Individual Details
Thomas Pinckney Cantrell
(December 19, 1855 - June 20, 1914)
"Thomas Pinkney Cantrell was born December 19, 1855. He married Laura Elizabeth Fore December 24, 1882. She was born November 22, 1886. Thomas Pinkney was a blacksmith Laura E. died December 9, 1939. Thomas Pinkney died in Missouri." (CANTRELL - CANTRILL, 1972, by Horace Elbert Cantrell, page 271.)
(NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Much of the information of the family and descendants of Thomas Pinkney Cantrell was supplied by Marjorie Cantrell Mendieta, Austin, Texas. She gives what I believe to be more accurate dates and information than supplied from other sources.)
(NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: It has been said, in quoting from "The Story of My Friend Cantrell" in MY AMERICA, 1938 by Louis Adamic, page 3, "... Pinckey (Cantrell) set out for Texas, the the Eldorado. ... the young couple went via the Tennessee, the Ohio, and the Mississippi to the mouth of Red River, then up Red River to the head of navigation, thence overland to Fort Stockton, Texas. Pinckney Cantrell was a blacksmith and worked at the fort for years, shoeing cavalry horses and repairing wagons and other army equipment. Later he moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas, whence malaria drove him to the uplands of the Ozarks. He was at Fayetteville, Arkansas, at the outbreak of the Civil War." There is no doubt Pinkney and his family were in Texas, as they appear in the 1850 census in Milam County, Texas. This is where Fort Gates was at that time, and Pinkney was probably a blacksmith at this fort. Fort Stockton was not established until 1859. The 1860 census for Washington County shows Pinkney and his family living in the West Fork Township, and the later children being born in Arkansas. A check of the tax records of Milam County, Texas might show just how long Pinkney stayed in Texas, but the census record indicates he had left Texas before 1951.)
(NOTE FROM JUDIA TERRY: "I had 10 August 1925 as a death date, I do not know where it came from but it is very exact."
(NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Much of the information of the family and descendants of Thomas Pinkney Cantrell was supplied by Marjorie Cantrell Mendieta, Austin, Texas. She gives what I believe to be more accurate dates and information than supplied from other sources.)
(NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: It has been said, in quoting from "The Story of My Friend Cantrell" in MY AMERICA, 1938 by Louis Adamic, page 3, "... Pinckey (Cantrell) set out for Texas, the the Eldorado. ... the young couple went via the Tennessee, the Ohio, and the Mississippi to the mouth of Red River, then up Red River to the head of navigation, thence overland to Fort Stockton, Texas. Pinckney Cantrell was a blacksmith and worked at the fort for years, shoeing cavalry horses and repairing wagons and other army equipment. Later he moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas, whence malaria drove him to the uplands of the Ozarks. He was at Fayetteville, Arkansas, at the outbreak of the Civil War." There is no doubt Pinkney and his family were in Texas, as they appear in the 1850 census in Milam County, Texas. This is where Fort Gates was at that time, and Pinkney was probably a blacksmith at this fort. Fort Stockton was not established until 1859. The 1860 census for Washington County shows Pinkney and his family living in the West Fork Township, and the later children being born in Arkansas. A check of the tax records of Milam County, Texas might show just how long Pinkney stayed in Texas, but the census record indicates he had left Texas before 1951.)
(NOTE FROM JUDIA TERRY: "I had 10 August 1925 as a death date, I do not know where it came from but it is very exact."
Events
| Birth | December 19, 1855 | Arkansas | |||
| Marriage | December 24, 1882 | Laura Elizabeth Fore | |||
| Death | June 20, 1914 | Bakersfield, Ozark County, Missouri | |||
| Burial | near Bakersfield, Ozark County, Missouri |
Families
| Spouse | Laura Elizabeth Fore (1868 - 1939) |
| Child | Lula Cantrell (1884 - 1917) |
| Child | Roscoe Ciegel Cantrell (1887 - 1949) |
| Child | Herbert Pinckney Cantrell Sr. (1890 - 1979) |
| Child | Iva May Cantrell (1892 - 1972) |
| Child | William Raymond Cantrell (1896 - 1945) |
| Father | Pinkney Cantrell (1824 - 1901) |
| Mother | Jane Rowland (1826 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Ganzavort Melvin "Gan" Cantrell (1845 - 1921) |
| Sibling | Mary Cantrell (1849 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Sarah Cantrell (1851 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Franklin Cantrell (1858 - 1925) |