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Pvt Bethel Magness Cantrell

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Pvt Bethel Magness Cantrell

Birth
Keltonburg, DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA
Death
30 Aug 1920 (aged 78)
Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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B M. Cantrell

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
"A" Co. TN 16th Infantry

Additional Information:
Enlisted 5/18/61. Wounded severely at Perryville.
He was paroled at Harrodsburg Ky. between 12/28/62 and 1/9/63 and sent to Vicksburg for exchange 1/14/63.
He is listed as being received at Gratiot St. Military Prison in St. Louis on 2/28/63. and discharged 4/2/63. A Bethel M.Cantrell of Co. A is on a roll of prisoners forwarded from St.Louis towards Allen's Point Va. for exchange. That roll lists him as having been captured at Arkansas Post 1/9/63. B.M. Cantrell of Co. A is listed as admitted to Episcopal Church Hospital in Williamsburg Va. on 4/9/63 and furloughed 4/18/63.

He shows up on company rolls as late as 4/64 noted as absent/sick. Vouched for Isaac Cantrell in 1905 re: pension. Stated that he got home from the war on 5/28/65 after release from prison. Was a lawyer in Smithville after the war and assisted many veterans in pension matters.

A son, Douglas Leslie was born on 6/3/74 and died 9/11/75. His wife was S.G. Cantrell. One of his sons was Everett Cantrell. Bethel lost his arm in the war according to Everett. Buried in the Smithville City Cemetery in Dekalb County. Bethel was born on 12/18/1841. His wife is also buried there.

Source: http://www.tngenweb.org/records/military/
civilwar/16tnin-ad.txt
B M. Cantrell

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
"A" Co. TN 16th Infantry

Additional Information:
Enlisted 5/18/61. Wounded severely at Perryville.
He was paroled at Harrodsburg Ky. between 12/28/62 and 1/9/63 and sent to Vicksburg for exchange 1/14/63.
He is listed as being received at Gratiot St. Military Prison in St. Louis on 2/28/63. and discharged 4/2/63. A Bethel M.Cantrell of Co. A is on a roll of prisoners forwarded from St.Louis towards Allen's Point Va. for exchange. That roll lists him as having been captured at Arkansas Post 1/9/63. B.M. Cantrell of Co. A is listed as admitted to Episcopal Church Hospital in Williamsburg Va. on 4/9/63 and furloughed 4/18/63.

He shows up on company rolls as late as 4/64 noted as absent/sick. Vouched for Isaac Cantrell in 1905 re: pension. Stated that he got home from the war on 5/28/65 after release from prison. Was a lawyer in Smithville after the war and assisted many veterans in pension matters.

A son, Douglas Leslie was born on 6/3/74 and died 9/11/75. His wife was S.G. Cantrell. One of his sons was Everett Cantrell. Bethel lost his arm in the war according to Everett. Buried in the Smithville City Cemetery in Dekalb County. Bethel was born on 12/18/1841. His wife is also buried there.

Source: http://www.tngenweb.org/records/military/
civilwar/16tnin-ad.txt

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