Frank W. Merrill

Notes:

(Research):"History of Whiteside county, Illinois from its First settlement to Present Time," Charles Bent, Editor (Published in Morrison, Illinois, 1877) shows that Almanza was born to Noah Merrill (1809-1873) and Amanda Lewis. (p. 130).

Noah married Lucinda McLemore on 13 Aug 1853 in Whiteside County, Illinois. Lucinda (daughter of John W. McLemore and Eliza Cantrell) was born in Nov 1835 in Illinois; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married Almanza Merrill, and they lived in Nevada.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1860 Census
Illinois, Whiteside County, Mount Pleasant
Enumerated 21 July 1860
Page 331
2544-2434
N. A. Merrill 30 M Farmer 1600 430 Ohio
Lycinda Merrill 25 F Ill
Frank W. Merrill 5 M Ill

1870 Census
Not located


1880 Census
Nevada, Washoe County
Enumerated 8,9 and 10 June 1880
60-60
Barber SK W M 51 Farmily Mining NY Mass Mass
Barber, Mary J W F 50 Wf Housekeeper NY NY England
Barber, Edward W M 20 Son Clerk Wisc NY NY
Merrill, M. A. W M 49 Family Mining Ohio NY NY
Merrill, F. T. W F 43 Wf Housekeeper Ill TN Oh
Merrill, F. W. W M 24 M Son Mining Ill Oh NY
Merrill, E F W M 13 Son Helper Ill Oh NY

1900 Census
Neveda, Washoe County, 3rd Ward
Enumerated 1 Jun 1900
SD 222 ED 41 Sheet 2A
119-26-33
Merrill. Lucinda Head W F Nov 1835 64 W 2/2 Ill Tn Ohio
Huntd, D. Rooms W M Jan 1840 60 S Mo Oh Oh

Notes:

Married:
Since Edward Forest was b. IL, we looked in the IL 1860 census for Almanzer. We found what we
believe to be him in Mt Morecy, Whiteside Co IL: A. H., 30, b. OH; Lucinda, 25; Frank W, 5,
both b. IL. The History of Whiteside Co IL gives the family of Noah and Amanda Lewis as:
Almamza, 1831 june 11; Seth R, 1832 Dec. 19; Zelemma 1835 Oct. 24; Nelson B 1838 Nov. 6.
The 1850 census in Whiteside Co IL gives this family group [minus Noah who was in the CA gold
rush at the time] plus Noah' s mother, Zulema (Flower) Merrill, 80, b. CT nearby. The lineage of
Almanzer (8) is Noah (7,6), Icabod (5), Noah (4), Isaac (3), John (2), Nathaniel (1).

Notes:

John W. McLemore was a native of Tennessee, and born in 1808. He came with his father's family to the State of Illinois when quite a child. In 1836 be came to Whiteside, and made a claim in the present township of' Sterlin-g, within a few miles of the present city. Part of this claim, and the one on which be put improvements, now forms a portion of Mr. Weaver's farm. In 1839 he was appointed Deputy Sheriff by James C. Woodburn, the first sheriff of the county, and performed many of the duties of the office. Be was elected Sheriff in 1840, and held the position for two terms, and in 1846 was again elected, holding the office then for one term. He gave general satisfac-tion by the faithful and energetic discharge of his duties. In 1854 he went to California, where he remained fifteen years, and upon his return lived part of the time at Rock Falls, and part at Sterling, until his death, which occurred at the latter place in August, 1871. Mr. McLemore married Miss Eliza Cantrell in 1835. Mrs. McLemore died in Nevada in 1876. Their children are: Lucinda wife of Almanza Merrill, who lives in Nevada; and Clarence, who resides with his family in California.

Bent & Wilson "History of Whiteside Co" Page 407

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Illinois, Whiteside County, 37th District
Enumerated 19 Spet 1850
Page 400
378-378
John W. McLemore 38 Clerk 600 Tenn
Eliza McLemore 37 F Ohio
Lucinda McLemore 15 F Ill
Clarance McLemore 9 M Ill
(Indexed on Ancestry.com as Mclernon)

John married Eliza Cantrell about 1835. Eliza (daughter of Wyatt Cantrell and Sarah "Sally" England) was born on 8 Sep 1813 in Ohio; died about 1876 in Nevada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said by Tom Heselting to have been "born 9 March 1783, married Nancy PLUMLEE, moved to Illinois." Said by some, including Tom, to have the middle name ATKINS.

A photo of his tombstone is on findagrave.com. It is inscribed Young McLemore, Died Feb. 20, 1841 aged 57 years, 9 months and 11 days. Based on the date of death inscribed on his tombstone, plus the his age at death, he would have actually been born May 9, 1783.

There is also some unsourced biographical detail on the findagrave website, as follows:

Young married Nancy Ann Plumley abt 1811 in Knox Co., TN.
They had 5 (sic) children; John, Priscilla, William, Abigail (Archibald???) and Mary Ellen.

Young was a farmer. In Sept of 1835 he purchased 40 acres of land in Sangamon Co., IL 17N-5W section 27. In Sept 1839 he purchased an additional 40 acres 17N-5W section 29.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30823276

John Stromberger writes that Young was as itinerant Methodist minister and a teacher in a circuit that included Illinois, Tennessee, and Kentucky.

(Research):

Census Information:

1820 Census
Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee
Young McLemore
Free White Males under 16 2
Free White Males 16 thru 25 2
Free White Females 16-25 1
Free White Females Over 25
Number of Free White in Household 6
(Assumed to be for Young McLemore born 1783 in NC and married in 1811 in Knox County, TN, but not verified through other records)

1830 Census
Sangamon County, Illinois
Young McLemore
Free White Males 5 thru 9 1 (James?)
Free White Males 10-14 2 (William and Archibald?)
Free White Males 15-19 1 (John)
Free White Males 40-49 1 (Young)
Free White Females 5 thru 9 1 (Mary Ann)
Free White Females 10-14 1 (Eleanor/Helen/Ellen)
Free White Females 15-19 1 (Martha Matilda)
Free White Females 40-49 1 (Nancy)
Total Free White Persons 9
Total All Persons 9
Also enumerated in close proximity were Levi Cantrill, Thoams Strawbridge, Mattie Williams, William Cantrill, Charles Snelson, J. Plumby and several MORGAN familes


1840 Census
Sangamon, Illinois
Indexed on Ancestry.com as Young Mc Simeon
Free White Males under 5 1 (James or Joseph of Unknown?)
Free White Males 5 thru 9 1 (James or Joseph or Unknown?)
Free White Males 10-14 1 (James or Joseph or Unknown?)
Free White Males 20-29 2 (William H/Archibald)
Free White Males 50-59 1 (Young)
Free White Females 15-19 1 (Mary Ann)
Free White Females 20-29 1 (Eleanor)
Free White Females 50-59 1 (Nancy)
Persons employed in agricultue 3
Total Free White Persons 9
Total All Persons 9

Did they have one additional son, born after 1826, that died young and whom is not on the list of Young's descedants prepared by his granddaughter, Harriet McLemore Middleton?

Young married Nancy Ann Plumlee before 1808 in Knox County, Tennessee. Nancy was born about 1785 in North Carolina; died on 17 Mar 1853 in Sherman, Sangamon County, Illinois; was buried in Fancy Creek Cemetery, Sangamon County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A photo of her tombstone is on findagrave.com

It shows that she died on Mar. 17, 1853, Aged 67 years, 9 months, and 11 days

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30823236

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Illinois, Lee County, Palmyra Township
Enumerated 6 Aug 1850
40-40
David P. Cantral 32 M Farmer 1200 Ohio
Eleanor A Cantral 29 F Tenn
Young M. Cantrall 9 M Ill
Erastus D Cantral 2 M Ill
Nancu A. McLemore 65 F $500 N. Carolina

Notes:

Married:
Post to GenForum Re: Mary Cantrall, dau. of Thomas and Priscilla McLemore
http://genforum.genealogy.com/cantrall/messages/17.html
Posted by Jeanne McLemore Roberts (jamjar5174@aol.com)
Dated October 19, 2004

Thank you so much for the Cantral information. We (my family) had no idea how the Cantrals were related to each other.

I can give you the information that I have on the children of Young McLemore and Nancy Ann Plumly.

Priscilla McLemore was one of the nine children of Young McLemore b:1781 (son of John McLemore b:1762 d:6/30/1844 and Sarah Carner (or Carver) b: 1764 and Nancy Ann Plumly.

Young and Nancy's children were:

Martha Matilda McLemore married to Harmonas Alkire
Children:

Mary Ann
James Young
Margaret
Caroline
William
Daniel Dickson
Albert Harmonas
Priscilla
Martha
Lee (I have also been told Leander) who died at age 18

John McLemore married to Eliza Cantral
Children:

Lucinda
Clarence

William Harvey McLemore married to Rachel Smith (my line)
Children:

James Monroe
Joseph
William Young (my great grandfather)
Mary Ann
Sarah Ellen
Robert Jerome

Priscilla McLemore married to Thomas Cantral
Children:

Clarisa
Turner
Young
Francis
Thomas
Mary
Nancy

Archibald McLemore-never married

Ellen McLemore married to David Cantral
Children:

Young
Lucinda

Mary McLemore married to William Stone
Children:

Young
Betty
Nancy Ann

James McLemore-never married

Joseph McLemore-never married

I also have a listing of Martha Matilda and Harmonas Alkire's children, their spouses and Martha and Harmonas' grandchildren. I also have information on William Young McLemore's children and his marriages(his first wife died about three months after their wedding) since my line is through William Young McLemore, son of William Harvey McLemore, grandson of Young McLemore.

I am interested in any information that you could give me on the McLemores and the Cantrals, especially where I can find documentation of these ancestors. My information comes from a geneaology and papers compiled by my Great Aunt Harriet McLemore Middleton (b:1887). She was a daughter of William Young McLemore and older sister to my grandfather Homer McLemore who was killed accidentally in 1915.

James Alkire (jnjalkire@sbcglobal.net) shows they as the parents of (1) John W. McLemore, born 1812 TN and died Aug 1871 Sterling, Whiteside Il; (2) Priscilla D. McLemore born 1814 TN and died May 1847 in Sangamon, married to Thomas Carsey CANTRALL, the son of Levi Cantrall. They were said to be the parents of Young M. CANTRALL, born 1838 in Sangamon, IL and died 1 July 1863 at Vicksburg, MS. (3) Abigail McLemore born 1820 TN and died 1861 and (4) Mary Ellen McLemore born 1826 and died Feb 1856, Athens, IL. James also shows that Young, by an unknown wife, had two additonal children, L. E. McLemore and Hinton McLemore. As these children were reported to be born after Young's death in 1841, this is not likely.

Notes:

Wyatt was born December 20, 1790 in Bath County, KY., the same year that his parents moved from Bote tourt County, VA. He married Sally England and moved to Clarke County, OH., where they had three children. They then moved in company with her father, Stephen England, to St. Clair County, IL., in the fall of 1819, and in the spring of 1819, they built homes in what is now Fancy Creek, township in Sangamon County, IL., where they had six children. Wyatt and Levi lived on adjoining farms just north of Cantrall, IL. Taken from the book "The Cantrell Family" by Carmi G. Cantrell.
There Wyatt remained until after the death of his wife, Sally, on August 1, 1840. In the fall of 1841, he married Mrs. Polly Kingsbury, whose maiden name was Foster. She died about 1859.


Wyatt came to Whiteside County, IL "in 1836 and located near Sterling. He made claim of the prairie in the bend of the river, and also of the large island in Rock River, long since known as Cantrell's Island, upon which there was a large growth of timber. In 1838 he built a mill on the rapids of Rock River, getting his power by making adam of loose stones ............ It was at this mill that the people on the east and south side of Whiteside and the north side of Henry and Bureau Counties had their grists ground for ten years.
Mr. Cantrell took a prominent part in the affairs of the community during the early days, and was always regarded as a straightforward, honest, public-spirited man. He died recently at his son's residence in Kansas. (William and Stephen lived at Black Bob, Johnson County, Kansas). His remains were brought to Sterling, and buried October 31, 1877.

Taken from "History of Whiteside County, Illinois, Sterling Township," page 407. Original in Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1694344&id=I1157

Wyatt married Sarah "Sally" England on 14 Aug 1811 in Bath County, Kentucky. Sarah was born on 20 Dec 1794; died on 4 Aug 1840 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]