Individual Details

"Joel Cantrill was born January 8, 1811 in Green County, Kentucky. Married Zerelda Branch, May 16, 1839. Died September 4, 1866. She was born November 19, 1821, and died in 1902. She was a woman of strong character, deeply religious, who exerted a wide influence for good. Left with a large family of children, she proved herself a devoted mother and a capable manager. During the last years of her life she was a great sufferer, but bore her suffering with fortitude and Christian patience, and was always bright and cheerful.

"Joel Cantrill went with his parents from Kentucky to Sangamon County, Illinois and spent the remainder of his life on the farm, near Springfield, where his father located, and which is yet known as the "old Cantrill homestead" (1907)." (THE CANTRILL - CANTRELL GENEALOGY, 1908, by Susan Cantrill Christie, pages 49 - 50.)

Birth	January 8, 1811	Green County, Kentucky
Marriage	May 16, 1839	Zerelda Branch
Death	September 4, 1866	Sangamon County, Illinois

Spouse	Zerelda Branch (1821 - 1902)
Child	Lewis Cantrill (1840 - 1902)
Child	Edward Cantrill (1842 - 1863)
Child	Laura Cantrill ( - )
Child	William D. Cantrill (1845 - )
Child	James N. Cantrill (1848 - )
Child	Henry A. Cantrill (1853 - )
Child	Henrietta Cantrill (1853 - )
Child	Emily B. Cantrill (1855 - 1903)
Child	Charles Cantrill (1857 - 1858)
Child	Benjamin H. Cantrill (1859 - 1860)

Father	Thomas Cantrill (1775 - 1836)
Mother	Elizabeth Murray (1774 - 1836)
Sibling	Mary Cantrill (1797 - 1871)
Sibling	William Cantrill (1800 - 1881)
Sibling	Susan Cantrill ( - )
Sibling	Anna Cantrill (1805 - )
Sibling	Zebulon Cantrill (1807 - 1840)