—member of the Yonkers Board of Education
—member of Kitching Post G.A.R.; he traveled to New York from Lawrence MA at age 17 when his parents prevented him from enlisting for the Civil War; he was assigned to Co. K of the 40th Rgmt of the New York Volunteers (aka the Mozarts); his parents intervened before transfer to the front; he tried again and was successful when he travel to Maine and joined the 29th Volunteer Infantry, and attained the rank of sergeant by the close of the war; was wounded at the Battle of Cedar Creek; mustered out at Hilton Head SC April 17 1866
—fired into the barn that John Wilkes Booth was supposed to have been hiding
—manufacturer of mineral waters
—resident of Yonkers since 1879
predeceased by two children: Mary and Sarah
—survived by his wife Mrs. Sarah M. (nee Perkins) Cantwell (m. 1880), three sons: John A., Edward J., and Michael Cantwell; and two daughters: Misses Anna and Catherine D. Cantwell
~sources: Yonkers Herald; Monday, Jan 12 1914
—member of Kitching Post G.A.R.; he traveled to New York from Lawrence MA at age 17 when his parents prevented him from enlisting for the Civil War; he was assigned to Co. K of the 40th Rgmt of the New York Volunteers (aka the Mozarts); his parents intervened before transfer to the front; he tried again and was successful when he travel to Maine and joined the 29th Volunteer Infantry, and attained the rank of sergeant by the close of the war; was wounded at the Battle of Cedar Creek; mustered out at Hilton Head SC April 17 1866
—fired into the barn that John Wilkes Booth was supposed to have been hiding
—manufacturer of mineral waters
—resident of Yonkers since 1879
predeceased by two children: Mary and Sarah
—survived by his wife Mrs. Sarah M. (nee Perkins) Cantwell (m. 1880), three sons: John A., Edward J., and Michael Cantwell; and two daughters: Misses Anna and Catherine D. Cantwell
~sources: Yonkers Herald; Monday, Jan 12 1914
—member of the Yonkers Board of Education
—member of Kitching Post G.A.R.; he traveled to New York from Lawrence MA at age 17 when his parents prevented him from enlisting for the Civil War; he was assigned to Co. K of the 40th Rgmt of the New York Volunteers (aka the Mozarts); his parents intervened before transfer to the front; he tried again and was successful when he travel to Maine and joined the 29th Volunteer Infantry, and attained the rank of sergeant by the close of the war; was wounded at the Battle of Cedar Creek; mustered out at Hilton Head SC April 17 1866
—fired into the barn that John Wilkes Booth was supposed to have been hiding
—manufacturer of mineral waters
—resident of Yonkers since 1879
predeceased by two children: Mary and Sarah
—survived by his wife Mrs. Sarah M. (nee Perkins) Cantwell (m. 1880), three sons: John A., Edward J., and Michael Cantwell; and two daughters: Misses Anna and Catherine D. Cantwell
~sources: Yonkers Herald; Monday, Jan 12 1914
—member of Kitching Post G.A.R.; he traveled to New York from Lawrence MA at age 17 when his parents prevented him from enlisting for the Civil War; he was assigned to Co. K of the 40th Rgmt of the New York Volunteers (aka the Mozarts); his parents intervened before transfer to the front; he tried again and was successful when he travel to Maine and joined the 29th Volunteer Infantry, and attained the rank of sergeant by the close of the war; was wounded at the Battle of Cedar Creek; mustered out at Hilton Head SC April 17 1866
—fired into the barn that John Wilkes Booth was supposed to have been hiding
—manufacturer of mineral waters
—resident of Yonkers since 1879
predeceased by two children: Mary and Sarah
—survived by his wife Mrs. Sarah M. (nee Perkins) Cantwell (m. 1880), three sons: John A., Edward J., and Michael Cantwell; and two daughters: Misses Anna and Catherine D. Cantwell
~sources: Yonkers Herald; Monday, Jan 12 1914
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