Cantwell, Dr. James S.

“was born in Indiana, August 2, 1816.  He is the son of Adam and Sarah Cantwell, the maiden name of the latter being Simmons.  Dr. Cantwell began the study of medicine, first in Indiana under Dr. H. H. Stewart, of Louisville.  In 1839 he and Dr. Stewart went to Iowa together, and con-tinued to read under his direction in the later State.  He attended lectures at the Keokuk Medical College, and first began the in that city, in 1836.  Dr. Cantwell was married on the ninth of November, 1838, to Miss Catharine A. Everheart, daughter of John and Elizabeth Everheart, and born in the city of Cincinnati.  Both her parents were natives of Pennsylvania, and her father was for many years a prominent minister and presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Dr. Cantwell’s father was a Baptist minister.  He and wife are the parents of eleven children, seven of whom are still living.  Their names are, William H. (deceased), Edward J., Martha Jane, Harriet Frances, Mary (deceased), Emily, Louisa, Nancy, Minnie (deceased), Eva (deceased), and James L.  Dr. Cantwell belongs to the Methodist Church, and his wife to the Presbyterian Church.  It was in 1849 that Dr. Cantwell came to Linn county and located.  He has been a citizen here ever since, and has therefore practiced thirty-three years in the county.  During the war he was in the Forty-second Missouri Infantry, and was first detailed for the recruiting service, and subsequently to practice as army physician and surgeon.  He was part of the time in Benton Barracks at St. Louis, Missouri.  Was also in the Clay Hospital, at Louisville, and in the general hospital at Nashville.  Dr.  Cantwell is a Freemason, and belongs to the St. Catharine lodge.  His residence is in section twenty-six, township fifty-nine, range nineteen.”

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