Joseph W Cantrell (1807 - 1877)

Born 22 Mar 1807 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States

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Descendants

Died 22 Feb 1877 at age 69 in DeKalb County, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Descendant of William Cantrell, the first Cantrell in North America. William arrived with Captain John Smith in Jamestown, Virginia on April 20, 1607.

Joseph was born in March 1807 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. He was the son of Abraham Cantrell and Sarah Durham. He passed away in February 1877 in DeKalb County, Tennessee. Joseph married Cynthia McDowell about 1826 in Tennessee.

In 1850 Joseph and Cynthia were living in DeKalb County, Tennessee. In their household are children: Lafayette, Abraham, Martha, Sarah, William, James, Susan, and Celetta Cantrell.^[1]

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDZ-T7B : 9 November 2014), Joseph Cantrell, De Kalb county, part of, De Kalb, Tennessee, United States; citing family 1173, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TH-CVM : 30 December 2015), Joseph Cantrell, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8R-S65 : 17 October 2014), Joseph Cantrell, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 9, family 64, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,023.

1. ↑ 1850 census

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 12