Mostly Angels in the Sky

Vera Etter Cantrell^1,2

Family

TMG ID:59741, (1 Jul 1885 - 13 Oct 1951)

Relationship:

6th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Watkins Kendrick Cantrell¹ B: 17 Aug 1855, D: 3 Jul 1934

Mother*

Mary Jane Close¹ B: 1859, D: 20 Jul 1886

Step-mother

Edna Reynolds³ B: 27 Jun 1872, D: 25 Oct 1930

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Vera Etter Cantrell was born on Wednesday, 1 Jul 1885, at Tennessee^G.^2,3
Died on Saturday, 13 Oct 1951 at age 66 years, 3 months and 12 days.²
Interred after 13 Oct 1951 at Mount Zion Cemetery, Mount Zion, Warren County, Tennessee^G.²

'Non-primary' Vitals

Vera Etter Cantrell was the daughter of: Watkins Kendrick Cantrell and Mary Jane Close.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Brown (née Cantrell).²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Vera and Lloyd Brown, son of: Thomas Barnett Brown and Martha Ann Meadows, were married.²

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Vera and Lloyd Brown, son of: Thomas Barnett Brown and Martha Ann Meadows, were married.²

Children of: Vera Etter Cantrell and Lloyd Brown

Mary Elizabeth Brown² B: 16 Feb 1922, D: 7 Mar 1922
Sara Etter Brown² B: 18 Mar 1930, D: 14 Oct 1932

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1900	13 Jun 1900, Civil District #08, Warren County, Tennessee^G	Watkins Kendrick Cantrell, Edna Reynolds, Mettie Cantrell and Ona Cantrell³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1900

13 Jun 1900, Civil District #08, Warren County, Tennessee^G

Watkins Kendrick Cantrell, Edna Reynolds, Mettie Cantrell and Ona Cantrell³

Citations

[S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S117] 1 Jun 1900, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y8l8gl3a Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.

Last Edited

12 Dec 2015

Edna Reynolds¹

Family

TMG ID:59742, (27 Jun 1872 - 25 Oct 1930)

Father*

Elisha K.P. Reynolds² B: 13 Sep 1839, D: 18 Sep 1889

Mother*

Susan Ann Brown² B: 17 Apr 1846, D: 23 Jun 1907

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Edna Reynolds was born on Thursday, 27 Jun 1872, at Tennessee^G.^2,3
Died on Saturday, 25 Oct 1930 at age 58 years, 3 months and 28 days.²
Interred after 25 Oct 1930 at Mount Zion Cemetery, Mount Zion, Warren County, Tennessee^G.²

'Non-primary' Vitals

Edna Reynolds was the daughter of: Elisha K.P. Reynolds and Susan Ann Brown.²

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Thursday, 6 Feb 1896, her married name became Mrs. Cantrell (née Reynolds).⁴

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 6 Feb 1896, Edna, age 23 years, 7 months and 10 days, and Watkins Kendrick Cantrell, age 40 years, 5 months and 20 days, son of: Asa Monroe Cantrell and Sarah Forrester, were married at Warren County, Tennessee^G.^1,4

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 6 Feb 1896, Edna, age 23 years, 7 months and 10 days, and Watkins Kendrick Cantrell, age 40 years, 5 months and 20 days, son of: Asa Monroe Cantrell and Sarah Forrester, were married at Warren County, Tennessee^G.^1,4

Child of: Edna Reynolds and Watkins Kendrick Cantrell

Infant Cantrell² B: 20 May 1902, D: 20 May 1902

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1900	13 Jun 1900, Civil District #08, Warren County, Tennessee^G	Watkins Kendrick Cantrell, Mettie Cantrell, Vera Etter Cantrell and Ona Cantrell³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1900

13 Jun 1900, Civil District #08, Warren County, Tennessee^G

Watkins Kendrick Cantrell, Mettie Cantrell, Vera Etter Cantrell and Ona Cantrell³

Citations

[S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S117] 1 Jun 1900, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y8l8gl3a Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.
[S869] Tennessee Marriages - 1796 - 1950, online <http://tinyurl.com/zs6j6xg>. Hereinafter cited as TN Marriages.

Last Edited

12 Dec 2015

Kizzie J. Cantrell^1,2

Family

TMG ID:59743, (18 Jan 1859 - 11 Mar 1900)

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Asa Monroe Cantrell¹ B: 18 Feb 1818, D: 9 Oct 1895

Mother*

Sarah Forrester¹ B: 2 Nov 1823, D: 25 Nov 1859

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Kizzie J. Cantrell was born on Tuesday, 18 Jan 1859, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.^1,2
Died on Sunday, 11 Mar 1900 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 41 years, 1 month and 21 days.^1,2

'Non-primary' Vitals

Born: Kizzie J. Cantrell was born circa 1857, at Tennessee^G.³
She was the daughter of: Asa Monroe Cantrell and Sarah Forrester.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: She was also known as Kissy³
Name-Married: on Thursday, 14 Nov 1878, her married name became Mrs. Griffith (née Cantrell).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 14 Nov 1878, Kizzie, age 19 years, 9 months and 27 days, and Issac Denton Griffith, age 25 years, 7 months and 8 days, son of: Amos Griffith and Mary Elizabeth Caskey, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, Related: 3^rd cousins and 3^rd cousins once removed.^1,2

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 14 Nov 1878, Kizzie, age 19 years, 9 months and 27 days, and Issac Denton Griffith, age 25 years, 7 months and 8 days, son of: Amos Griffith and Mary Elizabeth Caskey, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, Related: 3^rd cousins and 3^rd cousins once removed.^1,2

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1870	12 Aug 1870, Civil District #13, Warren County, Tennessee^G	Asa Monroe Cantrell, Martha Ann Forrester, Hanna Cantrell, Elizabeth Cantrell, Martha Cantrell, Ann Cantrell, Watkins Kendrick Cantrell, Nanie Cantrell, Hattie Cantrell, Jennie Cantrell and Tennie Cantrell³
Census-1880	8 Jun 1880, Civil District #05, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, also included in the household are his nephew, Charles H. Griffith, and his niece, Mary E. Griffith.	Issac Denton Griffith⁴

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1870

12 Aug 1870, Civil District #13, Warren County, Tennessee^G

Asa Monroe Cantrell, Martha Ann Forrester, Hanna Cantrell, Elizabeth Cantrell, Martha Cantrell, Ann Cantrell, Watkins Kendrick Cantrell, Nanie Cantrell, Hattie Cantrell, Jennie Cantrell and Tennie Cantrell³

Census-1880

8 Jun 1880, Civil District #05, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, also included in the household are his nephew, Charles H. Griffith, and his niece, Mary E. Griffith.

Issac Denton Griffith⁴

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Jun 1880	DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	keeping house⁴

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Jun 1880

DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

keeping house⁴

Citations

[S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File.
[S97] 1 Jun 1870, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9hbo4f7 Ninth Census of the United States, 1870.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880.

Last Edited

4 Nov 2019

Issac Denton Griffith¹

Family

TMG ID:59744, (6 Apr 1853 - )

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Amos Griffith² B: 17 Oct 1814, D: 14 Dec 1863

Mother*

Mary Elizabeth Caskey² B: 25 Aug 1822, D: 13 Dec 1888

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Issac Denton Griffith was born on Wednesday, 6 Apr 1853, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.²

'Non-primary' Vitals

Issac Denton Griffith was the son of: Amos Griffith and Mary Elizabeth Caskey.²

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as Sr.²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Wednesday, 13 Sep 1871, Issac, age 18 years, 5 months and 7 days, and Sallie Cope were married at Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.^2,3
Marriage	Thursday, 14 Nov 1878, Issac, age 25 years, 7 months and 8 days, and Kizzie J. Cantrell, age 19 years, 9 months and 27 days, daughter of: Asa Monroe Cantrell and Sarah Forrester, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, Related: 3^rd cousins and 3^rd cousins once removed.^1,2

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Wednesday, 13 Sep 1871, Issac, age 18 years, 5 months and 7 days, and Sallie Cope were married at Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.^2,3

Marriage

Thursday, 14 Nov 1878, Issac, age 25 years, 7 months and 8 days, and Kizzie J. Cantrell, age 19 years, 9 months and 27 days, daughter of: Asa Monroe Cantrell and Sarah Forrester, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, Related: 3^rd cousins and 3^rd cousins once removed.^1,2

Children of: Issac Denton Griffith and Sallie Cope

Mary E. Griffith² B: 1872
John Franklin Griffith⁶ B: 16 Dec 1875, D: 23 Feb 1953

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1860	30 Jun 1860, Post Office: Smithville, Civil District #05, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	Amos Griffith, Mary Elizabeth Caskey, Sarah Elizabeth Griffith, William T. Griffith, John J. Griffith, Mary J Griffith, Petyon T. Griffith, Easther America Griffith, Ephriam G. Griffith and Nancy L. Griffith⁴
Census-1880	8 Jun 1880, Civil District #05, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, also included in the household are his nephew, Charles H. Griffith, and his niece, Mary E. Griffith.	Kizzie J. Cantrell⁵

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1860

30 Jun 1860, Post Office: Smithville, Civil District #05, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Amos Griffith, Mary Elizabeth Caskey, Sarah Elizabeth Griffith, William T. Griffith, John J. Griffith, Mary J Griffith, Petyon T. Griffith, Easther America Griffith, Ephriam G. Griffith and Nancy L. Griffith⁴

Census-1880

8 Jun 1880, Civil District #05, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, also included in the household are his nephew, Charles H. Griffith, and his niece, Mary E. Griffith.

Kizzie J. Cantrell⁵

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Jun 1880	DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	farmer⁵

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Jun 1880

DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

farmer⁵

Citations

[S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File.
[S869] Tennessee Marriages - 1796 - 1950, online <http://tinyurl.com/zs6j6xg>. Hereinafter cited as TN Marriages.
[S96] 1 Jun 1860, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/yayf9d52 Eighth Census of the United States, 1860.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880.
[S1027] Tennessee Marriages - 1796 - 1950, online <http://tinyurl.com/ob5hwpo>. Hereinafter cited as TNDeath Records.

Last Edited

4 Nov 2019

Martha Ann Forrester^1,2

Family

TMG ID:59745, (c 1833 - 2 Apr 1904)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Martha Ann Forrester was born circa 1833, at Tennessee^G.³
Died on Saturday, 2 Apr 1904 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: She was also known as M.A.³
Name-Married: on Saturday, 3 Nov 1860, her married name became Mrs. Cantrell (née Forrester).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Saturday, 3 Nov 1860, Martha and Asa Monroe Cantrell, age 42 years, 8 months and 16 days, son of: Watson Cantrell and Mary Elizabeth Martin, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 3 Nov 1860, Martha and Asa Monroe Cantrell, age 42 years, 8 months and 16 days, son of: Watson Cantrell and Mary Elizabeth Martin, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Children of: Martha Ann Forrester and Asa Monroe Cantrell

Elizabeth Cantrell^3,4 B: c 1848
Nanie Cantrell¹ B: 5 Jan 1861
Hattie Cantrell+³ B: 22 Jun 1863
Jennie Cantrell³ B: 13 Dec 1865
Tennie Cantrell³ B: c 1868
Lucy Cantrell³ B: c 1871
Octa Cantrell³ B: 28 Jun 1873
Josie Ada Cantrell+³ B: 25 Sep 1876, D: 22 May 1954

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1870	12 Aug 1870, Civil District #13, Warren County, Tennessee^G	Asa Monroe Cantrell, Hanna Cantrell, Elizabeth Cantrell, Martha Cantrell, Ann Cantrell, Watkins Kendrick Cantrell, Kizzie J. Cantrell, Nanie Cantrell, Hattie Cantrell, Jennie Cantrell and Tennie Cantrell⁴
Census-1880	30 Jun 1880, Civil District #01, Warren County, Tennessee^G	Asa Monroe Cantrell, Elizabeth Cantrell, Martha Cantrell, Hattie Cantrell, Jennie Cantrell, Tennie Cantrell, Lucy Cantrell, Octa Cantrell and Josie Ada Cantrell³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1870

12 Aug 1870, Civil District #13, Warren County, Tennessee^G

Asa Monroe Cantrell, Hanna Cantrell, Elizabeth Cantrell, Martha Cantrell, Ann Cantrell, Watkins Kendrick Cantrell, Kizzie J. Cantrell, Nanie Cantrell, Hattie Cantrell, Jennie Cantrell and Tennie Cantrell⁴

Census-1880

30 Jun 1880, Civil District #01, Warren County, Tennessee^G

Asa Monroe Cantrell, Elizabeth Cantrell, Martha Cantrell, Hattie Cantrell, Jennie Cantrell, Tennie Cantrell, Lucy Cantrell, Octa Cantrell and Josie Ada Cantrell³

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Aug 1870	Warren County, Tennessee^G	keeping house⁴
circa Jun 1880	Warren County, Tennessee^G	keeping house⁵

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Aug 1870

Warren County, Tennessee^G

keeping house⁴

circa Jun 1880

Warren County, Tennessee^G

keeping house⁵

Citations

[S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.
[S1027] Tennessee Marriages - 1796 - 1950, online <http://tinyurl.com/ob5hwpo>. Hereinafter cited as TNDeath Records.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 310D, film number 1255283, Tennessee 1880 Federal Population Census.
[S97] 1 Jun 1870, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9hbo4f7 Ninth Census of the United States, 1870.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880.

Last Edited

12 Dec 2015

Nanie Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:59746, (5 Jan 1861 - )

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Asa Monroe Cantrell¹ B: 18 Feb 1818, D: 9 Oct 1895

Mother*

Martha Ann Forrester¹ B: c 1833, D: 2 Apr 1904

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Nanie Cantrell was born on Saturday, 5 Jan 1861, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Nanie Cantrell was the daughter of: Asa Monroe Cantrell and Martha Ann Forrester.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: She was also known as Nancy²
Name-Married: on Thursday, 25 Dec 1879, her married name became Mrs. Randolph (née Cantrell).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 25 Dec 1879, Nanie, age 18 years, 11 months and 20 days, and William Randolph were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 25 Dec 1879, Nanie, age 18 years, 11 months and 20 days, and William Randolph were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1870	12 Aug 1870, Civil District #13, Warren County, Tennessee^G	Asa Monroe Cantrell, Martha Ann Forrester, Hanna Cantrell, Elizabeth Cantrell, Martha Cantrell, Ann Cantrell, Watkins Kendrick Cantrell, Kizzie J. Cantrell, Hattie Cantrell, Jennie Cantrell and Tennie Cantrell²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1870

12 Aug 1870, Civil District #13, Warren County, Tennessee^G

Asa Monroe Cantrell, Martha Ann Forrester, Hanna Cantrell, Elizabeth Cantrell, Martha Cantrell, Ann Cantrell, Watkins Kendrick Cantrell, Kizzie J. Cantrell, Hattie Cantrell, Jennie Cantrell and Tennie Cantrell²

Citations

[S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.
[S97] 1 Jun 1870, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9hbo4f7 Ninth Census of the United States, 1870.

Last Edited

12 Dec 2015

William Randolph¹

TMG ID:59747

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 25 Dec 1879, William and Nanie Cantrell, age 18 years, 11 months and 20 days, daughter of: Asa Monroe Cantrell and Martha Ann Forrester, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 25 Dec 1879, William and Nanie Cantrell, age 18 years, 11 months and 20 days, daughter of: Asa Monroe Cantrell and Martha Ann Forrester, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Citations

[S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Isaiah Starkey¹

TMG ID:59748

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Dec 1889, Isaiah and Jennie Cantrell, age 23 years and 11 months, daughter of: Asa Monroe Cantrell and Martha Ann Forrester, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Dec 1889, Isaiah and Jennie Cantrell, age 23 years and 11 months, daughter of: Asa Monroe Cantrell and Martha Ann Forrester, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Citations

[S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

John Goplinger¹

TMG ID:59749

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Tuesday, 28 Nov 1893, John and Octa Cantrell, age 20 years and 5 months, daughter of: Asa Monroe Cantrell and Martha Ann Forrester, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Tuesday, 28 Nov 1893, John and Octa Cantrell, age 20 years and 5 months, daughter of: Asa Monroe Cantrell and Martha Ann Forrester, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Citations

[S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:59750, (7 Mar 1816 - 3 Jun 1891)

Relationship:

4th cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Watson Cantrell² B: 1785, D: 25 Jan 1870

Mother*

Mary Elizabeth Martin² B: 1792, D: 25 Oct 1860

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell was born on Thursday, 7 Mar 1816, at Warren County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Wednesday, 3 Jun 1891 at Warren County, Tennessee^G, at age 75 years, 2 months and 27 days.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell was the son of: Watson Cantrell and Mary Elizabeth Martin.²

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: his nickname was "Jack"¹
Name-Variation: He was also known as Andrew W.²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	before 1842, Andrew and Delilah Blount were married.¹
Marriage	Saturday, 30 Dec 1854, Andrew, age 38 years, 9 months and 23 days, and Martha J. Ferrell, age 23 years were married at Warren County, Tennessee^G.²

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

before 1842, Andrew and Delilah Blount were married.¹

Marriage

Saturday, 30 Dec 1854, Andrew, age 38 years, 9 months and 23 days, and Martha J. Ferrell, age 23 years were married at Warren County, Tennessee^G.²

Children of: Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell and Delilah Blount

James Lemuel Cantrell+² B: c 1842
Sarah Cantrell¹ B: c 1844
John Cantrell¹ B: c 1846
Eliza Cantrell¹ B: c 1848
Elizabeth Cantrell² B: 1848
Polly Cantrell¹ B: c 1850
James Cantrell² B: 1850
Sarah C. Cantrell² B: 1853

Children of: Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell and Martha J. Ferrell

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File.
[S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.

Last Edited

11 Dec 2015

Lester Martin¹

Family

TMG ID:59751, (Oct 1895 - )

Relationship:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Robert Lee Martin¹ B: 27 Oct 1865, D: 20 May 1957

Mother*

Martha Minerva Cantrell¹ B: Nov 1876

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Lester Martin was born in Oct 1895.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Lester Martin was the son of: Robert Lee Martin and Martha Minerva Cantrell.¹

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File.

Last Edited

11 Dec 2015

Elizabeth Cantrell^1,2

Family

TMG ID:59752, (1848 - )

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell¹ B: 7 Mar 1816, D: 3 Jun 1891

Mother*

Delilah Blount¹ B: c 1820

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Elizabeth Cantrell was born in 1848, at Bradley County, Tennessee^G.^1,2

'Non-primary' Vitals

Elizabeth Cantrell was the daughter of: Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell and Delilah Blount.¹

Citations

[S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File.

Last Edited

11 Dec 2015

James Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:59753, (1850 - )

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell¹ B: 7 Mar 1816, D: 3 Jun 1891

Mother*

Delilah Blount¹ B: c 1820

Primary Birth & Death

Born: James Cantrell was born in 1850, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

James Cantrell was the son of: Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell and Delilah Blount.¹

Citations

[S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.

Last Edited

11 Dec 2015

James Lemuel Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:59754, (c 1842 - )

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell² B: 7 Mar 1816, D: 3 Jun 1891

Mother*

Delilah Blount² B: c 1820

Primary Birth & Death

Born: James Lemuel Cantrell was born circa 1842, at Tennessee^G.³

'Non-primary' Vitals

James Lemuel Cantrell was the son of: Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell and Delilah Blount.²
Born: James Lemuel Cantrell was born in 1850, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.²

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: his nickname was "Lemuel"^2,3

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1871, James and Sarah Elizabeth Cantrell, daughter of: Thomas C. Cantrell and Louisa B. Lawson, were married Related: 3^rd cousins, 3^rd cousins once removed, 4^th cousins and 4^th cousins once removed.^1,3

Children of: James Lemuel Cantrell and Sarah Elizabeth Cantrell

Citations

[S2875] Donna Louise Oglesby, online <http://tinyurl.com/orc2azh>. Hereinafter cited as Donna L. Oglesby.
[S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File.

Last Edited

8 Sep 2016

Sarah C. Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:59755, (1853 - )

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell¹ B: 7 Mar 1816, D: 3 Jun 1891

Mother*

Delilah Blount¹ B: c 1820

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Sarah C. Cantrell was born in 1853.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Sarah C. Cantrell was the daughter of: Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell and Delilah Blount.¹

Citations

[S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.

Last Edited

11 Dec 2015

Martha J. Ferrell^1,2

Family

TMG ID:59756, (1831 - )

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Martha J. Ferrell was born in 1831, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Born: Martha J. Ferrell was born circa 1820, at North Carolina^G.²

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Saturday, 30 Dec 1854, her married name became Mrs. Cantrell (née Ferrell).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 30 Dec 1854, Martha, age 23 years, and Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell, age 38 years, 9 months and 23 days, son of: Watson Cantrell and Mary Elizabeth Martin, were married at Warren County, Tennessee^G.¹

Children of: Martha J. Ferrell and Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell

Citations

[S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File.

Last Edited

11 Dec 2015

John M. Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:59757, (1856 - )

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell¹ B: 7 Mar 1816, D: 3 Jun 1891

Mother*

Martha J. Ferrell¹ B: 1831

Primary Birth & Death

Born: John M. Cantrell was born in 1856.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

John M. Cantrell was the son of: Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell and Martha J. Ferrell.¹

Citations

[S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.

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Eliza Jane Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:59758, (1857 - )

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell¹ B: 7 Mar 1816, D: 3 Jun 1891

Mother*

Martha J. Ferrell¹ B: 1831

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Eliza Jane Cantrell was born in 1857.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Eliza Jane Cantrell was the daughter of: Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell and Martha J. Ferrell.¹

Citations

[S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.

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William W. Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:59759, (1859 - )

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell¹ B: 7 Mar 1816, D: 3 Jun 1891

Mother*

Martha J. Ferrell¹ B: 1831

Primary Birth & Death

Born: William W. Cantrell was born in 1859, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

William W. Cantrell was the son of: Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell and Martha J. Ferrell.¹

Citations

[S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.

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George Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:59760, (Jan 1862 - )

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell¹ B: 7 Mar 1816, D: 3 Jun 1891

Mother*

Martha J. Ferrell¹ B: 1831

Primary Birth & Death

Born: George Cantrell was born in Jan 1862, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

George Cantrell was the son of: Andrew W. Jackson Cantrell and Martha J. Ferrell.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1893, George, age 31 years, and May L. (?), age 27 years were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Children of: George Cantrell and May L. (?)

Olivia Cantrell¹ B: Feb 1894
Anna V. Cantrell¹ B: Apr 1897

Citations

[S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

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A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
— Will Rogers
A fool and his money are soon elected.
— Will Rogers
A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.
— Will Rogers
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.
— Will Rogers
A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.
— Will Rogers
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
— Will Rogers
Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
— Will Rogers
Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.
— Will Rogers
All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.
— Will Rogers
America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.
— Will Rogers
America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.
— Will Rogers
An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.
— Will Rogers
An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.
— Will Rogers
An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.
— Will Rogers
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
— Will Rogers
Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.
— Will Rogers
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
— Will Rogers
Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.
— Will Rogers
Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.
— Will Rogers
Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.
— Will Rogers
Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.
— Will Rogers
Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.
— Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
— Will Rogers
Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.
— Will Rogers
Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.
— Will Rogers
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
— Will Rogers
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
— Will Rogers
Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.
— Will Rogers
Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.
— Will Rogers
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
— Will Rogers
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
— Will Rogers
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'
— Will Rogers
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
— Will Rogers
I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
— Will Rogers
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
— Will Rogers
I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.
— Will Rogers
I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.
— Will Rogers
If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.
— Will Rogers
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
— Will Rogers
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
— Will Rogers
If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you sell cheaper than him, that's mass production.
— Will Rogers
If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.
— Will Rogers
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.
— Will Rogers
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
— Will Rogers
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
— Will Rogers
I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.
— Will Rogers
Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.
— Will Rogers
It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
— Will Rogers
It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.
— Will Rogers
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
— Will Rogers
Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.
— Will Rogers
Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn't have to advertise it.
— Will Rogers
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.
— Will Rogers
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
— Will Rogers
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
— Will Rogers
Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.
— Will Rogers
Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs.
— Will Rogers
Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.
— Will Rogers
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
— Will Rogers
One Ad is worth more to a paper than forty Editorials.
— Will Rogers
One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.
— Will Rogers
Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
— Will Rogers
People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.
— Will Rogers
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
— Will Rogers
People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
— Will Rogers
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
— Will Rogers
Politics is applesauce.
— Will Rogers
Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.
— Will Rogers
So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.
— Will Rogers
So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
— Will Rogers
The best way out of a difficulty is through it.
— Will Rogers
The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.
— Will Rogers
The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.
— Will Rogers
The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it.
— Will Rogers
The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
— Will Rogers
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'
— Will Rogers
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
— Will Rogers
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
— Will Rogers
The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
— Will Rogers
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
— Will Rogers
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
— Will Rogers
The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.
— Will Rogers
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
— Will Rogers
The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.
— Will Rogers
The United States never lost a war or won a conference.
— Will Rogers
The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.
— Will Rogers
There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
— Will Rogers
There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
— Will Rogers
There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
— Will Rogers
There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.
— Will Rogers
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.
— Will Rogers
Things ain't what they used to be and never were.
— Will Rogers
Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
— Will Rogers
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
— Will Rogers
This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.
— Will Rogers
We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.
— Will Rogers
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
— Will Rogers
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
— Will Rogers
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
— Will Rogers
What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
— Will Rogers
When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.
— Will Rogers
When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
— Will Rogers
When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.
— Will Rogers
When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.
— Will Rogers
Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
— Will Rogers
Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.
— Will Rogers
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
— Will Rogers
You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.
— Will Rogers
Every person you will pass on the street today is going to die. Living long enough, each will suffer the loss of friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?
— Sam Harris
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never allow a person to tell you 'no' who doesn't have the power to say 'yes.'
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Work is always an antidote to depression.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do …
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It's your life-but only if you make it so.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Every time you meet a situation you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it, you find that forever after you are freer than you were before.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage is exhilarating.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
— Eleanor Roosevelt
As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The giving of love is an education in itself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
All of life is a constant education.
— Eleanor Roosevelt

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