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Merrimack Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama, page 24
He had married Hattie Franklin April 28, 1917. Hattie Franklin was a daughter of William Eurastis and Ida Jane (Hall) Franklin of Tennessee. Sources: Sandra Franklin McCutchen. Census, 1920, Madison Co., Alabama, E.D. 150, Sh. 5A, line 26. Marriage record, Vol. 42, p, CANTRELL, ERNEST A., APR. 20, 1930 - JAN. 5, 1931. (ROW 30) Solon E. Cantrell married Lucille Johnson Dec. 28, 1928, in Madison Co., Alabama. This eight month old baby was their first child. He died in the home on A Street of diphtheria. They had four other children: Norma, Viola, Robert and Solon Glenn. Solon Glenn was in the U. S. Navy and died in an automobile accident in California in 1965. Solon E. was son of Lem and Mary (Parsley) Cantrell. Lucille was a daughter of Ernest and Pearl (Johnson) Johnson. Pearl Johnson's parents were W. E. and Mattie Johnson of Marshall, Arkansas. Pearl and her brother Monroe were working in the textile mills in Huntsville in 1908. Sources: Mrs. Solon E. Cantrell. Obituary, The Huntsville Daily Times, Jan. 6, 1931, p. 10. CANTRELL, JAMES, FEB. 13, 1905 - MAR. 20, 1907. (ROW 14) George Vernon Cantrell and Bessie Margaret Hill were the parents of James. They married in Madison Co., Alabama, Dec. 21, 1904. Some of the other children of George and Bessie were Eula, Alvan, Essie May, and Lizzie Etta. George, born in Coffee Co., Tennessee, Aug. 24, 1883, was a son of Samuel Bethel Cantrell and Mary S. (O'Neil) Cantrell. Samuel was son of John Cantrell. Bessie Margaret Hill was born Apr. 11, 1884, and died Nov. 28, 1961. Her parents were Rev. James and Mary Hill of Tullahoma, Tennessee. Both Rev. and Mrs. Hill are buried in Merrimack Cemetery. George and Bessie moved away from Huntsville before George died in 1950. Sources: Cindy Cantrell Mears (Mrs. Leroy). Obituary of James Hill, The Huntsville times, Jan. 27, 1937. CANTRELL, LEM, 1884 - 1935. (ROW 7) Lem Cantrell died Jan. 9, 1935, in his home on Pike St., Merrimack. He married Mary Parsley in Tennessee. They had four sons and five daughters. They were Solon E. Cantrell who died Sept. 22, 1972, (buried Maple Hill Cemetery), Jack, Obel, Alvin, Ollie, Dorothy, Eura Mary Jo, and Alta Cantrell. The family moved to Huntsville in 1927. Solon and his wife Lucile Johnson Cantrell were parents of Earnest Cantrell who died 1931, and is buried in Merrimack Cemetery. Sources: Mrs. Solon Cantrell. Obituary, The Huntsville Times, Jan. 10, 1935. CANTRELL, MARY, FEB. 14, 1846 - MAY 7, 1928, WIFE OF SAMUEL. (ROW 17) CANTRELL, S. B. , 1850 - 1933. (ROW 17) Samuel Bethel (S. B.) Cantrell was a son of John Cantrell, perhaps of Dekalb Co., Tennessee. Samuel married Mary S. O'Neill Dec. 20, 1868, in Bedford Co. 24 - (1330)