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JOSEPH S. CANTRALL, was born on Cantrall creek, near Cantrall, Sangamon county, Illinois, October 16, 1841, where he remained until twenty years of age, when he went into the cattle trade, feeding and shipping until 1872, when he and two others laid out the town of Cantrall, Illinois. He then furnished ties and lumber for the S. & N.W. Railroad, from Petersburg to Springfield, and, in 1874, built the Cantrall Elevator, and went into the grain trade, his present occupation. He is now building a large corn-crib, at Cantrall, with a capacity of 75,000 bushels of ear corn; it is two hundred feet long and thirty-five feet wide. J. S. Cantrall was married to Miss Margaret A. Canterbury, January 16, 1868; the fruits of this marriage are two children: Daisy and Hattie. Mr. and Mrs. Cantrall are members of the Christian Church. In politics, he is a Republican; having cast his first vote for A. Lincoln. Mrs. Cantrall was born in Sangamon county, and is a daughter of John F. Canterbury, born in Fleming county, Kentucky, August 27, 1820; he was married in Sangamon county, February 22, 1842, to Miranda M. Brittin, who was the mother of six children.
The father of Joseph S., Levi Cantrall, was born in Botetourt county, Virginia. He was taken by his parents to Bath county, Kentucky, in 1789, where he was married to Miss Fannie England, November 30, 1809, and in 1811, moved to Madison county, Ohio, and to Madison county, Illinois, October, 1819, and December 4, 1819, moved where the city of Springfield now stands; on the 5th he selected a location, and commenced building a cabin December 8, 1810; they had seven children; he died February 22, 1860, and she resides with her son, Joseph S., who is a Mason, and a member of Lavely Lodge, at Williamsville, Illinois.