Individual Details

"James Cantrell was born in 1832 in Tennessee. He moved to Missouri with his parents. James bought land in Lawrence County, Missouri, January 15, 1855. He enlisted with his brothers, Benjamin and George, in the Lawrence County Home Guard, Vols. Col. "D" at Mt. Vernon, Missouri, May 15, 1861. The Home Guard unit was disbanded August 10, 1861. Military records of the Civil War Record includes the name of James Cantrell in E.? M.? L.? "Dead." " (CANTRELL - CANTRILL by Horace Elbert Cantrell, 1972, page 406M.)

Birth	Abt, 1832	Tennessee
Death	Abt, 1861

Father	Rayburn Cantrell (1800 - 1855)
Mother	Ellen Emeline "Nellie" White (1802 - 1870)
Sibling	daughter Cantrell (1825 - )
Sibling	daughter Cantrell (1826 - )
Sibling	Reuben Cantrell (1827 - )
Sibling	John Cantrell (1828 - 1888)
Sibling	Nancy Cantrell (1829 - 1863)
Sibling	Sarah Cantrell (1831 - 1870)
Sibling	Mary Cantrell (1834 - 1880)
Sibling	Benjamin Cantrell (1836 - 1915)
Sibling	George Washington "Watt" Cantrell (1838 - 1911)
Sibling	Anna Cantrell (1839 - )
Sibling	Isaac Cantrell (1842 - )
Sibling	Elizabeth Cantrell (1844 - )