Wyatt Cantrell

1790 - 1877  (86 years)

• Name	Wyatt Cantrell  [1]
  Birth	20 Dec 1790	Bath County, Kentucky   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Oct 1877	Kansas   [1]
  Notes	Wyatt was born December 20, 1790 in Bath County, KY., the same year that his parents moved from Bote tourt County, VA. He married Sally England and moved to Clarke County, OH., where they had three children. They then moved in company with her father, Stephen England, to St. Clair County, IL., in the fall of 1819, and in the spring of 1819, they built homes in what is now Fancy Creek, township in Sangamon County, IL., where they had six children. Wyatt and Levi lived on adjoining farms just north of Cantrall, IL. Taken from the book "The Cantrell Family" by Carmi G. Cantrell. There Wyatt remained until after the death of his wife, Sally, on August 1, 1840. In the fall of 1841, he married Mrs. Polly Kingsbury, whose maiden name was Foster. She died about 1859. Wyatt came to Whiteside County, IL "in 1836 and located near Sterling. He made claim of the prairie in the bend of the river, and also of the large island in Rock River, long since known as Cantrell's Island, upon which there was a large growth of timber. In 1838 he built a mill on the rapids of Rock River, getting his power by making adam of loose stones ............ It was at this mill that the people on the east and south side of Whiteside and the north side of Henry and Bureau Counties had their grists ground for ten years. Mr. Cantrell took a prominent part in the affairs of the community during the early days, and was always regarded as a straightforward, honest, public-spirited man. He died recently at his son's residence in Kansas. (William and Stephen lived at Black Bob, Johnson County, Kansas). His remains were brought to Sterling, and buried October 31, 1877. Taken from "History of Whiteside County, Illinois, Sterling Township," page 407. Original in Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1694344&id=I1157
  Person ID	I38345	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2011

  
  

  Father	Joshua Cantrall,   b. 8 Aug 1748   d. 9 Sep 1800 (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Ann Graham,   b. 3 May 1751, Botetourt County, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1772	Botetourt County, Virginia   [1]
  	They appear to have had nine childrn in total.
  Family ID	F11715	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah "Sally" England,   b. 20 Dec 1794   d. 4 Aug 1840, Illinois (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	14 Aug 1811	Bath County, Kentucky
  Children	1. Eliza Cantrell,   b. 8 Sep 1813, Ohio d. Abt 1876, Nevada (Age 62 years)   2. Samuel Denny Cantrell,   b. 9 Feb 1816, Ohio d. Yes, date unknown   3. David P. Cantrall,   b. 7 May 1818, Ohio d. 21 Jan 1892 (Age 73 years)   4. Zebulon E. Cantrell,   b. 11 Aug 1823   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Wyatt E. Cantrell,   b. 22 Mar 1826   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Stephen England Cantrell,   b. 20 Apr 1827   d. Yes, date unknown   7. William F. Cantrell,   b. 27 Jul 1829   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Polly Ann Cantrell,   b. 17 Sep 1832   d. Yes, date unknown   9. John H. Cantrell,   b. 1 Oct 1834, Cantrall, Sangamon County, Illinois d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F11712	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2011

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 20 Dec 1790 - Bath County, Kentucky Marriage - 14 Aug 1811 - Bath County, Kentucky Death - 25 Oct 1877 - Kansas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  [S667] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (The WorldConnect Project is a set of tools, which allow users to upload, modify, link, and display their family trees as a means to share their genealogy with other researchers. The program used to day has a genealogy of its own. RootsWeb announced the launch of the World Connect Project on November 10, 1999 after staff members and users submitted 5.5 million records during a four-week beta-testing period. The WorldConnect Project continues to grow, and as of January 2004 had more than 312 million records. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. It is a file format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program.), Cantrell, Sharon "William Cantrall Family File" Updated Thu Nov 1 19:30:09 2001 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:1694344 (Reliability: 3).