Son of Lanceford & Martha Caldwell Cantrell - he married Nancy Marion Chastain 22 Jan 1850 in Union, GA - parents of David, Martha, Sarah, John & Thomas
He enlisted in the C.S.A. in Co H Cobb's Infantry Reg, GA Sep 1861. He apparently died in battle and is buried at Washington Confederate Cem, Hagerstown, Washington, MD
Sources
1830-1860 US Federal Censuses
Civil War Soldiers 1861-1865
Findagrave # 110829028
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