Edward Harvey Cantrell's father came from Spartansburg S.C. On the Cantrell's way to Missouri his father, Thomas Branston Cantrell, married his mother, Elizabeth Tabitha Chastain, in Georgia. They lived there long enough for four children to be born, Thomas B., William M., Sarah Ann Minerva, and Edward Harvey. They moved to Alabama where Martha Mahaley, Tabitha Emmaline, James Washington and Christopher Hugh, were born. John Starling was born in Missouri. (E.H. had eight siblings.)In 1868 they finally moved to Texas Co., Missouri. The last move to Missouri was after the Civil War had ended.
E.H. lived on a farm near the Piney river.He was a farmer and worked as a "teamster" driving goods to and from market. Some of the goods may have been logs to mills or boards to places for building. He married Sarah E, Hayes on 9/9/1883. Her father, James Henry Hay cut trees and moved logs down the river to the mills. E.H. was 26 years old and Sarah was 18 when they married. They had eight children. One child, William Edward died around nine months old. Their last child, Elbert, was born in 1899. At five years old, Elbert threw a log into the potbelly stove which caused it to explode. He was severely burned and disfigured. He eventually died at age 19 from tuberculosis. However, Sarah did not live to see his injury or death as she died in 1901 just a year and a half after his birth. She was only 36 years old. That she may have died in another child birth seems plausible, but never spoken by her children. Edward's oldest daughter, Martha, became a surrogate mother to her siblings. Later Edward would marry again to a widow of his brother, Christopher Hugh Cantrell. Her name was Laura Hobson. She and Christopher had three children.
In 1903 E.H. brought his family by train to Lester, Washington. The oldest of the girls worked as cooks in the logging camps while their oldest brother, Sherman, and E.H. did logging. By 1904, four of the daughters had settled in Tacoma. Sherman married there, but continued to live in the Mt. Vernon area where he was a logger for the rest of his life.
Each of the daughters married and continued their close family activities with Sunday dinners, potlucks, camping events and holidays. When E.H. came to the end of his working career he lived with his eldest daughter and her husband and her two children. He died 7/17/1942 just three months before his daughter, Martha, who died in Sept. He is buried near his daughter Martha (Cantrell) Bolsinger and his son-in-law and his granddaughter, Dorothy (Bolsinger) McPhillips in Mt. View Memorial Park in Lakewood, WA.
E.H. lived on a farm near the Piney river.He was a farmer and worked as a "teamster" driving goods to and from market. Some of the goods may have been logs to mills or boards to places for building. He married Sarah E, Hayes on 9/9/1883. Her father, James Henry Hay cut trees and moved logs down the river to the mills. E.H. was 26 years old and Sarah was 18 when they married. They had eight children. One child, William Edward died around nine months old. Their last child, Elbert, was born in 1899. At five years old, Elbert threw a log into the potbelly stove which caused it to explode. He was severely burned and disfigured. He eventually died at age 19 from tuberculosis. However, Sarah did not live to see his injury or death as she died in 1901 just a year and a half after his birth. She was only 36 years old. That she may have died in another child birth seems plausible, but never spoken by her children. Edward's oldest daughter, Martha, became a surrogate mother to her siblings. Later Edward would marry again to a widow of his brother, Christopher Hugh Cantrell. Her name was Laura Hobson. She and Christopher had three children.
In 1903 E.H. brought his family by train to Lester, Washington. The oldest of the girls worked as cooks in the logging camps while their oldest brother, Sherman, and E.H. did logging. By 1904, four of the daughters had settled in Tacoma. Sherman married there, but continued to live in the Mt. Vernon area where he was a logger for the rest of his life.
Each of the daughters married and continued their close family activities with Sunday dinners, potlucks, camping events and holidays. When E.H. came to the end of his working career he lived with his eldest daughter and her husband and her two children. He died 7/17/1942 just three months before his daughter, Martha, who died in Sept. He is buried near his daughter Martha (Cantrell) Bolsinger and his son-in-law and his granddaughter, Dorothy (Bolsinger) McPhillips in Mt. View Memorial Park in Lakewood, WA.
Edward Harvey Cantrell's father came from Spartansburg S.C. On the Cantrell's way to Missouri his father, Thomas Branston Cantrell, married his mother, Elizabeth Tabitha Chastain, in Georgia. They lived there long enough for four children to be born, Thomas B., William M., Sarah Ann Minerva, and Edward Harvey. They moved to Alabama where Martha Mahaley, Tabitha Emmaline, James Washington and Christopher Hugh, were born. John Starling was born in Missouri. (E.H. had eight siblings.)In 1868 they finally moved to Texas Co., Missouri. The last move to Missouri was after the Civil War had ended.
E.H. lived on a farm near the Piney river.He was a farmer and worked as a "teamster" driving goods to and from market. Some of the goods may have been logs to mills or boards to places for building. He married Sarah E, Hayes on 9/9/1883. Her father, James Henry Hay cut trees and moved logs down the river to the mills. E.H. was 26 years old and Sarah was 18 when they married. They had eight children. One child, William Edward died around nine months old. Their last child, Elbert, was born in 1899. At five years old, Elbert threw a log into the potbelly stove which caused it to explode. He was severely burned and disfigured. He eventually died at age 19 from tuberculosis. However, Sarah did not live to see his injury or death as she died in 1901 just a year and a half after his birth. She was only 36 years old. That she may have died in another child birth seems plausible, but never spoken by her children. Edward's oldest daughter, Martha, became a surrogate mother to her siblings. Later Edward would marry again to a widow of his brother, Christopher Hugh Cantrell. Her name was Laura Hobson. She and Christopher had three children.
In 1903 E.H. brought his family by train to Lester, Washington. The oldest of the girls worked as cooks in the logging camps while their oldest brother, Sherman, and E.H. did logging. By 1904, four of the daughters had settled in Tacoma. Sherman married there, but continued to live in the Mt. Vernon area where he was a logger for the rest of his life.
Each of the daughters married and continued their close family activities with Sunday dinners, potlucks, camping events and holidays. When E.H. came to the end of his working career he lived with his eldest daughter and her husband and her two children. He died 7/17/1942 just three months before his daughter, Martha, who died in Sept. He is buried near his daughter Martha (Cantrell) Bolsinger and his son-in-law and his granddaughter, Dorothy (Bolsinger) McPhillips in Mt. View Memorial Park in Lakewood, WA.
E.H. lived on a farm near the Piney river.He was a farmer and worked as a "teamster" driving goods to and from market. Some of the goods may have been logs to mills or boards to places for building. He married Sarah E, Hayes on 9/9/1883. Her father, James Henry Hay cut trees and moved logs down the river to the mills. E.H. was 26 years old and Sarah was 18 when they married. They had eight children. One child, William Edward died around nine months old. Their last child, Elbert, was born in 1899. At five years old, Elbert threw a log into the potbelly stove which caused it to explode. He was severely burned and disfigured. He eventually died at age 19 from tuberculosis. However, Sarah did not live to see his injury or death as she died in 1901 just a year and a half after his birth. She was only 36 years old. That she may have died in another child birth seems plausible, but never spoken by her children. Edward's oldest daughter, Martha, became a surrogate mother to her siblings. Later Edward would marry again to a widow of his brother, Christopher Hugh Cantrell. Her name was Laura Hobson. She and Christopher had three children.
In 1903 E.H. brought his family by train to Lester, Washington. The oldest of the girls worked as cooks in the logging camps while their oldest brother, Sherman, and E.H. did logging. By 1904, four of the daughters had settled in Tacoma. Sherman married there, but continued to live in the Mt. Vernon area where he was a logger for the rest of his life.
Each of the daughters married and continued their close family activities with Sunday dinners, potlucks, camping events and holidays. When E.H. came to the end of his working career he lived with his eldest daughter and her husband and her two children. He died 7/17/1942 just three months before his daughter, Martha, who died in Sept. He is buried near his daughter Martha (Cantrell) Bolsinger and his son-in-law and his granddaughter, Dorothy (Bolsinger) McPhillips in Mt. View Memorial Park in Lakewood, WA.
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