Mostly Angels in the Sky

Roberta Lawrence Russell^1,2

Family

TMG ID:75081, (3 May 1889 - 31 Jul 1948)

Relationship:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

John Glenn Russell¹ B: 24 Nov 1858, D: 29 Oct 1942

Mother*

Lorene Parish¹ B: 13 Jun 1865, D: 13 May 1922

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Roberta Lawrence Russell was born on Friday, 3 May 1889, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.^1,3,4
Died on Saturday, 31 Jul 1948 at age 59 years, 2 months and 28 days.⁴

'Non-primary' Vitals

Roberta Lawrence Russell was the daughter of: John Glenn Russell and Lorene Parish.¹

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: her nickname was "Bertie L."^3,5
Nick-Name: her nickname was "Berta"⁶
Name-Married: on Saturday, 27 Oct 1906, her married name became Mrs. Terry (née Russell).^5,4
Name-Married: circa 1912, her married name became Mrs. Adcock (née Russell).⁴
Name-Married: circa 1922, her married name became Mrs. West (née Russell).^3,4

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Saturday, 27 Oct 1906, Roberta, age 17 years, 5 months and 24 days, and Frank H. Terry, age 24 years and 6 months, son of: John C. Terry and Martha L. Ervin, were married at White County, Tennessee^G.^5,4
Marriage	circa 1912, Roberta and Thomas Paton Adcock, son of: William Jasper Adcock and Narcissa America Redmon, were married.^1,4
Marriage	circa 1922, Roberta and William Hershel West, son of: James Thomas West and Lurleana E. Adcock, were married.^3,4

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 27 Oct 1906, Roberta, age 17 years, 5 months and 24 days, and Frank H. Terry, age 24 years and 6 months, son of: John C. Terry and Martha L. Ervin, were married at White County, Tennessee^G.^5,4

Marriage

circa 1912, Roberta and Thomas Paton Adcock, son of: William Jasper Adcock and Narcissa America Redmon, were married.^1,4

Marriage

circa 1922, Roberta and William Hershel West, son of: James Thomas West and Lurleana E. Adcock, were married.^3,4

Child of: Roberta Lawrence Russell and Frank H. Terry

Beecher B. Terry⁵ B: c Aug 1908

Children of: Roberta Lawrence Russell and Thomas Paton Adcock

Hallie Mai Adcock³ B: c 1913
Gordon Adcock³ B: c 1915
Woodrow Adcock⁷ B: 21 Jun 1916, D: Jun 1987
Gladys Adcock³ B: c 1919

Children of: Roberta Lawrence Russell and William Hershel West

Richard West³ B: c 1917
Robert L. West³ B: c 1924
Barba West⁶ B: c 1932

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1910	22 Apr 1910, Smithville and Sink Creek Road, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	John Glenn Russell, Lorene Parish, Robert C. Russell, William M. Russell, John T. Russell, James D. Russell, Franklin D. Russell, Herbert L. Russell, Jessie Russell and Beecher B. Terry⁵
Census-1940	12 Apr 1940, Smithville Route 5, Civil District #16, Warren County, Tennessee^G	William Hershel West, Robert L. West, Barba West, Gordon Adcock and Woodrow Adcock⁶

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1910

22 Apr 1910, Smithville and Sink Creek Road, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

John Glenn Russell, Lorene Parish, Robert C. Russell, William M. Russell, John T. Russell, James D. Russell, Franklin D. Russell, Herbert L. Russell, Jessie Russell and Beecher B. Terry⁵

Census-1940

12 Apr 1940, Smithville Route 5, Civil District #16, Warren County, Tennessee^G

William Hershel West, Robert L. West, Barba West, Gordon Adcock and Woodrow Adcock⁶

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958.
[S2990] Rootsweb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/q37teec, John H. Terry (e-mail address), updated as of 21 Nov 2010.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, PaulMoore9685 So Many Moores.

Last Edited

26 Oct 2015

John Glenn Russell^1,2

Family

TMG ID:75082, (24 Nov 1858 - 29 Oct 1942)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: John Glenn Russell was born on Wednesday, 24 Nov 1858, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 29 Oct 1942 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 83 years, 11 months and 5 days.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Friday, 1 Jun 1888, John, age 29 years, 6 months and 8 days, and Lorene Parish, age 22 years, 11 months and 19 days, daughter of: Talton Calvin Parrish and Elizabeth Magness, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Friday, 1 Jun 1888, John, age 29 years, 6 months and 8 days, and Lorene Parish, age 22 years, 11 months and 19 days, daughter of: Talton Calvin Parrish and Elizabeth Magness, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Children of: John Glenn Russell and Lorene Parish

Roberta Lawrence Russell+¹ B: 3 May 1889, D: 31 Jul 1948
Robert C. Russell³ B: Mar 1891
William M. Russell³ B: c 1895
John T. Russell³ B: c 1897
James D. Russell+⁴ B: Apr 1899
Franklin D. Russell³ B: c 1902
Herbert L. Russell+³ B: 22 Apr 1905, D: 13 Jan 1952
Jessie Russell³ B: c 1908

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1910	22 Apr 1910, Smithville and Sink Creek Road, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	Lorene Parish, Roberta Lawrence Russell, Robert C. Russell, William M. Russell, John T. Russell, James D. Russell, Franklin D. Russell, Herbert L. Russell, Jessie Russell and Beecher B. Terry³
Census-1940	21 May 1940, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	James D. Russell, Magdaline (?) and Virginia Dare Russell⁴

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1910

22 Apr 1910, Smithville and Sink Creek Road, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Lorene Parish, Roberta Lawrence Russell, Robert C. Russell, William M. Russell, John T. Russell, James D. Russell, Franklin D. Russell, Herbert L. Russell, Jessie Russell and Beecher B. Terry³

Census-1940

21 May 1940, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

James D. Russell, Magdaline (?) and Virginia Dare Russell⁴

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Apr 1910	DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	farmer general farm³

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Apr 1910

DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

farmer general farm³

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 1 Apr 1935, John Glenn Russell was living with James D. and Magdaline (née (?)) Russell, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G. Also living at this address: Virginia Dare Russell.⁴

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958.
[S2990] Rootsweb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/q37teec, John H. Terry (e-mail address), updated as of 21 Nov 2010.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.

Last Edited

26 Oct 2015

Lorene Parish¹

Family

TMG ID:75083, (13 Jun 1865 - 13 May 1922)

Relationship:

6th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Talton Calvin Parrish² B: 12 Oct 1835, D: 23 May 1887

Mother*

Elizabeth Magness² B: 11 Jan 1830, D: 24 Sep 1891

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Lorene Parish was born on Tuesday, 13 Jun 1865, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.^1,3
Died on Saturday, 13 May 1922 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 56 years and 11 months.^1,3

'Non-primary' Vitals

Lorene Parish was the daughter of: Talton Calvin Parrish and Elizabeth Magness.²

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: her nickname was "Rena"⁴
Name-Married: on Friday, 1 Jun 1888, her married name became Mrs. Russell (née Parish).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Friday, 1 Jun 1888, Lorene, age 22 years, 11 months and 19 days, and John Glenn Russell, age 29 years, 6 months and 8 days were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Friday, 1 Jun 1888, Lorene, age 22 years, 11 months and 19 days, and John Glenn Russell, age 29 years, 6 months and 8 days were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Children of: Lorene Parish and John Glenn Russell

Roberta Lawrence Russell+¹ B: 3 May 1889, D: 31 Jul 1948
Robert C. Russell⁴ B: Mar 1891
William M. Russell⁴ B: c 1895
John T. Russell⁴ B: c 1897
James D. Russell+⁵ B: Apr 1899
Franklin D. Russell⁴ B: c 1902
Herbert L. Russell+⁴ B: 22 Apr 1905, D: 13 Jan 1952
Jessie Russell⁴ B: c 1908

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1910	22 Apr 1910, Smithville and Sink Creek Road, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	John Glenn Russell, Roberta Lawrence Russell, Robert C. Russell, William M. Russell, John T. Russell, James D. Russell, Franklin D. Russell, Herbert L. Russell, Jessie Russell and Beecher B. Terry⁴

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1910

22 Apr 1910, Smithville and Sink Creek Road, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

John Glenn Russell, Roberta Lawrence Russell, Robert C. Russell, William M. Russell, John T. Russell, James D. Russell, Franklin D. Russell, Herbert L. Russell, Jessie Russell and Beecher B. Terry⁴

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958.
[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, PaulMoore9685 So Many Moores.
[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.

Last Edited

26 Oct 2015

Mary Etta Cantrell^1,2,3

Family

TMG ID:75084, (18 May 1867 - 6 Sep 1956)

Father*

Aaron Cantrell¹ B: 14 Feb 1835, D: 15 May 1919

Mother*

Sarah Love¹ B: 24 Sep 1847, D: 18 Nov 1932

Father

Richard Magness Cantrell⁴ B: 30 Apr 1870, D: 29 May 1952

Mother

Josephine Missouri Estes⁴ B: Jan 1858, D: a 1900

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Mary Etta Cantrell was born on Saturday, 18 May 1867, at Tennessee^G.^1,3
Died on Thursday, 6 Sep 1956 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 89 years, 3 months and 19 days.³
Interred after 6 Sep 1956 at Whorton Springs Cemetery, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.³

'Non-primary' Vitals

Mary Etta Cantrell was the daughter of: Aaron Cantrell and Sarah Love.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Thursday, 10 Jan 1889, her married name became Mrs. Parish (née Cantrell).³

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 10 Jan 1889, Mary, age 21 years, 7 months and 23 days, and Patrick Clayborn Parish, son of: Talton Calvin Parrish and Elizabeth Magness, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.³

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 10 Jan 1889, Mary, age 21 years, 7 months and 23 days, and Patrick Clayborn Parish, son of: Talton Calvin Parrish and Elizabeth Magness, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.³

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1870	31 Aug 1870, Post Office: Smithville, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	Aaron Cantrell, Sarah Love and Robert Lee Cantrell²
Census-1880	16 Jun 1880, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, includes James Clarke, 18. Next door to Delila Cantrell and children and Fulton Cantrell and family.	Aaron Cantrell, Sarah Love, Robert Lee Cantrell, Martha Ada Cantrell, Charley O. Cantrell, John M. Cantrell and Fannie R. Cantrell¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1870

31 Aug 1870, Post Office: Smithville, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Aaron Cantrell, Sarah Love and Robert Lee Cantrell²

Census-1880

16 Jun 1880, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, includes James Clarke, 18. Next door to Delila Cantrell and children and Fulton Cantrell and family.

Aaron Cantrell, Sarah Love, Robert Lee Cantrell, Martha Ada Cantrell, Charley O. Cantrell, John M. Cantrell and Fannie R. Cantrell¹

Citations

[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.
[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.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, PaulMoore9685 So Many Moores.

Last Edited

26 Nov 2018

Josephine Missouri Estes¹

TMG ID:75085, (Jan 1858 - a 1900)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Josephine Missouri Estes was born in Jan 1858, at Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died after 1900.¹

Alias(es)

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

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Josephine and Richard Magness Cantrell, son of: Bethel Magness Cantrell and Sophie Catherine McGowan, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Josephine and Richard Magness Cantrell, son of: Bethel Magness Cantrell and Sophie Catherine McGowan, were married.¹

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, PaulMoore9685 So Many Moores.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Woodrow Adcock¹

Family

TMG ID:75086, (21 Jun 1916 - Jun 1987)

Relationship:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Thomas Paton Adcock¹ B: 11 Apr 1886, D: 14 Jan 1919

Mother*

Roberta Lawrence Russell¹ B: 3 May 1889, D: 31 Jul 1948

Step-father

William Hershel West² B: 8 Feb 1895, D: 18 Jul 1962

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Woodrow Adcock was born on Wednesday, 21 Jun 1916, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died in Jun 1987 at McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee^G, at age 70 years and 11 months.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Woodrow Adcock was the son of: Thomas Paton Adcock and Roberta Lawrence Russell.¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1940	12 Apr 1940, Smithville Route 5, Civil District #16, Warren County, Tennessee^G	William Hershel West, Roberta Lawrence Russell, Robert L. West, Barba West and Gordon Adcock³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1940

12 Apr 1940, Smithville Route 5, Civil District #16, Warren County, Tennessee^G

William Hershel West, Roberta Lawrence Russell, Robert L. West, Barba West and Gordon Adcock³

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Apr 1940	Warren County, Tennessee^G	U. S. Army³

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Apr 1940

Warren County, Tennessee^G

U. S. Army³

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, PaulMoore9685 So Many Moores.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.

Last Edited

25 Oct 2015

Callie M. Webb¹

Family

TMG ID:75087

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Adcock (née Webb).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Callie and Thomas Paton Adcock, son of: William Jasper Adcock and Narcissa America Redmon, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Callie and Thomas Paton Adcock, son of: William Jasper Adcock and Narcissa America Redmon, were married.¹

Child of: Callie M. Webb and Thomas Paton Adcock

Nannie Adcock¹ B: c 1904, D: c 2000

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, PaulMoore9685 So Many Moores.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Nannie Adcock¹

Family

TMG ID:75088, (c 1904 - c 2000)

Relationship:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Thomas Paton Adcock¹ B: 11 Apr 1886, D: 14 Jan 1919

Mother*

Callie M. Webb¹

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Nannie Adcock was born circa 1904, at Tennessee^G.²
Died circa 2000.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Nannie Adcock was the daughter of: Thomas Paton Adcock and Callie M. Webb.¹
Born: Nannie Adcock was born circa 1907, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: She was also known as Nellie²
Name-Married: on Thursday, 27 Jul 1933, her married name became Mrs. Cantrell (née Adcock).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 27 Jul 1933, Nannie and Charlie Green Cantrell, age 26 years, 4 months and 6 days, son of: Albert Melvin Cantrell, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 27 Jul 1933, Nannie and Charlie Green Cantrell, age 26 years, 4 months and 6 days, son of: Albert Melvin Cantrell, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, PaulMoore9685 So Many Moores.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.

Last Edited

25 Oct 2015

Charlie Green Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:75089, (21 Mar 1907 - 27 Oct 1956)

Relationship:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Albert Melvin Cantrell¹ B: 7 Mar 1883, D: 6 Aug 1959

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Charlie Green Cantrell was born on Thursday, 21 Mar 1907, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 27 Oct 1956 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 49 years, 7 months and 6 days.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Charlie Green Cantrell was the son of: Albert Melvin Cantrell.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 27 Jul 1933, Charlie, age 26 years, 4 months and 6 days, and Nannie Adcock, daughter of: Thomas Paton Adcock and Callie M. Webb, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 27 Jul 1933, Charlie, age 26 years, 4 months and 6 days, and Nannie Adcock, daughter of: Thomas Paton Adcock and Callie M. Webb, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, PaulMoore9685 So Many Moores.

Last Edited

25 Oct 2015

Albert Melvin Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:75090, (7 Mar 1883 - 6 Aug 1959)

Relationship:

6th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Louis Kendrick Cantrell¹ B: 26 Dec 1844, D: 28 Mar 1915

Mother*

Mary Eleanor Cantrell¹ B: Feb 1852

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Albert Melvin Cantrell was born on Wednesday, 7 Mar 1883, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.^1,2
Died on Thursday, 6 Aug 1959 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 76 years, 4 months and 30 days.^1,2

'Non-primary' Vitals

Albert Melvin Cantrell was the son of: Louis Kendrick Cantrell and Mary Eleanor Cantrell.¹

Child of: Albert Melvin Cantrell

Charlie Green Cantrell¹ B: 21 Mar 1907, D: 27 Oct 1956

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, PaulMoore9685 So Many Moores.
[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, bcantrell82 Cantrell Family Tree.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Elijah Wilson Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:75091, (6 Jan 1848 - 5 Dec 1918)

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Thomas C. Cantrell¹ B: 22 Jun 1821, D: 1885

Mother*

Louisa B. Lawson¹ B: c 1817, D: May 1880

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Elijah Wilson Cantrell was born on Thursday, 6 Jan 1848, at Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 5 Dec 1918 at Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee^G, at age 70 years, 10 months and 29 days. Details as recorded: 11:30 PM Cause of Death: valvular heart disease Death Certificate ID: 785. The informant on the Death Certificate was: Creed Jones Cantrell.^1,2

'Non-primary' Vitals

Elijah Wilson Cantrell was the son of: Thomas C. Cantrell and Louisa B. Lawson.¹
Born: Elijah Wilson Cantrell was born on Saturday, 6 Jan 1849, at McMinn County, Tennessee^G.³

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as Elizah⁴

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Divorce	On this date, the divorce between Elizabeth Jane (neé Moore) Cantrell and Elijah Wilson Cantrell.²
Marriage	Wednesday, 3 Sep 1873, Elijah, age 25 years, 7 months and 28 days, and Elizabeth Jane Moore, age 17 years, 11 months and 29 days, daughter of: William A. Moore and Catherine Armstrong, were married at Tennessee^G.⁵

Event

Details/Notes

Divorce

On this date, the divorce between Elizabeth Jane (neé Moore) Cantrell and Elijah Wilson Cantrell.²

Marriage

Wednesday, 3 Sep 1873, Elijah, age 25 years, 7 months and 28 days, and Elizabeth Jane Moore, age 17 years, 11 months and 29 days, daughter of: William A. Moore and Catherine Armstrong, were married at Tennessee^G.⁵

Children of: Elijah Wilson Cantrell and Elizabeth Jane Moore

William Thomas Cantrell+⁵ B: 29 Jul 1875, D: 19 Jan 1962
Mary L. Cantrell⁵ B: c 1877, D: 29 Sep 1968
Harriett E. Cantrell+⁵ B: c 1879, D: 4 Dec 1960
John Arthur Cantrell⁵ B: 26 Feb 1880, D: 10 Jun 1880
Sam Wilson Cantrell⁵ B: 5 Sep 1881, D: 1910
Maggie Linch Cantrell⁵ B: 15 Aug 1883, D: 25 Jan 1968
Mollie Cantrell⁵ B: 24 Aug 1883, D: 20 Feb 1963
Lucy Almina Cantrell⁵ B: 27 Aug 1885, D: 6 Jan 1925
Cally Tennie Cantrell⁵ B: 25 Apr 1887, D: 4 Jan 1954
Creed Jones Cantrell⁵ B: 2 Jan 1889, D: 8 Aug 1964
Frank Cantrell⁵ B: 18 May 1891, D: 19 Jan 1957
Harley R. Cantrell⁵ B: Oct 1893, D: 12 Feb 1965
Fred May Cantrell⁵ B: 13 May 1896, D: 1 Jun 1952
Charlie Cantrell+⁵ B: 28 Jun 1899, D: 12 Nov 1975
William Cantrell⁵ B: 1901

Other Major Events

On this date, the divorce between Elizabeth Jane (neé Moore) Cantrell and Elijah Wilson Cantrell.²

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	3 Oct 1850, Dade County, Missouri^G	Thomas C. Cantrell, Louisa B. Lawson, Louis Kendrick Cantrell and Sarah Elizabeth Cantrell⁴

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

3 Oct 1850, Dade County, Missouri^G

Thomas C. Cantrell, Louisa B. Lawson, Louis Kendrick Cantrell and Sarah Elizabeth Cantrell⁴

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, darlab615 Davis Family Tree.
[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958.
[S2875] Donna Louise Oglesby, online <http://tinyurl.com/orc2azh>. Hereinafter cited as Donna L. Oglesby.
[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.
[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, bcantrell82 Cantrell Family Tree.

Last Edited

27 Apr 2015

Elizabeth J. Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:75092, (Apr 1848 - 1877)

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Thomas C. Cantrell¹ B: 22 Jun 1821, D: 1885

Mother*

Louisa B. Lawson¹ B: c 1817, D: May 1880

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Elizabeth J. Cantrell was born in Apr 1848, at Warren County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died in 1877 at age 28 years.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Elizabeth J. Cantrell was the daughter of: Thomas C. Cantrell and Louisa B. Lawson.¹

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, darlab615 Davis Family Tree.

Last Edited

27 Apr 2015

Mary Louisa Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:75093, (1850 - 1866)

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Thomas C. Cantrell¹ B: 22 Jun 1821, D: 1885

Mother*

Louisa B. Lawson¹ B: c 1817, D: May 1880

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Mary Louisa Cantrell was born in 1850, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died in 1866 at age 16 years.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Mary Louisa Cantrell was the daughter of: Thomas C. Cantrell and Louisa B. Lawson.¹

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, darlab615 Davis Family Tree.

Last Edited

27 Apr 2015

Sarah Elizabeth Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:75094, (Dec 1851 - 1924)

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Thomas C. Cantrell¹ B: 22 Jun 1821, D: 1885

Mother*

Louisa B. Lawson¹ B: c 1817, D: May 1880

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Sarah Elizabeth Cantrell was born in Dec 1851, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died in 1924 at Douglas County, Missouri^G, at age 72 years.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Sarah Elizabeth Cantrell was the daughter of: Thomas C. Cantrell and Louisa B. Lawson.¹

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, darlab615 Davis Family Tree.

Last Edited

26 May 2016

Emily C. Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:75095, (2 Feb 1852 - )

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Thomas C. Cantrell¹ B: 22 Jun 1821, D: 1885

Mother*

Louisa B. Lawson¹ B: c 1817, D: May 1880

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Emily C. Cantrell was born on Monday, 2 Feb 1852, at Dade County, Missouri^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Emily C. Cantrell was the daughter of: Thomas C. Cantrell and Louisa B. Lawson.¹

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, darlab615 Davis Family Tree.

Last Edited

27 Apr 2015

Leroy C. Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:75096, (1853 - 23 Aug 1927)

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Thomas C. Cantrell¹ B: 22 Jun 1821, D: 1885

Mother*

Louisa B. Lawson¹ B: c 1817, D: May 1880

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Leroy C. Cantrell was born in 1853, at Dade County, Missouri^G.¹
Died on Tuesday, 23 Aug 1927 at Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado^G, at age 74 years.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Leroy C. Cantrell was the son of: Thomas C. Cantrell and Louisa B. Lawson.¹

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, darlab615 Davis Family Tree.

Last Edited

27 Apr 2015

Barbara Elmina Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:75097, (1854 - 1870)

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Thomas C. Cantrell¹ B: 22 Jun 1821, D: 1885

Mother*

Louisa B. Lawson¹ B: c 1817, D: May 1880

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Barbara Elmina Cantrell was born in 1854, at Tennessee^G.¹
Died in 1870 at age 16 years.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Barbara Elmina Cantrell was the daughter of: Thomas C. Cantrell and Louisa B. Lawson.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: She was also known as Barbara Almina²
Name-Married: on Thursday, 27 Sep 1894, her married name became Mrs. Jones (née Cantrell).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 27 Sep 1894, Barbara, age 40 years, and John Jones, age 45 years and 3 months were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.²

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, darlab615 Davis Family Tree.
[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, joyannknowles Knowles (Joy) Family Tree.

Last Edited

27 Apr 2015

Elmira Barbara Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:75098, (1856 - 1870)

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Thomas C. Cantrell² B: 22 Jun 1821, D: 1885

Mother*

Louisa B. Lawson² B: c 1817, D: May 1880

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Elmira Barbara Cantrell was born in 1856, at Dade County, Missouri^G.²
Died in 1870 at age 14 years.²

'Non-primary' Vitals

Elmira Barbara Cantrell was the daughter of: Thomas C. Cantrell and Louisa B. Lawson.²

Citations

[S2875] Donna Louise Oglesby, online <http://tinyurl.com/orc2azh>. Hereinafter cited as Donna L. Oglesby.
[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, darlab615 Davis Family Tree.

Last Edited

27 Apr 2015

Minerva Jane Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:75099, (1856 - 1872)

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Thomas C. Cantrell¹ B: 22 Jun 1821, D: 1885

Mother*

Louisa B. Lawson¹ B: c 1817, D: May 1880

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Minerva Jane Cantrell was born in 1856, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died in 1872 at age 16 years.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Minerva Jane Cantrell was the daughter of: Thomas C. Cantrell and Louisa B. Lawson.¹
Born: Minerva Jane Cantrell was born in 1859, at Bradley County, Tennessee^G.^1,2

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, darlab615 Davis Family Tree.
[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, joyannknowles Knowles (Joy) Family Tree.

Last Edited

27 Apr 2015

John B. Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:75100, (1857 - )

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Thomas C. Cantrell¹ B: 22 Jun 1821, D: 1885

Mother*

Louisa B. Lawson¹ B: c 1817, D: May 1880

Primary Birth & Death

Born: John B. Cantrell was born in 1857, at Dade County, Missouri^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

John B. Cantrell was the son of: Thomas C. Cantrell and Louisa B. Lawson.¹

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, darlab615 Davis Family Tree.

Last Edited

27 Apr 2015

All additions, modifications, suggestions and comments are welcome.

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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