Julia Lee Cantrell^[1]

1876 - 1949  (73 years)

• Name	Julia Lee Cantrell
  Born	9 May 1876	DeKalb County, Tennessee   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1915	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  	Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute
  Residence	1940	Dibrell, Warren County, Tennessee   [6]
  	Civil District 16, Warren County
  Died	15 Dec 1949	DeKalb County, Tennessee   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Buried	New Bildad Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee   [2]
  	Cemetery notes and/or description: From Smithville, take Hwy. 56 South for seven miles and turn east on Seven Springs Rd. Go about one mile and turn right. The cemetery is on the left.
  Person ID	I702	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Robert Lee "Red Bob" Cantrell,   b. 0Jul 1849, DeKalb County, Tennessee ,   d. 1878, DeKalb County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 28 years)
  Mother	Letta Ann "Lettie" Clonts,   b. 15 Jun 1851, Ellijay, Gilmer County, Georgia ,   d. 14 Jan 1918, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee  (Age 66 years)
  Married	15 Dec 1870	DeKalb County, Tennessee   [3, 7, 8]
  	by James M.Dulaney,M.G.
  Family ID	F276	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Watson "Pa" Byars,   b. 30 Sep 1869, DeKalb County, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Apr 1931, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee  (Age 61 years)
  Married	19 Jan 1893	Pot Leg, DeKalb County, Tennessee   [5, 9, 10, 11]
  Children	1. Perry Green "Green" Byars,   b. 27 Jun 1894, DeKalb County, Tennessee ,   d. 12 Dec 1968, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee  (Age 74 years)   2. Robert Lee "Bob" Byars,   b. 6 May 1896, DeKalb County, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Feb 1979, DeKalb County, Tennessee  (Age 82 years)   3. Anna Lee "Annie" Byars,   b. 27 Jan 1898, DeKalb County, Tennessee ,   d. 18 Oct 1996, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee  (Age 98 years)   4. Senith Mae "Senie" Byars,   b. 9 Sep 1900, DeKalb County, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Feb 1990, DeLand, Volusia County, Florida  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F273	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  About 5 '8" and thin. Wore her hair in a bun and dipped snuff...Marie Pond 3 Oct 2011 Cannot locate any images of Julia...DAH end of comment [12] Abstracted from the "Southern Standard" by Margie Tucker; "MRS. JULIA BYARS DIES AT HER HOME; FRIDAY FUNERAL Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Cantrell Byars, 73, who died at the home of her son (Robert) in Smithville, Route 1, in the 16th district of Warren County, will be conducted from the New Bildad Church at 10 o'clock Friday morning. Burial will be in the New Bildad Cemetery. The services will be conducted by the Rev. Felix Cantrell. Mrs. Byars was the widow of the late John W. Byars, who died about 18 years ago, and the daughter of the late Bob and Letta Ann Cantrell of DeKalb County. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. Survivors include two sons, Green Byars, of McMinnville and Bob Byars of Smithville, Route 1; and two daughters, Mrs. I. C. Jones of McMinnville, Route 1, and Mrs. Senia March of Washington, D.C. High Funeral Homes in charge of arrangements." end of obituary [13] Julia spent about 30 years of her life in the Middle Tennessee Hospital for the Insane (now Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute) as did her mother, Lettie. Fire & flood destroyed all the records...DAH Her granddaughter, Lucile, remembers that she displayed obsessive-compulsive behavior. She would boil water (no soap), pour over the dishes and rinse several times. Lucile also remembers her grandmother's nightmares. Julia would take a stove-wood stick to bed with her to fend off critters as she feared rats or other inmates during her stay at the institution...DAH end of comment [12]

  
  

• Sources

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