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The departure of Mr. Carnahan from Little Rock is uni- versally regretted by all who know him and are familiar with
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his work in this State. He has done more for Christ Church than all his predecessors combined, and his successors will find one of the best organized parishes in the entire country.
That grand and noble man, the lamented Major John D. Adams, who was Senior Warden of Christ Church up to the day of his death, looked upon Mr. Carnahan as the peer of
the Southern clergy. The writer well remembers a conver- sation he had with Major Adams, about two years ago, when the subject of this sketch was being discussed. "To know Mr. Carnahan," said Major Adams, "is to love him. He is no ordinary man, by any means; in fact, I look upon him as the peer of any man in our Church. A casual acquaintance does not give you a correct insight of the man ; but when you learn to know him, and know him well, all earth and its pos- sessions cannot sever the ties of friendship which bind you to him." This expression voices the sentiment of the entire parish.
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS TO EASTER OFFERINGS.
The Vestry of Christ Church, Little Rock, issue an an- nual statement of the Easter offerings for the Church debt. The following sums were given on Easter, 1894.
When the whole debt shall have been paid, a statement will be printed showing the total amount received from each contributor toward the building of the Church and the pay- ment of the debt.
E. N. Conway $ 5.00
Mrs. J. Erb
J. S. Speed 5.00
5.00
S. B. Stafford
5.00
S. R. Cockrill
25.00
Miss Fannie Bell
3.00
Miss Evie Bell
3.00
Miss Hattie Bell
3.00
Mrs. Mary Bell
5.00
R. H. Parham
10.00
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G. R. MeSwine 5.00
W. A. Cantrell
10.00
E. R. Wright 10.00
W. F. Wright
15.00
M. Wright 5.00
E. C. Adams
50.00
Jno. D. Adams
30.00
G. Brack, Jr.
1.00
C. Braek
1.00
Elbert Brack
1.00
Imogene Braek
1.00
Mrs. J. Blocker
1.00
N. Y. Bailey
5.00
G. M. D. Cantrell.
2.00
Miss Bessie Cantrell
5.00
Miss Carrie Carnahan
1.00
Miss Lina Carnahan
1.00
Mrs. J. A. Crutchfield 5.00
25.00
Miss A. S. Crease
10.00
Miss Sue Cooper
1.00
Sam Churchill
5.00
Miss Jennie Clement 5.00
W. A. Compton
10.00
L. W. Cherry
10.00
Mrs. G. A. Davis
5.00
Miss Emma Fox
5.00
Robt. Griffith
25
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Goodwin
35.00
R. B. Gress
15.00
Miss Madge IIenegen
5.00
R. O. Hopkins
5.00
Mrs. F. E. Hutt
5.00
Miss Alice Hammond
1.00
Mrs. C. T. Hodges
3.00
J. H. Haney
10.00
Mrs. J. H. Haney
5.00
Miss M. Jordon
10.00
Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Cochran
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J. W. Kirkwood 1.00
C. J. Kramer
10.00
Jas. Kendrick 10.00
Miss Nellie Lawson
2.00
Miss Emily Lewis
10
Mrs. Jas. Lawson
5.00
Mrs. E. S. Leslie
5.00
G. H. Lee .
5.00
Miss Merrick
5.00
Miss Marquith
50
Mrs. Marquith
50
Fred Martin
5.00
Miss Amelia Miller
10.00
Miss Rosa Miller
10.00
Mrs. J. R. Miller
25.00
Mrs. J. S. Matthews
1.00
Mrs. A. E. Martin
15.00
Mrs. J. J. Morrison
1.00
· R. T. Morye
1.00
Mrs. E. C. Newton
5.00
C. E. Niswonger
5.00
Miss Juliette Peay
2.50
Mrs. S. C. Peay
2.00
Miss Carrie Peay
1.00
Mrs. G. N. Peay
1.00
Mrs. C. Peyton
10.00
T. C. Powell
25.00
G. N. Payne
1.00
Edna Payne
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Addison Payne
25
Bertha Payne
25
Rubit Payne
25
Mrs. S. Parkins
1.00
Mrs. M. W. Peabody
5.00
R. W. Polk
5.00
Mrs. Rumbough
5.00
Mrs. A. A. Rutland
10.00
H. C. Rather
5.00
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Mrs. Fannie Scott 5.00
Mrs. S. P. Parks 2.00
C. H. Sayle
5.00
J. H. Sannoner 5.00
A. Sundholm 15.00
R. E. Smith
1.00
A. B. Sholars 1.00
E. H. Tobey 5.00
Mrs. Jennie Tucker
3.50
Mrs. J. V. Zimmerman
5.00
Miss May Wright
50
Herbert Wassell
10.00
Mrs. Margarette Wassell
10.00
Walter Watkins
5.00
C. H. Whittemore
10.00
Miscellaneous Cash
98.41
Dr. C. M. Taylor
10.00
Mrs. T. J. Churchill
1.00
Jno. F. Calef
1.00
Mrs. N. K. Sample
5.00
Mrs. Fred Martin
3.00
C. H. Lewis
5.00
Miss J. Churchill
50
E. O. Clark
2.50
M. Wright
5.00
J. M. Bracey
2.50
J. S. Eggleston
10.00
Mrs. A. R. Trazzare
5.00
G. M. D. Cantrell-
2.00
Mrs. S. E. Barber
40.00
Mrs. G. S. Brack
10.00
G. S. Brack .
15.00
Miss M. E. Brack
25.00
W. H. Ragland
20.00
A. R. Peyinghaus
10.00
L. W. Cherry
10.00
R. G. Pillow
2.50
G. H. Stratman
5.00
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H. W. Morrison
10.00
Hal Cochran
1.00
Sam Cochran
1.00
H. N. Samstag
5.00
· W. Carnahan
25.00
Bob Butler
5.00
M. H. Johnson
25.00
J. B. Cowpland
15.00
Harry Heck
3.00
Emma Kramer
15.00
J. E. Harbey
5.00
Chas. M. Fowler
5.00
Irene and Ella Adams
2.50
S. B. Adams and wife
10.00
Joe Calef
5.00
W. P. Hutton
2.50
Mrs. B. B. Sterling
2.50
Noland Williams
5.00
Jno. G. Fletcher
25.00
R. L. Goodrich
25.00
H. B. Armistead
5.00
W. S. Haines
10.00
Louis Mast
5.00
J. H. Southall
10.00
T. J. Darragh
25.00
C. Jennings
5.00
J. A. Van Etten
5.00
Francis Johnson
5.00
Jno. A. Mitchell
5.00
W. B. Worthen
25.00
G. N. Peay
5.00
Dr. Lenow
5.00
Mrs. Griffith
5.00
Dr. Dibrell
10.00
D. W. Jones
10.00
Gray Carroll
10.00
REV. J. E. H. GALBRAITH.
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A. D. 1863-1894. Rev. John E. H. Galbraith (Assist- ant Minister of Christ Church, to Rev. Wallace Carnahan), was born September 2, 1863, in Bombay, India, where my father was, at that time, a missionary of the English Church Missionary Society, and in charge of the Robert Money Insti- tution, a missionary school. I was baptized in the Cathedral there; was confirmed in Ireland, of which my parents are natives (father being of an old Scotch-Irish family, and mother of English parentage), by the late Archbishop of Dublin, R. C. French, D. D .; came to this country in 1883, having been educated at St. Columbus's College and Trinity College, Dublin, where I took "honors", in classics; took a theological course at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn .; was ordained by Rt. Rev. A. Gregg, D. D., Bishop of Texas, to the Diaconate, at Sewanee in September, 1887; to the Priesthood by Rt. Rev. J. S. Johnston, D. D., Bishop of Western Texas, at San Marcos, Texas, September, 1888; spent first months of my Diaconate as assistant at Christ Church, Little Rock, Ark .; was in charge of San Marcos and Lockhart from May, 1888, to June, 1889; returned to Little Rock, as assistant and in charge of St. Paul's Mission and Christ Church Academy, and in June, 1891, took charge of Lee County Mission, Beattyville, Ky., and remained five years, during which time a handsome stone Church was erected there; left Beattyville, November, 1896, and am at present Priest in charge of St. Peter's parish, Mckinney, and St. Paul's, Greenville, in the Diocese of Dallas, Texas ; mar- ried Miss Alice Gray Barnett, of Louisville, Ky., October 2, 1888. We have four children, viz: Richard William, John Gray, Selina Emma, and Hugh Barnett.
The Brotherhood of St. Andrew, "For the spread of Christ's Kingdom among men," was established in Christ
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Church Parish, by the Rev. John E. H. Galbraith, Chapter No. 706, December 28, 1891.
Rev. Wallace Carnahan Rector.
Rev. Mr. Galbraith. . Curate.
The Boys' Department of Brotherhood of St. Andrew, Christ Church, "For the spread of Christ's Kingdom among boys," was organized by J. M. Bracey, January, 1894; char- tered January 9, 1896.
Rev. John Gass Rector.
The Wardens of Christ Church during the incumbency of Rev. Wallace Carnahan besides those mentioned are given in order :
MAJOR JOHN DUNNING ADAMS.
Major John Dunning Adams, Vestryman and Senior Warden of Christ Church, was born in Humphreys County, Tenn., June 23, 1827. No member of the parish ever left a stronger impress upon it than Major Adams. He was blessed with a good heredity. His father, Samuel Adams, of Virginia stock, was president of the Arkansas Senate, acting governor of the State, and afterwards State treasurer. He was a man of high character and ability. Major Adams's mother was Rebecca May, of an excellent Tennessee family.
John Dunning removed with his parents to Arkansas in 1835. He received his education in the common schools of the State and an academy in Little Rock.
When 18 years old, he enlisted in the Volunteer Army of the United States for the war with Mexico, as a member of a cavalry company in Colonel Yell's Regiment. He was at once made orderly sergeant, and took part in the battle of Buena Vista, where he was severely wounded.
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After the Mexican War, young Adams became private secretary to Governor Thomas H. Drew. He studied law, but never engaged in its practice.
In 1848 he married Catherine Yeiser, daughter of Dr. Daniel Yeiser, of Kentucky, and granddaughter of Philip Yeiser, of Baltimore, Md., a man of colonial fame.
Mr. Adams, for the greater part of his life, was engaged in the steamboat business, operating extensively on the Arkan- sas and Mississippi rivers. He also invested in plantation interests ; in both pursuits he was eminently successful.
During the Civil War Major Adams having promptly enlisted in the Confederate cause, was soon made quartermas- ter of the Trans-Mississippi Department, which office he filled with marked success.
In 1892 he was appointed United States Commissioner for Arkansas in the World's Fair, held in Chicago. The same year he was elected Commissioner of Mines, Manufac- tures and Agriculture, having declined overtures for nomina- tion as Governor of the State.
For many years Major Adams was an active and promi- nent member of the Masonic fraternity, and attained the highest degrees of that order.
In every relation, and in any position, Major Adams was always the chivalrous gentleman. Brave, generous, magnanimous and faithful, he was a modern reproduction of the Ancient Knight, "without fear and without reproach."
Major Adams's fidelity to his friends, and his benevo- lence towards all who appealed to his tender heart, became proverbial. As husband and father, Major Adams was most unselfish and devoted. It is scarcely a figure of speech to say that he was the idol of his family.
Strong and noble as Major Adams was in his business
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and social relation, it was chiefly in his relation to the Church that his character exhibited its most beautiful aspect. He was baptized and confirmed in Christ Church during the Rec- torship of the Rev. Wallace Carnahan, whose loyal parishioner and affectionate friend he was from the beginning of that Rectorship until Major Adams's death.
He was elected to the Vestry in 1887 and soon afterward was appointed Senior Warden, which post of duty he held for the remainder of his life.
In the judgment of this same pastor, Major Adams was an "ideal layman," earnest and faithful in the routine duty of a Vestryman and Warden, he rose to a height of moral gran- deur in great emergencies. In the most trying and moment- ous period of the history of Christ Church, Major Adams sunk considerations of worldly policy, and bravely espoused the cause of righteousness. It is chiefly to the courage, wisdom and self-sacrifice of Major Adams that a great moral revolu- tion in the parish was made successful.
Perhaps the most conspicuous point in Major Adams's character was cheerfulness in adversity ; no misfortune could dampen his spirits or sour his temper.
After a painful, but short, illness Major Adams departed this life on the 7th of December, 1892, lamented by a larger circle of friends than those of any man who ever lived in the State.
He leaves a widow and two sons, Samuel B. and Dean Adams, and a memory redolent with the "sweet smelling savor" of a grand Christian manhood.
In the north transept of the new Church is the large and beautiful window before described, representing the four evangelists, with their symbolic figures. It was donated by Major John D. Adams, but bears no inscription.
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HIS LAUGH HIS FORTUNE.
IT WON HIM FRIENDS AND FORTUNE AND DISCONCERTED HIS ENEMIES.
[From the New Orleans Times-Democrat. ]
"Ever hear of a man who made a fortune out of his laugh ?" said a guest of the St. Charles last night, as he looked over the register. "I have heard of girls whose faces were their fortunes, but I knew a man whose laugh was positively his fortune. That name-Sam B. Adams-on the register there, reminds me of a man who made a fortune out of his laugh. His name was John D. Adams, and he was the father of Sam, the gentleman registered there. John D. Adams was a typical steamboatman of Arkansas, and in addi- tion to his steamboating was a planter of extensive interests, and was connected with other business enterprises. He was the first man to run a steamboat up the Arkansas River, and his name in that State to-day is a synonym for geniality, cour- age and business success. He was very successful, and his friends used to attribute his success to his wondrous laugh. It was not boisterous, yet loud, and was so musical and jolly that one could imagine old Kris Kringle was personified in him. And his good humor and genial disposition were contagious. Other river men would say that his laugh got him all the gov- ernment mail contracts. He would go to Washington, get acquainted with the man who had charge of the contracts and he, like all of Adams's new acquaintances, would soon come under the infection of his magnetic laugh, and form a genuine admiration for the jovial steamboatman. He was known at the hotel by everybody, and was pointed out for years by a negro porter, to whom he once gave a $5 gold piece as a tip in a fit of jollification over the closing of a big con- tract in his favor. Amazing tales were told of his courage
and his steamboat experiences. On one occasion when an accident happened to his boat and the passengers became panic-stricken, he calmed them as if by magic by calling them
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children, and laughing at their fear-his famous laugh com- pelling confidence and mirth by its very melody and jollity. He even used his laugh when very much angered, but it was of a different character, and death lurked behind it. In a steamboat quarrel with three desperadoes, once, he denounced them with a laughing accompaniment, a cynical, chilling, dangerous kind of a laugh, his eyes glittering like a snake's, and his forefinger on his revolver, ready to dash out the life of the first one who made a move. One of the desperadoes said afterward, in speaking of the occurrence, that he never felt so queerly before in his life. He said he felt as though the very marrow in his bones was being frozen."-St. Louis Globe-Democrat, July 27, 1897.
The children of Major John D. Adams and Catherine Yeiser, his wife, are Samuel B. and Dean, the only surviving members of a group of five.
SAMUEL B. ADAMS.
Samuel B. Adams, Vestryman of Christ Church, a son of Major John D. and Mrs. Catherine Yeiser Adams, was born in Little Rock on the 17th of January, 1849. He was educated at the school of Rev. Pike Powers, in Halifax County, Va., at the Virginia Military Institute, and at the University of North Carolina. As a member of the Institute Cadet Corps he took part in the valley campaign under Gen- eral Breekinridge during the Civil War, and fought in the battle of New Market.
He became captain of a steamboat at 22 years of age, and followed that calling for several years with mueh prosperity.
For a year Mr. Adams engaged in mercantile business in New Orleans, and in 1877 started the firm of Adams & Boyle, insurance agents. For ten years he was employed by the railroads entering Little Rock as local ticket agent.
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Mr. Adams is a member of the Masonie fraternity, and has attained the highest degrees of that order.
Mr. Adams was twice married, first to Miss Mary Boyd, of Halifax County, North Carolina, and some years after her death, to Miss Sallie Haney, of Youngstown, Ohio.
Mr. Adams was elected to the Vestry in 1888 to fill the place of the late Hon. W. W. Smith, Judge of the Supreme Court of Arkansas. He was treasurer of the parish for two and one-half years, and chairman of the finance committee for several years.
It is largely to Mr. Adams's financial ability and devo- tion to the parish that its prosperity is indebted.
As chairman of the building committee, his most recent zeal has been devoted to the erection of the new St. Paul's Chapel. Mr. Adams was the author of the plan which was adopted by the Vestry for bonding the Church debt ; a measure which gave the parish relief when staggering under an appar- ently hopeless burden. Mr. Adams's unselfish and delicate devotion to his pastors, has won for him the name of "the Reetor's best friend."
At this time (March, 1899) Mr. Adams is still living, the head of a lovely household, composed of his venerable mother and his daughters, Katharine ( Mrs. Farrar MeCain), Irene (Mrs. Julius L. Witz), and Ella Sibley.
Dean Adams is a planter on the Arkansas River; mar- ried Amelia Wright, and has one son, John D. Adams.
The vaeaney caused by the death of Major John D. Adams, Senior Warden of Christ Church, was filled by the former Junior Warden,
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WILLIAM ARMOUR CANTRELL, M. D.
A. D. 1616. The Cantrell or Cantrill family is of English origin. The names of large families in the shires of Berks, Derby, Suffolk, Stafford, Norfolk, Wilts, and York are mentioned in the Heralds' Visitations Lists, from 1528- 1664, as belonging to the gentry. Ralph Cantrell, of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolkshire, England, received a baronetcy in 1616 from King James I, who instituted the order in 1611, and was granted Armorial bearings, which were copied from "Heraldry; by Woodward, LL. D., volume 1 plate xxviii, cut 12" in Astor Library, New York, by a friend, for the writer :*
"In 1712 Rev. William Cantrell procured the perpetual curacy of St. Alkmund's, Derby, England, and, when his benefice was created a vicarage, Cantrell was its first vicar, holding the living to his death. On the pavement within the communion rail is a flag, 'for the Rev. William Cantrell, A. M., fifty years vicar of this Church.' "
From the "History of Derby, by Glover," the following anecdote is quoted :
"St. Alkmund's Church is supposed to have been founded as early as the ninth century. It is undoubtedly the oldest in Derby. Since the year 1712 it has enjoyed an endowment, bequeathed by a gentleman of the name of Goodwin, which Mr. Hutton hands down to us in the following words :
"An old bachelor of the name of Goodwin, descended from an ancient family in Derby, possessed an estate of sixty pounds a year. 'How will you dispose of your fortune,' says Mr. Cantrell, minister of St. Alkmund's. 'I am at a loss,' replied Mr. Goodwin, 'for I have no relations.' Here was a fine opening for Cantrell to increase his income and for
*Mrs. Harlan P. Christie nee Cantrill of Brooklyn, New York.
WILLIAM A. CANTRELL, M. D., PRESENT SENIOR WARDEN.
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Goodwin to save his soul, by giving that property to pious uses, which he could keep no longer. 'My Church,' said the parson, 'stands desolate; instead of being a place of worship, it is only a nursery for owls and bats. No act of charity can surpass that of promoting religion.' 'Then I will give ten pounds per annum to St. Alkmund's at my death, and the residue at the death of my nephew,' which last happened about the year 1734. The estate is situated at Plumley, in the parish of Eckington. At that time produced sixty pounds a year, now about two hundred and ten."
A picture of this Church was sent to the annalist with the accompanying note from the vicar in charge, Rev. J. Stanley Owen :
"St. Alkmund's Vicarage, Derby England, "July 13, 1900.
"Mrs. William Cantrell:
"Dear Madam-I am sending you the best unmounted cabinet photograph of St. Alkmund's Church that is to be had. I need not say that the present Church is not the building Mr. Cantrell used to minister in. That building, known now as 'Old St. Alkmund's', was taken down in 1842, and the present Church built on its site, at a cost of about £12,000. The photograph sent is very good of the Church, as it is now, with one exception : the Vestry at the southeast corner has been removed and a larger suite of Vestries built in its place. We should so like to have a memorial to Mr. Cantrell in our present fine Church, if you saw your way to erect one.
"Faithfully yours, "J. STANLEY OWEN."*
The first historical mention of the name in America may be found in Captain John Smith's "General Historie of Vir- ginia," where William Cantrell is mentioned among the four-
*See Church at the close of this biography.
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teen gentlemen who accompanied him on his "discoverie of the Chesapeake Bay," in 1608.
A. D. 1609-1796. In Henning's Statutes or the Laws of Virginia, also in "The Genesis of the United States," by Alexander Brown, the name of William Cantrell, Gentleman, is mentioned among the number of grantees and an incor- porator of the Second Virginia Charter, dated May 23, 1609.
In Ramsey's "Annals of Tennessee" is found mention of Stephen Cantrell, Sr., grandfather of the subject of this sketch :
STEPHEN CANTRELL, SR.
Stephen Cantrell, Sr., was born in Abingdon, Va., in 1758, and came to Tennessee from North Carolina in 1776, being then in the service of the Continental Commissioners of North Carolina, as Captain of the Guard. For his zeal and perseverance in the discharge of his duties he was awarded a grant of land of 640 acres on Stewart's Creek, in Davidson County, Tenn., which deed was placed on record in the register's office at Nashville, Davidson County. This land grant was located January 29, 1784, signed by Richard Caswell, Governor, with seal of the State of North Carolina affixed, dated October 8, 1787, and a certified copy of the same may be had by applying to the County Clerk of David- son County .* This land afterwards lay in Sumner County, Tenn., which was erected in 1786 by authority of North Caro- lina, off the east end of Davidson. At Fort Blount, East Tennessee, Stephen Cantrell, Sr., met and afterwards mar- ried, in 1782, Mary S. Blakemore, daughter of Major John Blakemore, of the famous Donelson expedition. Stephen Cantrell, Sr., and William Montgomery were the first repre-
*Land Grant No. 64, recorded in Book "A" page 207.
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sentatives sent from Sumner County to the first legislature in Tennessee, which met at Knoxville, East Tennessee, March 28, 1796. During the years 1792-93 he commanded a com- pany as captain of sixty-three men for the protection of the country against the inroads of the Indians.+
A. D. 1727-1854. He died at his home in Sumner County, February 5, 1827, aged 68 years, 7 months and 7 days. His wife, Mary Blakemore, was born in North Caro- lina, March 8, 1765, and died August 2, 1849, aged 84 years, 4 months, and 25 days. Stephen Cantrell, Sr., and Mary Blakemore, his wife, had cleven children, nine sons and two daughters. The eldest of these, Stephen Cantrell, Jr., was born in Sumner County, Tenn., March 10, 1783, and was married# at Nashville, Tenn., January 2, 1897, to Juliet Ann Deaderick Wendel. He was, at different times during his life, merchant, commissary and quartermaster during the Creek War; pension agent for all Middle Tennessee for many years ; county magistrate; mayor of Nashville; president of the Bank of Nashville, and, finally, a cotton planter on the Arkansas River, where he died of pneumonia, September 5, 1854, aged 71 years. His wife, Juliet Ann Deaderick Wendel, was the daughter of David Wendel, Sr., and Susanna Deaderick, his wife, born in Winchester, Va., April 8, 1787. Her grandfather, David Diedrick, Sr., of Wurtemburg, Ger- many, who emigrated to the United States before 1750, was among the German Pennsylvanians who settled Winchester, Va., the oldest town in the Shenandoah Valley .* His name and that of Samuel Wendel, of Dort (or Dordrecht), Holland, her maternal grandfather, are numbered among thirty-three
tSee the Edition of 1853, page 589 of "Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee."
#See marriage notice in Parton's Life of Andrew Jackson, Vol. I, page 246.
*See Henry Howe's Historical Collections of Virginia, Rockbridge County, page 451.
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of these emigrants, who built the first Lutheran Church in that town. A translation of the Latin document placed in the cornerstone of that Church is in the possession of her son,
WILLIAM ARMOUR CANTRELL, M. D.,
the subject of the subjoined sketch, who was the eighth, in a group of nine children, three sons and six daughters, born to Stephen Cantrell, Jr., and Juliet A. D. Wendel, his wife.}
A. D. 1826-1900. "He was born at his father's farm, near Nashville, Tenn., January 23, 1826. At a later date the family removed to the city, where he attended the primary schools until he was 13 years of age. He was then sent to Princeton, N. J., and placed at Edgehill Seminary, where he made good record as a student. While there he met with the great bereavement of his life, in the death of his mother. Preceding this, came the financial wreck of his father, whose estate had been valued at $200,000. He was recalled and became a student at the Nashville University, but soon began the study of medicine with his cousin, Dr. James Wendel, of Murfreesboro, Tenn. In 1845, he entered the medical department of the University of Louisville, Ky., where his kinsman, Dr. Lunsford P. Yandell, Sr., professor of chemis- try and pharmacy, was one of his preceptors. Drs. Gross, Short, Cobb, Drake, Miller and Caldwell occupied chairs at the same time, and Dr. S. S. Nicholas was president of the faculty.
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