1st Lieutenant in father's regiment, James Cantwell, 82nd O.V.I.
Alonzo William Cantwell, M. D.
From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago.
Surnames: Cantwell, Ferguson, Dalzell, Miskally.
Few men have had firmer hold on the affection of their fellow townsmen than Dr. Alonzo William Cantwell and the record of his life therefore cannot fail to prove of interest to many of our readers.
He was born April 25, 1841, in Mansfield, Ohio. His parents were James and Sarah (Ferguson) Cantwell, also natives of the Buckeye state.
The father was a well-to-do contractor, farmer and mill operator, closely associated with the business activity and substantial development of the section in which he lived.
He served with credit as a soldier of the MEXICAN WAR war and when the CIVIL WAR broke out he recruited a company and went to the front as lieutenant colonel of the Fourth Ohio Infantry. Six months later he recruited the Eighty-second Ohio Infantry, of which he was commissioned colonel, serving with that rank until killed at the second battle of Bull Run on the 29th of August, 1862.
Had he survived that fatal day he would have been made brigadier general.
Dr. Cantwell was educated in the public schools of Mansfield, being
graduated from high school with the class of 1858. He devoted the succeeding year to the grocery business but did not find it a congenial pursuit and retired at the end of that time. In 1860 the family removed to Kenton, Ohio, and Dr. Cantwell assisted his father in looking after his various interests.
Thus his time was busily occupied, for his father was the owner of farming property, mills and much live stock. In 1862, in spite of his father's opposition, he determined to join the army and was commissioned first lieutenant. On the day that he had arranged to report for duty with twenty-five men his father was killed. Dr. Cantwell was compelled to proceed with his men but Governor Tod assisted him in having his resignation accepted and he returned home to settle up his father's estate.
The next three years were devoted to that task and in 1865 he went to Chillicothe, Missouri, where he engaged in the hardware business. After a short time, however, he accepted a position as traveling salesman with a wholesale hardware house and in 1866 he went to McMinnville, Tennessee, where he joined a cousin in the hardware business for six months. On the expiration of that period he returned home. Commercial pursuits were not entirely
congenial to him and therefore he determined upon a professional career, deciding to study medicine. In preparation for the practice he pursued a course in the State University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and was graduated in March, 1869.
The same year he came to Davenport and entered the office of
Dr. A. T. Maxwell, an old friend of his father's with whom he remained for three and a half years.
In 1872 Dr. Cantwell was married to Miss MARTHA DALZELL, who was born in Philadelphia, November 12, 1839, a daughter of JOHN Dalzell, who was born in Ireland and came to the United States in 1817.
He settled in Pittsburg and in 181 was married to Miss ELIZABETH MISKALLY, of Philadelphia. In 1842 he removed to Iowa, locating north of Davenport. While living on the farm he became a man of affairs in this city.
Mrs. Cantwell was the youngest child and her life record continued to the 19th of January, 1904, when she was called to her final rest.
In the year of his marriage Dr. Cantwell began practice alone and in 1873 he was appointed city and county physician, which position he filled for five years. In 1872 he rendered valuable service in the smallpox epidemic, taking charge of a pest house, for which act of bravery the city voted him one hundred dollars.
He was also a member of the board of health for many years and for a long period was president of the board of pension examiners.
He was also a member of the different medical societies and served as
president of the Scott County Medical Society and treasurer of the Illinois Central District Medical Society for twenty years.
He was one of the organizers of the Iowa Public Health Association and for the first ten years acted as its president. He was a stanch apostle of everything pertaining to public health and did all he could to check the ravages of disease, not only through private practice but in disseminating knowledge that would constitute a source of prevention.
Dr. Cantwell was also one of Davenport's most eminent representatives of Masonry. He took high degrees in both the York and Scottish Rites and acted as presiding officer in all the different Masonic bodies. He stood not only in the front rank of his profession but was also a respected citizen and honored man, his fellow townsmen entertaining for him the highest esteem because of the character and value of his public work and his unfaltering fidelity to high and honorable principles.
Transcribed by Elaine Rathmann,thank you.
Alonzo William Cantwell, M. D.
From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago.
Surnames: Cantwell, Ferguson, Dalzell, Miskally.
Few men have had firmer hold on the affection of their fellow townsmen than Dr. Alonzo William Cantwell and the record of his life therefore cannot fail to prove of interest to many of our readers.
He was born April 25, 1841, in Mansfield, Ohio. His parents were James and Sarah (Ferguson) Cantwell, also natives of the Buckeye state.
The father was a well-to-do contractor, farmer and mill operator, closely associated with the business activity and substantial development of the section in which he lived.
He served with credit as a soldier of the MEXICAN WAR war and when the CIVIL WAR broke out he recruited a company and went to the front as lieutenant colonel of the Fourth Ohio Infantry. Six months later he recruited the Eighty-second Ohio Infantry, of which he was commissioned colonel, serving with that rank until killed at the second battle of Bull Run on the 29th of August, 1862.
Had he survived that fatal day he would have been made brigadier general.
Dr. Cantwell was educated in the public schools of Mansfield, being
graduated from high school with the class of 1858. He devoted the succeeding year to the grocery business but did not find it a congenial pursuit and retired at the end of that time. In 1860 the family removed to Kenton, Ohio, and Dr. Cantwell assisted his father in looking after his various interests.
Thus his time was busily occupied, for his father was the owner of farming property, mills and much live stock. In 1862, in spite of his father's opposition, he determined to join the army and was commissioned first lieutenant. On the day that he had arranged to report for duty with twenty-five men his father was killed. Dr. Cantwell was compelled to proceed with his men but Governor Tod assisted him in having his resignation accepted and he returned home to settle up his father's estate.
The next three years were devoted to that task and in 1865 he went to Chillicothe, Missouri, where he engaged in the hardware business. After a short time, however, he accepted a position as traveling salesman with a wholesale hardware house and in 1866 he went to McMinnville, Tennessee, where he joined a cousin in the hardware business for six months. On the expiration of that period he returned home. Commercial pursuits were not entirely
congenial to him and therefore he determined upon a professional career, deciding to study medicine. In preparation for the practice he pursued a course in the State University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and was graduated in March, 1869.
The same year he came to Davenport and entered the office of
Dr. A. T. Maxwell, an old friend of his father's with whom he remained for three and a half years.
In 1872 Dr. Cantwell was married to Miss MARTHA DALZELL, who was born in Philadelphia, November 12, 1839, a daughter of JOHN Dalzell, who was born in Ireland and came to the United States in 1817.
He settled in Pittsburg and in 181 was married to Miss ELIZABETH MISKALLY, of Philadelphia. In 1842 he removed to Iowa, locating north of Davenport. While living on the farm he became a man of affairs in this city.
Mrs. Cantwell was the youngest child and her life record continued to the 19th of January, 1904, when she was called to her final rest.
In the year of his marriage Dr. Cantwell began practice alone and in 1873 he was appointed city and county physician, which position he filled for five years. In 1872 he rendered valuable service in the smallpox epidemic, taking charge of a pest house, for which act of bravery the city voted him one hundred dollars.
He was also a member of the board of health for many years and for a long period was president of the board of pension examiners.
He was also a member of the different medical societies and served as
president of the Scott County Medical Society and treasurer of the Illinois Central District Medical Society for twenty years.
He was one of the organizers of the Iowa Public Health Association and for the first ten years acted as its president. He was a stanch apostle of everything pertaining to public health and did all he could to check the ravages of disease, not only through private practice but in disseminating knowledge that would constitute a source of prevention.
Dr. Cantwell was also one of Davenport's most eminent representatives of Masonry. He took high degrees in both the York and Scottish Rites and acted as presiding officer in all the different Masonic bodies. He stood not only in the front rank of his profession but was also a respected citizen and honored man, his fellow townsmen entertaining for him the highest esteem because of the character and value of his public work and his unfaltering fidelity to high and honorable principles.
Transcribed by Elaine Rathmann,thank you.
1st Lieutenant in father's regiment, James Cantwell, 82nd O.V.I.
Alonzo William Cantwell, M. D.
From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago.
Surnames: Cantwell, Ferguson, Dalzell, Miskally.
Few men have had firmer hold on the affection of their fellow townsmen than Dr. Alonzo William Cantwell and the record of his life therefore cannot fail to prove of interest to many of our readers.
He was born April 25, 1841, in Mansfield, Ohio. His parents were James and Sarah (Ferguson) Cantwell, also natives of the Buckeye state.
The father was a well-to-do contractor, farmer and mill operator, closely associated with the business activity and substantial development of the section in which he lived.
He served with credit as a soldier of the MEXICAN WAR war and when the CIVIL WAR broke out he recruited a company and went to the front as lieutenant colonel of the Fourth Ohio Infantry. Six months later he recruited the Eighty-second Ohio Infantry, of which he was commissioned colonel, serving with that rank until killed at the second battle of Bull Run on the 29th of August, 1862.
Had he survived that fatal day he would have been made brigadier general.
Dr. Cantwell was educated in the public schools of Mansfield, being
graduated from high school with the class of 1858. He devoted the succeeding year to the grocery business but did not find it a congenial pursuit and retired at the end of that time. In 1860 the family removed to Kenton, Ohio, and Dr. Cantwell assisted his father in looking after his various interests.
Thus his time was busily occupied, for his father was the owner of farming property, mills and much live stock. In 1862, in spite of his father's opposition, he determined to join the army and was commissioned first lieutenant. On the day that he had arranged to report for duty with twenty-five men his father was killed. Dr. Cantwell was compelled to proceed with his men but Governor Tod assisted him in having his resignation accepted and he returned home to settle up his father's estate.
The next three years were devoted to that task and in 1865 he went to Chillicothe, Missouri, where he engaged in the hardware business. After a short time, however, he accepted a position as traveling salesman with a wholesale hardware house and in 1866 he went to McMinnville, Tennessee, where he joined a cousin in the hardware business for six months. On the expiration of that period he returned home. Commercial pursuits were not entirely
congenial to him and therefore he determined upon a professional career, deciding to study medicine. In preparation for the practice he pursued a course in the State University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and was graduated in March, 1869.
The same year he came to Davenport and entered the office of
Dr. A. T. Maxwell, an old friend of his father's with whom he remained for three and a half years.
In 1872 Dr. Cantwell was married to Miss MARTHA DALZELL, who was born in Philadelphia, November 12, 1839, a daughter of JOHN Dalzell, who was born in Ireland and came to the United States in 1817.
He settled in Pittsburg and in 181 was married to Miss ELIZABETH MISKALLY, of Philadelphia. In 1842 he removed to Iowa, locating north of Davenport. While living on the farm he became a man of affairs in this city.
Mrs. Cantwell was the youngest child and her life record continued to the 19th of January, 1904, when she was called to her final rest.
In the year of his marriage Dr. Cantwell began practice alone and in 1873 he was appointed city and county physician, which position he filled for five years. In 1872 he rendered valuable service in the smallpox epidemic, taking charge of a pest house, for which act of bravery the city voted him one hundred dollars.
He was also a member of the board of health for many years and for a long period was president of the board of pension examiners.
He was also a member of the different medical societies and served as
president of the Scott County Medical Society and treasurer of the Illinois Central District Medical Society for twenty years.
He was one of the organizers of the Iowa Public Health Association and for the first ten years acted as its president. He was a stanch apostle of everything pertaining to public health and did all he could to check the ravages of disease, not only through private practice but in disseminating knowledge that would constitute a source of prevention.
Dr. Cantwell was also one of Davenport's most eminent representatives of Masonry. He took high degrees in both the York and Scottish Rites and acted as presiding officer in all the different Masonic bodies. He stood not only in the front rank of his profession but was also a respected citizen and honored man, his fellow townsmen entertaining for him the highest esteem because of the character and value of his public work and his unfaltering fidelity to high and honorable principles.
Transcribed by Elaine Rathmann,thank you.
Alonzo William Cantwell, M. D.
From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago.
Surnames: Cantwell, Ferguson, Dalzell, Miskally.
Few men have had firmer hold on the affection of their fellow townsmen than Dr. Alonzo William Cantwell and the record of his life therefore cannot fail to prove of interest to many of our readers.
He was born April 25, 1841, in Mansfield, Ohio. His parents were James and Sarah (Ferguson) Cantwell, also natives of the Buckeye state.
The father was a well-to-do contractor, farmer and mill operator, closely associated with the business activity and substantial development of the section in which he lived.
He served with credit as a soldier of the MEXICAN WAR war and when the CIVIL WAR broke out he recruited a company and went to the front as lieutenant colonel of the Fourth Ohio Infantry. Six months later he recruited the Eighty-second Ohio Infantry, of which he was commissioned colonel, serving with that rank until killed at the second battle of Bull Run on the 29th of August, 1862.
Had he survived that fatal day he would have been made brigadier general.
Dr. Cantwell was educated in the public schools of Mansfield, being
graduated from high school with the class of 1858. He devoted the succeeding year to the grocery business but did not find it a congenial pursuit and retired at the end of that time. In 1860 the family removed to Kenton, Ohio, and Dr. Cantwell assisted his father in looking after his various interests.
Thus his time was busily occupied, for his father was the owner of farming property, mills and much live stock. In 1862, in spite of his father's opposition, he determined to join the army and was commissioned first lieutenant. On the day that he had arranged to report for duty with twenty-five men his father was killed. Dr. Cantwell was compelled to proceed with his men but Governor Tod assisted him in having his resignation accepted and he returned home to settle up his father's estate.
The next three years were devoted to that task and in 1865 he went to Chillicothe, Missouri, where he engaged in the hardware business. After a short time, however, he accepted a position as traveling salesman with a wholesale hardware house and in 1866 he went to McMinnville, Tennessee, where he joined a cousin in the hardware business for six months. On the expiration of that period he returned home. Commercial pursuits were not entirely
congenial to him and therefore he determined upon a professional career, deciding to study medicine. In preparation for the practice he pursued a course in the State University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and was graduated in March, 1869.
The same year he came to Davenport and entered the office of
Dr. A. T. Maxwell, an old friend of his father's with whom he remained for three and a half years.
In 1872 Dr. Cantwell was married to Miss MARTHA DALZELL, who was born in Philadelphia, November 12, 1839, a daughter of JOHN Dalzell, who was born in Ireland and came to the United States in 1817.
He settled in Pittsburg and in 181 was married to Miss ELIZABETH MISKALLY, of Philadelphia. In 1842 he removed to Iowa, locating north of Davenport. While living on the farm he became a man of affairs in this city.
Mrs. Cantwell was the youngest child and her life record continued to the 19th of January, 1904, when she was called to her final rest.
In the year of his marriage Dr. Cantwell began practice alone and in 1873 he was appointed city and county physician, which position he filled for five years. In 1872 he rendered valuable service in the smallpox epidemic, taking charge of a pest house, for which act of bravery the city voted him one hundred dollars.
He was also a member of the board of health for many years and for a long period was president of the board of pension examiners.
He was also a member of the different medical societies and served as
president of the Scott County Medical Society and treasurer of the Illinois Central District Medical Society for twenty years.
He was one of the organizers of the Iowa Public Health Association and for the first ten years acted as its president. He was a stanch apostle of everything pertaining to public health and did all he could to check the ravages of disease, not only through private practice but in disseminating knowledge that would constitute a source of prevention.
Dr. Cantwell was also one of Davenport's most eminent representatives of Masonry. He took high degrees in both the York and Scottish Rites and acted as presiding officer in all the different Masonic bodies. He stood not only in the front rank of his profession but was also a respected citizen and honored man, his fellow townsmen entertaining for him the highest esteem because of the character and value of his public work and his unfaltering fidelity to high and honorable principles.
Transcribed by Elaine Rathmann,thank you.
Family Members
Siblings
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Elizabeth Jane "Jennie" Cantwell Stillings
1837–1872
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Nancy Ann "Nannie" Cantwell Wallace
1839–1909
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Harriett Chandler "Hattie" Cantwell Weston Williams
1844–1906
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Margaret Josephine "Josie" Cantwell Rutan
1846–1887
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Thomas James Cantwell
1849–1902
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Mary Vanluah Cantwell
1851–1854
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Frankie Cantwell
1854–1855
Children
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