). web source
Source:6.3. John Carroll Power with S A (Sarah A) Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : centennial edition, (Springfield, Illinois: Edwin A Wilson & Co, 1876). web source
Source: 6.4. Jordan Dodd, Illinois Marriages to 1850. Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Provo, UT, USA; 1997;
Source: 6.5. Jordan Dodd and Liahona Research comp., Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900. Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Provo, UT, USA; 2005.
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