Ancestry of
Henry A. Wallace

33rd U.S. Vice-President

William Cantwell Jr.

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Henry A. Wallace — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 20 
  • Father:
  • (probable) William Cantwell 
  • Mother:
  • (probable) Margaret Obrien   
  • Birth Date:
  • 22 Nov 1776 
  • Birth Location:
  • Baltimore County, Maryland 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Feb 1858 
  • Death Location:
  • Mansfield, Richland, Ohio 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Richland, Ohio 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Nancy Ann Williams
  • Marriage Date:
  • 30 Nov 1797 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Brooke County, Virginia 
  • Child:

  James Cantwell (Ahnentafel No:10 )

  • Notes: 

  • According to the D.A.R., there appears to be some question as to William Cantwell's parentage. Future applicants to the organization have to re-prove their descent from William Cantwell and Margaret Obrien as their alleged descendants may actually be decendants of Thomas Cantwell and not William and Margaret.

• Sources for William Cantwell Jr.

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A018971.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/02/2016).
  • ³ Cantwell, Edward Norton, The Generation of the Upright: William Cantwell, 1776-1858, Nancy Ann Williams, 1779-1850, Lyons, Iowa: Press of William B. Farver (1911), 7-9.