Tilmon Cantrell was born in May 1839 in Hamilton County, Illinois. He was the son of Isaac Cantrell and Nancy Upchurch. He passed away in December 1900 in Hamilton County and is buried in Rector Cemetery, Hamilton County.[1]
Tilmon is living with widowed mother, Nancy, and sister, Catharine.
Census: 1870 Federal
Date: 1 Jun 1870
Place: Hamilton County, Illinois. Tilmon is enumerated as a farmer with land valued at $800 and personal property at $200. In his household are wife, Caroline Burnett, and children Pinkney and John I.[3]
Census: 1880 Federal
Date: 1 Jun 1880
Place: Flannigan, Hamilton County, Illinois. Tilmon has married a second time to Minerva Tate. In their household are Tilmon and Caroline's children Pinkney and John I. and Tilmon and Minerva's daughter Nancy J.[4]
↑ Source: #S80 Township 7 Range 5 E (north half), Hamilton, Illinois; Roll: M653_183; Page: 25; Image: 25; Family History Library Film: 803183. Household #182
Cantrell, Nancy 50 F Farmer b IL PP $40
Catharin 24 F b IL
Tilman 21 M Farm labor b IL
↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64S-541 : 17 October 2014), Tilman Cantrell, Illinois, United States; citing p. 4, family 25, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,724.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJ2-RYR : 14 July 2016), Tilmon Cantrell, Flannigan, Hamilton, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 24, sheet 500C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0210; FHL microfilm 1,254,210.
↑ Source: #S82 Flannigan, Hamilton, Illinois; Roll: 304; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0051; FHL microfilm: 1240304. Household #2
Cantrell, Tillman Head W M May 1839 61 Md 24ys b IL Farmer
Minerva A Wife W F Dec 1851 48 Md 24ys b IL 3 children/2 living
James Son W M Dec 1883 16 S b IL Farm laborer
Source: S80 1860 United States Federal Census U.S. Bureau of the Census Publication: U. S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Repository #R11
Source: S92 Federal Census 1870 Publication: Effective date 1 Jun 1870 Repository: #R11
Source: S81 Abbreviation: Federal Census 1880 Title: Federal Census 1880 Publication: Effective date 1 Jun 1880. Repository: #R11
Source: S82 Federal Census 1900 Publication: Effective 1 Jun 1900 Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Repository: #R11
Repository: R11 Name: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc. City: Provo State: UT URL: www.ancestry.com
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