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My Cantrell Roots |
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My Cantrell roots begin as does most Cantrell's in this country. , Richard Cantrell who came to Pennsylvania and was a brickmaker. From there the family scatters and many Cantrell descendants have looked to Warren G. Cantrell of Killeen, TX. to help them to begin their Cantrell research. To those many cousin's that I have met while in the process I say thank you for all your efforts. It has been a blessing |
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Henry Christopher and Mary Emily Tapp Cantrell began their lives together in Conway Co. AR. They married there in 1883. They had moved to Texas by 1900 and there in Navarro Co. TX. many of their children met their spouses before scattering to the far winds. My goal has always been to reunite the families of the children in the above photo. They are L-R John, Walter Lee, James Alfred,William Allen, Emily holding Leatha (Gullett), Henry and Cora.(Emmons) |
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Henry Christopher was the son of Alfred and Elizabeth Cantrell. They were born in South Carolina and came to Arkansas through Alabama. The family spent some time in Mississippi along the way as some of their children are recorded as born there on census records
Mary Emily was the youngest daughter of James H. and Mary Tapp. The family came to Arkansas from Alabama and Mississippi. Mary was born in Arkansas
William Allen Cantrell was born in Arkansas His family information is below. He was the eldestof Henry and Emily Cantrell's children James Alfred married Jessie Lee Almond in Navarro Co. TX in 1908 Walter married Bessie McClendon,John Edgar was killed in a bank robbery and is burried in Waco TX. The family lost contact with his after his death. Cora married and lived in the Dallas area at the time of her death. Leatha married J.N. Gullett. She died in California and her descendants are still there. |
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If you think that you might be a descendant of ones of the children above, Please contact me at email |
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William Allen Cantrell met and married Virgie Beulah Cox in Navarro Co. TX. in 1910. Most all of these children (to the right)were born in Purdon or Dawson in Navarro Co. TX. They grew up there and in Hunt Co. TX. The family was always a close knit family. They saw each other through the trials of the times they lived. |
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Left to right: Edgar Basil, Lessie Mae, Mary Francis Eloise, Virgie Beulah, Merrell Randolph, Lesta Juanita, Johnny, Archie Benjamin. The above photo was taken in 1951 on the day that William Allen was buried in Greenville Texas. |
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