Cantrell, William Watson "Watt" Pvt. A Company, 16 Tennessee Inf.
Thompson, Pension, Webb, Cemetery
Born 6/1/1835, Jessie, DeKalb Co. TN. The son of Jefferson Lemuel and Lucy
Cantrell and the brother of Perry Green Cantrell above. He enlisted on the 11/12/1862
and is listed as being from Warren County. Thompson mentions him as being the
company cook in May 1864 during the Georgia campaign. Had chronic piles, nephritis
and cystitis and bloody urine and was in hospital in Columbia shortly before his capture.
R.W. McGinnis and he were assigned to escort sick soldiers to Pulaski, TN, and they
were listed as being captured there on the 12/25/1864. Sent to Rock Island, IL, he was in
barracks #58. He was released on the 5/28/1865, but no Oath listed. He married Paulina
McWhirter on the 11/11/1859 in Warren Co, TN, she was born 5/27/1839 in Warren Co.
and died 1906 in Dekalb Co. TN. She was the daughter of Alexander Hamilton
McCandless and Elizabeth (Robinson) McWhirter. They had six children: Lillian,
Gwinnetta, Melissa M., Lucy E., Pope and Nellie Cantrell. He was a farmer. He lives at
Mount Joy, TN, in 1907. Pension #6168 applied for on 4/21/1904 in DeKalb Co.
application accepted. Picture of him and other aged veterans in Webb, p.244. He died on
the 12/8/1920 at Rock Island, Warren Co. Buried in the Potter/Cantrell Cemetery,
Keltenburg, DeKalb Co, TN.
seven springs
Photograph of 1905 Confederate Veterans reunion Description This photograph of a 1905 Confederate Veterans reunion was taken at the Seven Springs Summer Resort, Sink Creek near New Bildad in Dekalb County. On the back are the names of Feeling Turner, Joe Ray, Elias Green, Nathan Wall, J. M. Redman, Dick Webb, Jim Stoner, Nate Avery, Bill Tippit, Son Hicks, Watt Cantrell, Tom Jones, Jim Dosson, Pat Cantrell, John Loring, John Vanhooser, James Morrow Rankhorn, John Cotton, John Womack, J. W. Ward, Ed Hodges, Capt. Rose Davison
Thompson, Pension, Webb, Cemetery
Born 6/1/1835, Jessie, DeKalb Co. TN. The son of Jefferson Lemuel and Lucy
Cantrell and the brother of Perry Green Cantrell above. He enlisted on the 11/12/1862
and is listed as being from Warren County. Thompson mentions him as being the
company cook in May 1864 during the Georgia campaign. Had chronic piles, nephritis
and cystitis and bloody urine and was in hospital in Columbia shortly before his capture.
R.W. McGinnis and he were assigned to escort sick soldiers to Pulaski, TN, and they
were listed as being captured there on the 12/25/1864. Sent to Rock Island, IL, he was in
barracks #58. He was released on the 5/28/1865, but no Oath listed. He married Paulina
McWhirter on the 11/11/1859 in Warren Co, TN, she was born 5/27/1839 in Warren Co.
and died 1906 in Dekalb Co. TN. She was the daughter of Alexander Hamilton
McCandless and Elizabeth (Robinson) McWhirter. They had six children: Lillian,
Gwinnetta, Melissa M., Lucy E., Pope and Nellie Cantrell. He was a farmer. He lives at
Mount Joy, TN, in 1907. Pension #6168 applied for on 4/21/1904 in DeKalb Co.
application accepted. Picture of him and other aged veterans in Webb, p.244. He died on
the 12/8/1920 at Rock Island, Warren Co. Buried in the Potter/Cantrell Cemetery,
Keltenburg, DeKalb Co, TN.
seven springs
Photograph of 1905 Confederate Veterans reunion Description This photograph of a 1905 Confederate Veterans reunion was taken at the Seven Springs Summer Resort, Sink Creek near New Bildad in Dekalb County. On the back are the names of Feeling Turner, Joe Ray, Elias Green, Nathan Wall, J. M. Redman, Dick Webb, Jim Stoner, Nate Avery, Bill Tippit, Son Hicks, Watt Cantrell, Tom Jones, Jim Dosson, Pat Cantrell, John Loring, John Vanhooser, James Morrow Rankhorn, John Cotton, John Womack, J. W. Ward, Ed Hodges, Capt. Rose Davison
Cantrell, William Watson "Watt" Pvt. A Company, 16 Tennessee Inf.
Thompson, Pension, Webb, Cemetery
Born 6/1/1835, Jessie, DeKalb Co. TN. The son of Jefferson Lemuel and Lucy
Cantrell and the brother of Perry Green Cantrell above. He enlisted on the 11/12/1862
and is listed as being from Warren County. Thompson mentions him as being the
company cook in May 1864 during the Georgia campaign. Had chronic piles, nephritis
and cystitis and bloody urine and was in hospital in Columbia shortly before his capture.
R.W. McGinnis and he were assigned to escort sick soldiers to Pulaski, TN, and they
were listed as being captured there on the 12/25/1864. Sent to Rock Island, IL, he was in
barracks #58. He was released on the 5/28/1865, but no Oath listed. He married Paulina
McWhirter on the 11/11/1859 in Warren Co, TN, she was born 5/27/1839 in Warren Co.
and died 1906 in Dekalb Co. TN. She was the daughter of Alexander Hamilton
McCandless and Elizabeth (Robinson) McWhirter. They had six children: Lillian,
Gwinnetta, Melissa M., Lucy E., Pope and Nellie Cantrell. He was a farmer. He lives at
Mount Joy, TN, in 1907. Pension #6168 applied for on 4/21/1904 in DeKalb Co.
application accepted. Picture of him and other aged veterans in Webb, p.244. He died on
the 12/8/1920 at Rock Island, Warren Co. Buried in the Potter/Cantrell Cemetery,
Keltenburg, DeKalb Co, TN.
seven springs
Photograph of 1905 Confederate Veterans reunion Description This photograph of a 1905 Confederate Veterans reunion was taken at the Seven Springs Summer Resort, Sink Creek near New Bildad in Dekalb County. On the back are the names of Feeling Turner, Joe Ray, Elias Green, Nathan Wall, J. M. Redman, Dick Webb, Jim Stoner, Nate Avery, Bill Tippit, Son Hicks, Watt Cantrell, Tom Jones, Jim Dosson, Pat Cantrell, John Loring, John Vanhooser, James Morrow Rankhorn, John Cotton, John Womack, J. W. Ward, Ed Hodges, Capt. Rose Davison
Thompson, Pension, Webb, Cemetery
Born 6/1/1835, Jessie, DeKalb Co. TN. The son of Jefferson Lemuel and Lucy
Cantrell and the brother of Perry Green Cantrell above. He enlisted on the 11/12/1862
and is listed as being from Warren County. Thompson mentions him as being the
company cook in May 1864 during the Georgia campaign. Had chronic piles, nephritis
and cystitis and bloody urine and was in hospital in Columbia shortly before his capture.
R.W. McGinnis and he were assigned to escort sick soldiers to Pulaski, TN, and they
were listed as being captured there on the 12/25/1864. Sent to Rock Island, IL, he was in
barracks #58. He was released on the 5/28/1865, but no Oath listed. He married Paulina
McWhirter on the 11/11/1859 in Warren Co, TN, she was born 5/27/1839 in Warren Co.
and died 1906 in Dekalb Co. TN. She was the daughter of Alexander Hamilton
McCandless and Elizabeth (Robinson) McWhirter. They had six children: Lillian,
Gwinnetta, Melissa M., Lucy E., Pope and Nellie Cantrell. He was a farmer. He lives at
Mount Joy, TN, in 1907. Pension #6168 applied for on 4/21/1904 in DeKalb Co.
application accepted. Picture of him and other aged veterans in Webb, p.244. He died on
the 12/8/1920 at Rock Island, Warren Co. Buried in the Potter/Cantrell Cemetery,
Keltenburg, DeKalb Co, TN.
seven springs
Photograph of 1905 Confederate Veterans reunion Description This photograph of a 1905 Confederate Veterans reunion was taken at the Seven Springs Summer Resort, Sink Creek near New Bildad in Dekalb County. On the back are the names of Feeling Turner, Joe Ray, Elias Green, Nathan Wall, J. M. Redman, Dick Webb, Jim Stoner, Nate Avery, Bill Tippit, Son Hicks, Watt Cantrell, Tom Jones, Jim Dosson, Pat Cantrell, John Loring, John Vanhooser, James Morrow Rankhorn, John Cotton, John Womack, J. W. Ward, Ed Hodges, Capt. Rose Davison
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