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Rufus Lafayette Cantrell 1916–1994 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 MAR 1916

Birth Location: Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA

Death Date: 17 JAN 1994

Death Location: Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA

Father: William Cantrell

Mother: Minnie Bishop

Spouse(s): Clara Gilbert

Children(s):

Rufus Lafayette Cantrell was born in 1916 in Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA, the child of William Bonner Cantrell And Minnie Elizabeth Bishop. Rufus Lafayette Cantrell married Clara Belle Gilbert, and had children including Judy Cantrell. Rufus Lafayette Cantrell passed away in 1994 in Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Rufus Lafayette Cantrell was born in 1916 in Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA, the child of William Bonner Cantrell And Minnie Elizabeth Bishop.
  • Rufus Lafayette Cantrell married Clara Belle Gilbert, and had children including Judy Cantrell.
  • Rufus Lafayette Cantrell passed away in 1994 in Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.

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Rufus Cantrell's Ancestors

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Rufus Cantrell
1916–1994
Birth Place: Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Parents
William Bonner Cantrell
1883–1949
Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Minnie (Elizabeth) Bishop
1884–1967
Greens Creek, Polk, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Rufus (Lafayette) Cantrell
1857–1927
Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Martha (Ann) Williams
1862–1933
Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Cantrell
1825–1865
Mary Young
1828–1917
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Enoch Cantrell
1789–1844
Nancy Dempsey
1797–1852

Rufus Cantrell's Timeline

2 Records

1916
20 MAR 1916
Birth of Rufus Lafayette Cantrell in Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
1994
17 JAN 1994
Age 78
Death of Rufus Lafayette Cantrell in Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 MAR 1916
    Event Place: Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 JAN 1994
    Event Place: Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA

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