Martha Ada Cantrell

Brief Life History of Martha Ada

When Martha Ada Cantrell was born on 18 January 1871, in Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States, her father, Aaron Cantrell, was 35 and her mother, Sarah "Sallie" Love, was 23. She married William Hall Odom on 10 January 1889, in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Civil District 9, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States for about 40 years. She died on 26 August 1959, in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Whorton Springs Cemetery, Smithville, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Hall Odom
1857–1936
Martha Ada Cantrell
1871–1959
Marriage: 10 January 1889
Beulah Mae Odom
1889–1953
William Aaron Odom
1891–1971
Hallie Charlotte Odom
1894–1974
Era Sallie Odom
1898–1986
Pascal Clayborn Odom
1900–1992
Robert Lee Odom
1907–2002

Sources (29)

  • Mattie Od* in household of Wm Hall Od*, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Mattie Cantrell, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Mattie Cantrell, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

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Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): from Old French canterelle, chanterelle, a diminutive of c(h)anteor ‘singer’. Compare Cantor . It was used as an alternative name for Chantecler the cock in medieval French versions of the folk story of Reynard the Fox (Le Roman de Renard).

English: sometimes a variant of Quintrell .

English: occasionally, perhaps a habitational name from Cantrell in Devon, early recorded as Canterhulle, named from an unexplained first element + Old English hyll ‘hill’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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