Benjamin J. "Ben" Cantrell was the son of John Aquilla Cantrell and Mary Ann "Polly" Manning. He married Jane Johnson 24 Dec 1874 in Jasper or Dunlap, Sequatchie Co., Tennessee.
Benjamin J. Cantrell, was born May 8, 1848 and died February 4, 1926. He was buried in Tage Cemetery, Bowie, Montague Co., Texas. He married Jane Johnson on December 24, 1874, in Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee with his brother, Thomas H. Cantrell, as his "security". After they went to Texas in the fall of 1876, Jane's parents moved from Marion County, Tn. to Texas also. Jane was born in October 1849 in Tennessee and was a daughter of John W. and Fannie Johnson. Ben and Jane moved to Texas and settled first in Cooke County and then moved to Montague county, where he farmed. They had moved to Marshfield, Missouri by 1914 because of Ben's health. They lived there until Jane died. When Jane died October 11, 1923, Ben remarried at 76 years of age. His new wife was 65 at the time. Ben and his nephew, John N. Cantrell in Jackson Co., Tennessee, wrote letters to each other in the late 1910's and early 1920's. Those letters are still in existence. Benjamin died February 4, 1926, at 79 years of age. Benjamin was brought back to Texas and buried in Tage Cemetery just east of Bowie, Montague Co., Texas. Jane was probably buried in Marshfield, Missouri, for that is where they were living at the time. Ben's grave is by itself (heart shaped grave stone). He and Jane never had any children although they adoped Holton Huckley, an orphan boy. Although, as of yet no record of Benjamin serving in the Civil War, according to his niece, he received a pension of over $100.00 a month for fighting for the Union. He has also been described as a "big man" who was kinda "prissy" and who wasn't real partial to work by his niece."
See Texas Department of Health death records 1903-1940 for B. J. Cantrell who died February 4, 1926 in Montague Co., Texas, record #7251
Benjamin J. Cantrell, was born May 8, 1848 and died February 4, 1926. He was buried in Tage Cemetery, Bowie, Montague Co., Texas. He married Jane Johnson on December 24, 1874, in Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee with his brother, Thomas H. Cantrell, as his "security". After they went to Texas in the fall of 1876, Jane's parents moved from Marion County, Tn. to Texas also. Jane was born in October 1849 in Tennessee and was a daughter of John W. and Fannie Johnson. Ben and Jane moved to Texas and settled first in Cooke County and then moved to Montague county, where he farmed. They had moved to Marshfield, Missouri by 1914 because of Ben's health. They lived there until Jane died. When Jane died October 11, 1923, Ben remarried at 76 years of age. His new wife was 65 at the time. Ben and his nephew, John N. Cantrell in Jackson Co., Tennessee, wrote letters to each other in the late 1910's and early 1920's. Those letters are still in existence. Benjamin died February 4, 1926, at 79 years of age. Benjamin was brought back to Texas and buried in Tage Cemetery just east of Bowie, Montague Co., Texas. Jane was probably buried in Marshfield, Missouri, for that is where they were living at the time. Ben's grave is by itself (heart shaped grave stone). He and Jane never had any children although they adoped Holton Huckley, an orphan boy. Although, as of yet no record of Benjamin serving in the Civil War, according to his niece, he received a pension of over $100.00 a month for fighting for the Union. He has also been described as a "big man" who was kinda "prissy" and who wasn't real partial to work by his niece."
See Texas Department of Health death records 1903-1940 for B. J. Cantrell who died February 4, 1926 in Montague Co., Texas, record #7251
Benjamin J. "Ben" Cantrell was the son of John Aquilla Cantrell and Mary Ann "Polly" Manning. He married Jane Johnson 24 Dec 1874 in Jasper or Dunlap, Sequatchie Co., Tennessee.
Benjamin J. Cantrell, was born May 8, 1848 and died February 4, 1926. He was buried in Tage Cemetery, Bowie, Montague Co., Texas. He married Jane Johnson on December 24, 1874, in Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee with his brother, Thomas H. Cantrell, as his "security". After they went to Texas in the fall of 1876, Jane's parents moved from Marion County, Tn. to Texas also. Jane was born in October 1849 in Tennessee and was a daughter of John W. and Fannie Johnson. Ben and Jane moved to Texas and settled first in Cooke County and then moved to Montague county, where he farmed. They had moved to Marshfield, Missouri by 1914 because of Ben's health. They lived there until Jane died. When Jane died October 11, 1923, Ben remarried at 76 years of age. His new wife was 65 at the time. Ben and his nephew, John N. Cantrell in Jackson Co., Tennessee, wrote letters to each other in the late 1910's and early 1920's. Those letters are still in existence. Benjamin died February 4, 1926, at 79 years of age. Benjamin was brought back to Texas and buried in Tage Cemetery just east of Bowie, Montague Co., Texas. Jane was probably buried in Marshfield, Missouri, for that is where they were living at the time. Ben's grave is by itself (heart shaped grave stone). He and Jane never had any children although they adoped Holton Huckley, an orphan boy. Although, as of yet no record of Benjamin serving in the Civil War, according to his niece, he received a pension of over $100.00 a month for fighting for the Union. He has also been described as a "big man" who was kinda "prissy" and who wasn't real partial to work by his niece."
See Texas Department of Health death records 1903-1940 for B. J. Cantrell who died February 4, 1926 in Montague Co., Texas, record #7251
Benjamin J. Cantrell, was born May 8, 1848 and died February 4, 1926. He was buried in Tage Cemetery, Bowie, Montague Co., Texas. He married Jane Johnson on December 24, 1874, in Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee with his brother, Thomas H. Cantrell, as his "security". After they went to Texas in the fall of 1876, Jane's parents moved from Marion County, Tn. to Texas also. Jane was born in October 1849 in Tennessee and was a daughter of John W. and Fannie Johnson. Ben and Jane moved to Texas and settled first in Cooke County and then moved to Montague county, where he farmed. They had moved to Marshfield, Missouri by 1914 because of Ben's health. They lived there until Jane died. When Jane died October 11, 1923, Ben remarried at 76 years of age. His new wife was 65 at the time. Ben and his nephew, John N. Cantrell in Jackson Co., Tennessee, wrote letters to each other in the late 1910's and early 1920's. Those letters are still in existence. Benjamin died February 4, 1926, at 79 years of age. Benjamin was brought back to Texas and buried in Tage Cemetery just east of Bowie, Montague Co., Texas. Jane was probably buried in Marshfield, Missouri, for that is where they were living at the time. Ben's grave is by itself (heart shaped grave stone). He and Jane never had any children although they adoped Holton Huckley, an orphan boy. Although, as of yet no record of Benjamin serving in the Civil War, according to his niece, he received a pension of over $100.00 a month for fighting for the Union. He has also been described as a "big man" who was kinda "prissy" and who wasn't real partial to work by his niece."
See Texas Department of Health death records 1903-1940 for B. J. Cantrell who died February 4, 1926 in Montague Co., Texas, record #7251
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