Individual Details
(September 1, 1813 - July 15, 1904)
"William Jefferson Cantrell took an active part in removing the Indians from Georgia, and later was connected with the Confederate Army, during the Civil War, in furnishing supplies. He was an eminent lawyer and judge of Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia, and was well known throughout the states of Georgia and Tennessee, ranking at the head of his profession. It was with pride that he has been known to say that in the many years he had practiced his profession and served on the Bench, he had never known, or heard of the name of Cantrell being on a criminal docket, nor connected with a dishonorable act, and that in his large acquaintance in different branches of the family that quiet dignity of manner and love and pride of family were proverbial. He and his family were members of the Baptist Church." (THE CANTRILL - CANTRELL GENEALOGY, 1908, by Susan Cantrill Christie, page 119.)
William Cantrell married in Cass County, Georgia and was in Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia in 1850. He lived to be 91 years old." (Carolyn Sue Mitchell Bouska, 15001 Quail Drive, Balch Springs, Texas 75180-2447; tele: 214-557-5532, 1993 - 1995, as per Warren G. Cantrell, 1913 Willowbend, Killeen, Texas 76543.)
Events
| Birth | September 1, 1813 | Jackson County, Georgia | | | |
| Marriage | 1835 | Cass County, Georgia - Mary Elizabeth Mayes | | | |
| Marriage | 1851 | Gordon County, Georgia - Amanda Russell | | | |
| Death | July 15, 1904 | Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia | | | |
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