S/O Rev. Abraham Cantrell and Ann Bennett.
Hiram was cited in the Pike county court under order A-211 Pike County Kyalong
with Polly Elswick to show cause if any why their two sons Jacob and Jonathan,
also known as Johnston. should not be bound out.
The court gave custody to Abraham Cantrell & Ann " Bennett" Cantrell they were
the boy's grandparents.
Hiram and Polly Elswick .
They had the following children:
i. Jacob Elswick Cantrell was born on Sep 15 1827. He died on Feb 24 1897.
ii. Jonathan Cantrell was born on Feb 11 1828. He died on Mar 27 1865.
Hiram married Nancy Mullins daughter of Sherwood Mullins Sr and Mary Polly Roberts on Mar 14 1832 in Wise County Virginia. Nancy was born in 1814 in Pike County,Kentucky. She died on Apr 14 1885 in Wise County Virginia.
They had the following children:
Alexander Cantrell was born on Jun 6 1833. He died in 1864.
Mary Anna Cantrell was born on May 2 1835. She died on Aug 7 1872.
James Cantrell was born on May 10 1835. He died on May 16 1919.
Abraham C Cantrell was born on Jan 20 1837. He died on Feb 13 1928.
Sherwood Cantrell was born on Jan 20 1837. He died on Dec 17 1928.
Lucy Cantrell was born on Jan 15 1839 in Pike County,Kentucky.
Lucy Cantrell was retarded she never got married. she was
buried at the Levi Cantrell
cemetery.
John Cantrell was born on Mar 15 1842. He died on May 5 1922.
David Cantrell was born in 1844. He died on Dec 23 1860.
William Cantrell was born on Mar 8 1846 in Pike County,Kentucky. He died in 1920 in Baxter County Arkansas.
William married Matilda McFalls on Aug 9 1868 in Pike County,Kentucky.
Armida Cantrell was born on Apr 4 1850. She died on Nov 19 1914.
Levi Cantrell was born on May 16 1852. He died on May 4 1931.
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Suggested edit: Alexander A. Cantrell died of disease in camp hospital at Blue Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, WV. Records conflict on date of death between 25 to 27 Sep 1861. The records also have alternate name spellings: Cantrell, Cantrail, Contrail.

for you information: The Confederates set up a camp at Blue Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County WV in the summer of 1861 to be prepared for Union intrusion from northern West Virginia into southern West Virginia. They suffered there from lack of supplies, and being remote did not help matters. However, a small hospital was erected to care for troops from VA, NC, and GA. But a cold wet fall and winter came, and with malnutirtion and poor living conditions, about 90 soldiers died of disease (pneumonia, typhoid, tuberculosis). Alexander A. Cantrelll was among them. The deceased were buried in unmarked graves on a hill over looking the Blue Sulphur Springs community. However by Jan 1862, it was obvious the advancing Union forces were superior and the supply situation remained abysmal, so the Confederates retreated to Lewisburg, Greenbrier County WV. Union forces then occupied Blue Sulphur Springs. May 1863, the Confederates suffered a defeat at Lewisburg after a 45 minute battle, and retreated to White Sulphur Springs. And that too fell to Union hands. The only interest in the area strategically was Union forces occupying a railroad that could be used to transport supplies and troops back and forth between the eastern and western fronts of the Civil War.
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