Biographical Sketch of Felix G. Cantrell, Webster County, Missouri >From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889. ********************************************************************** Felix G. Cantrell is a brother of Alexander M. Cantrell, whose sketch appears above and was born in McMinn county, Tenn., on the 6th of Jan- uary, 1841, and came to Webster county, Mo., with his mother in 1855. Here he resided until the fall of 1861, when he went to Illinois, and was engaged in farming in Madison county until the fall of 1866, when he returned to Missouri and purchased the old home place, which con- sists of 440 acres all in one body, nearly one-half of which is bottom land, with 140 acres under cultivation. He has a substantial frame residence, commodious barns and other out buildings, and his orchard supplies him with sufficient fruit for home use. He was married in Webster county, Mo., on the 9th of December, 1866, to Malinda Jane Pitchford, who was born in Kentucky and reared in Webster county, and by her is the father of the following children: Joseph Sherman, Ulysses S. Grant, William Gabriel, David Sheridan and Martha Arabelle. The mother of these children died April 11, 1885 and Mr. Cantrell's marri- age to Mrs. Trephena Gilleland took place in Wright county. She is a daughter of Robert Pool, of Wright county, and was the mother of two children by her first marriage, Parthena and Robert Gilleland. By this last marriage there is one child, Abraham Cantrell. Mr. Cantrell is a member of the Baptist Church. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================