Individual Details
Thomas C. Cantrell
(June 22, 1822 - 1885)
"Thomas Cantrell was born in DeKalb County, Tennessee, June 22, 1819 and was a small boy when his parents moved to McMinn County. He married Louisa Lawson, daughter of Lewis Lawson, near Athens, about 1843. In 1850 they moved to Missouri, but returned to Tennessee and lived in Bradley County, during the Civil War; later returned to De Kalb County, were he died in 1885. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and was highly respected in the localities in which he lived." (THE CANTRILL - CANTRELL GENEALOGY, 1908 by Susan Cantrill Christie, page 107.)
"Thomas C. Cantrell was born June 22, 1822 in Warren County, Tennessee. (After his marriage to Louisa Lawson,) They moved to Bradley County, where three children were born. In the Spring of 1848, they joined a caravan of relatives consisting of his father and mother and numerous uncles and aunts and migrated to Missouri. They arrrived in Dade County, Missouri, November 3, 1848. They farmed in Dade County until 1855, and they returned to Tennessee, settling again in Bradley County. After the Civil War they moved to DeKalb County, Tennessee, where Thomas died in 1885 and Louisa in the 1870's." (CANTRELL - CANTRILL, 1972 by Horace Elbert Cantrell, page 406A.) (NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Albert M. Cantrell is not given in Horace E. Cantrell's work.)
"Thomas C. Cantrell was born June 22, 1822 in Warren County, Tennessee. (After his marriage to Louisa Lawson,) They moved to Bradley County, where three children were born. In the Spring of 1848, they joined a caravan of relatives consisting of his father and mother and numerous uncles and aunts and migrated to Missouri. They arrrived in Dade County, Missouri, November 3, 1848. They farmed in Dade County until 1855, and they returned to Tennessee, settling again in Bradley County. After the Civil War they moved to DeKalb County, Tennessee, where Thomas died in 1885 and Louisa in the 1870's." (CANTRELL - CANTRILL, 1972 by Horace Elbert Cantrell, page 406A.) (NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Albert M. Cantrell is not given in Horace E. Cantrell's work.)
Events
| Birth | June 22, 1822 | Warren County, Tennessee | |||
| Marriage | March 1, 1843 | McMinn County, Tennessee - Louisa D. Lawson | |||
| Death | 1885 | DeKalb County, Tennessee |
Families
| Spouse | Louisa D. Lawson (1821 - 1870) |
| Child | Louis Kendrick Cantrell (1844 - 1916) |
| Child | Sarah Elizabeth Cantrell (1847 - ) |
| Child | Elijah Wilson Cantrell (1848 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Pierce Cantrell (1850 - ) |
| Child | Mary Louisa Cantrell (1852 - ) |
| Child | Barbara Elmina Cantrell (1854 - ) |
| Child | Albert M. Cantrell ( - ) |
| Child | Minerva Jane Cantrell (1859 - ) |
| Child | Nancy Clementine Cantrell (1862 - ) |
| Father | Elijah Cantrell (1788 - 1860) |
| Mother | Sarah Cantrell (1794 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Lucinda Cantrell (1820 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Cantrell (1825 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Benjamin A. Cantrell (1827 - ) |
| Sibling | Melissa Cantrell (1829 - ) |
| Sibling | Hiram Cantrell (1830 - ) |
| Sibling | Rafael Lafayette Cantrell (1832 - ) |
| Sibling | Wilson C. Cantrell (1835 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann "Zilley" Cantrell (1837 - ) |