Benjamin "Ben" Cantrell

Male 1816 - 1906  (~ 90 years)


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  • Name Benjamin "Ben" Cantrell 
    Birth 0___ 1816  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Occupation farmer farm value:$900  [2
    Death 0___ 1906  Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I4121  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2010 

    Father James Cantrell,   b. 0___ 1790, Spartanburg County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1860, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Mother Keziah "Kizzie" Cantrell,   b. 1787, Rockingham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. (AFTER 1860), (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage (Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1603  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann "Polly" Adcock,   b. 0___ 1813   d. 0___ 1870, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Marriage (CIRCA 1834)  (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Wilson Welcome "Weck" Cantrell,   b. 1835, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Martha Jane Cantrell,   b. 1841, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Levi D. Cantrell,   b. 1843, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Preston Franklin "Franklin" Cantrell,   b. 21 Apr 1846, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1933, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     5. William Jasper Cantrell,   b. 17 Jun 1847, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1920, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     6. Newton E(dward) "Ed" Cantrell,   b. May 1849, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Sarah C. Cantrell,   b. 1852, (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Eliza Sentha Cantrell,   b. 5 Dec 1854, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Jefferson Cemetery, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1981  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 0___ 1816 - Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 0___ 1906 - Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - (CIRCA 1834) - (DeKalb County) Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Probably married Pheobe Jones, 1879, Warren Co...DAH.
      May be enumerated in 1880 DeKalb Census, p. 151: "Divorced"...DAH

  • Sources 
    1. [S888] 1870 DeKalb Co.,TN Census, Transcribed & Indexed from a Microfilm Copy of the, p. 94 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S123] 1880 Warren Co.,TN Census, transcribed by Robert A. C. Hillis, Jr., 1988., p. 281 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S424] FamilySearch.org.

    4. [S38799] Cantrell,Warren G.;Premier Conservator and source for "Cantrell" records.