Individual Details

Thomas Jefferson Cantrell

(February 15, 1868 - April 4, 1934)

"Thomas Jefferson Cantrell was born 15 Feb 1868 in Henderson County, Texas. He married 1st Dora Hall. They were the parents of seven children. She died 3 July 1917 and Thomas married 2nd Frances "Fanny" Shots, one child a girl. Thomas died 4 April 1934 in Van Zandt County, Texas and is buried at the Edom Cemetery. At the time of his death he lived at Ben Wheeler, Route #1. This researcher has located the names of four children. In 1944, one son wrote a letter in which he stated there were five boys and three girls, one half sister. Two were dead." (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

BirthFebruary 15, 1868Henderson County, Texas
DeathApril 4, 1934Van Zandt County, Texas
MarriageFrances "Fannie" Shots
MarriageDora Elizabeth Hall
BurialEdom Cemetery, Edom, Van Zandt County, Texas

Families

SpouseDora Elizabeth Hall (1874 - 1917)
ChildOra Belle Cantrell (1888 - 1946)
ChildAlice V. Cantrell (1892 - )
ChildLonnie Timothy Cantrell (1893 - 1971)
ChildJames Thomas Cantrell (1895 - 1984)
ChildCarl Julius Cantrell (1897 - 1951)
ChildNannie L. Cantrell (1899 - )
ChildHoyt Cantrell (1900 - )
ChildOlen Claude Cantrell (1912 - )
SpouseFrances "Fannie" Shots ( - )
FatherJames R. Cantrell (1842 - 1919)
MotherPharly Piles (1840 - 1877)
SiblingMelicina Cantrell (1872 - )
SiblingCallie E. Cantrell (1871 - )
SiblingJulius O. Cantrell (1874 - )