Ancestry of
James Cantwell

(1811–1862)

James Cantwell

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • William Cantwell Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Nancy Ann Williams   
  • Birth Date:
  • Dec 1811 
  • Birth Location:
  • near Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 Aug 1862 
  • Death Location:
  • Second Battle of Bull Run, Prince William County, Virginia 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Richland, Ohio 
  • Notes: 

  • Col. James Cantwell was said to have been called by Gen. McClellan “the best drill master in the Army of the Potomac.”

• Marriages for James Cantwell

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  • Spouse:
  • Sarah S. Ferguson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 7 Apr 1836
  • Marriage Location:
  • Mansfield, Richland, Ohio

• Sources for James Cantwell

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A018971 and #A039233.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/02/2016).
  • ³ Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, Marriage record for James Cantwell and Sarah Fergason.
  • ⁴ 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), 39-42.
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "Second Battle of Bull Run", (accessed 03/02/2016).