James Harley Cantrell

Male 1868 - 1933  (~ 64 years)


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  • Name James Harley Cantrell 
    Birth August 1868  (Gilmer County) Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation nurseryman/sheriff  [2, 3
    Death 2 Jan 1933  Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial 3 Jan 1933  Fuston Cemetery, Keltonburg, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I8947  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 19 May 2014 

    Father Joseph "Joe" Cantrell,   b. 2 May 1840, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1923, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Julia Ann Clonts,   b. 14 Jan 1845, (Gilmer County) Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1928, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 1866  Gilmer County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F3232  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Cleo Ward,   b. (CIRCA 1870), Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0May 1898, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 16 Aug 1891  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • ,by P.G.Byars,Jr.,M.G.
    Children 
     1. Nannie Genette Cantrell,   b. 24 Jun 1892, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1985, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     2. Andrew J(ackson) Cantrell,   b. 0___ 1898, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F9617  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

    Family 2 Mary E(lizabeth) Bing,   b. 15 Sep 1873, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1958, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 1903  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Edith M(ary) Cantrell,   b. 0___ 1904, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1995, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 91 years)
     2. Jack Cantrell,   b. 0___ 1908, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0___ 1941 (Age ~ 33 years)
     3. Lewis Green Cantrell,   b. 28 Jun 1911, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1941, Milan, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
     4. Charles James Cantrell,   b. 21 Jan 1919, (DeKalb County, Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1990, (Warren County, Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F9616  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - August 1868 - (Gilmer County) Georgia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 16 Aug 1891 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1903 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 Jan 1933 - Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 3 Jan 1933 - Fuston Cemetery, Keltonburg, DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Enumerated in 1910 DeKalb Co.,TN census living next door to his father-in-law...DAH
      Leon Tinsley Shields identifies is middle-name as, "Harley"...DAH
    • From:
      To:
      Subject: [TNDEKALB] Cleo Pearl Ward in Dekalb County,Tn
      Date: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 6:55 AM

      I am looking for any information on Cleo Pearl Ward, she died in Dekalb
      County, Tn in 1898 at the birth of a son, Andrew J. Cantrell. Cleo Pearl
      Ward was the first wife of James Harley Cantrell, I don't have a birth date
      for her. He was a Sheriff in Dekalb County,Tn during the years 1922-1926. He
      commited suicide on January 2,1933 in Dekalb County,Tn. They had a daughter
      Nannie G. Cantrell, born June 24, 1892 in Smithville,Tn. She married James
      Kidwell Shields in 1909 in Smithville,Tn. Thanks
      Leona Tinsley Shields


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  • Sources 
    1. [S809] 1900 DeKalb Co.,TN Census, Transcribed & Indexed from a Microfilm Copy of the (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S47286] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NS61-D5G.

    3. [S11910] 1910 DeKalb County Census (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S39260] DeKalb Co.,TN Marriage Book, compiled by Jorene Washer Parsley, Route 5,, p. 161.

    5. [S11910] 1910 DeKalb County Census, p. 83.