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Re: Cantril Familes and Founders

CANTRIL, LEWIS

Posted By: Joy Schwarz
Date: 2/9/2026 at 18:56:37

In Response To: Cantril Familes and Founders (Heather Wells)

Hi Heather -
Here are two sources you may find useful:
> The history of Van Buren County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns ... [1878]. https://archive.org/details/historyvanburen00cogoog/page/500/mode/1up?q=Cantril
- History of Cantril includes mentions of E.E. Cantril and L.W. Cantril on pages 500-502
- There's a biographical sketch of L.W. Cantril (and a brief mention of E.E. Cantril) on page 587
https://archive.org/details/historyvanburen00cogoog/page/587/mode/1up?q=Cantril
> Emery Elbert Cantril's obituary, transcribed ["Photocopy of this obit is located on page 102 of Obit Book A found in the Van Buren County, IA Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua Public Library"]
https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/13156807/person/12169344517/media/f333d738-8581-49fa-8f7c-e23acfe4eae9
Best wishes on your research,
Joy

The history of Van Buren County, Iowa (1878)

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