Cantrell Family
Richard Cantrell
Joseph Cantrell, son of Richard Cantrell, was born in 1695 and had a son, Zebulion
Cantrell.
Zebulion Cantrell son of Joseph Cantrell, was born in 1727 in New Castle, Pennsylvania Married
Mary Montgomery and had a son, Stephen Cantrell.
Stephen Cantrell, son of Zebulion and Mary Montgomery, was born in 1758 in Abbingdon,
Virginia and died in 1827 near Goodlettsville, TN. The State of Tennessee records show that
Stephen Cantrell served on a committee of three which designed the State Seal for the State of
Tennessee. Stephen Cantrell was married to Mary S. Blakemore, (born March 8, 1765 and died
in 1849). They had ten (10) children.
William "Billy" Cantrell, son of Stephen Cantrell and Mary S. Blakemore, was born in Sumner
County, Tennessee on January 22, 1792 where he spent his entire life. He was married the first
time to Joyce Bugg and they had three children. The second time he was married to Sara
Gillespie of Williamson County, Tennessee and they had ten (10) children.
John Marshall Cantrell, son of William "Billy" Cantrell and Sara Gillespie, was born in Sumner
County, TN and died in 1906. He married Ann Elizabeth Abston and they had two children, a
daughter, Mates Cantrell Schell and a son, William Edgar Cantrell. John Marshall Cantrell was
Sheriff of Sumner County, Tennessee from 1883 to 1895.
William Edgar Cantrell, son of John Marshall Cantrell and Ann Elzabeth Gillespie, was born on
January
25, 1860 and died January 13, 1946. Mr. Cantrell lived in Sumner County, TN his entire life and
died at the home of his daughter, Elizabeth Cantrell Coley on Station Camp Creek Road,
Gallatin, TN. Mr. Cantrell married on December 25, 1882 to Georgia Walker Hitchcock (born
December 21, 1860 and died October 6, 1935) and they had seven children. William Edgar
Cantrell and Georgia Walker Hitchcock are buried in the Gallatin City Cemetery, Gallatin TN.
Mr. Cantrell was elected Sheriff of Sumner County, Tennessee on August 2, 1900 for one term.
William and Georgia Cantrell had the following seven (7) children:
Note: Some of the above information was taken from Cantrill - Cantrell Genealogy book by Susan
Cantrill Christie.
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