Person:Shadrack Canterbury (2)

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Shadrack E. Canterbury
b.1 Jun 1794 Tenn
d.27 May 1884 Bibb Co. Ala.
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  • F.  Zachariah Canterbury (add)
  • M.  Sarah Caswell (add)
m. 1792
  1. Shadrack E. Canterbury1794 - 1884
  2. Samuel Daniel Canterbury1800 - Aft 1850
  3. Rhoda Sarah Canterbury1804 -
  4. Frank Daniel Canterbury1806 - 1896
  5. William James Canterbury1808 - 1845
  6. Zachariah Caswell Canterbury1810 -
  7. Nicholas J. Canterbury1811 -
  8. John J. Canterbury1815 -
  9. Andrew Sylvester CanterburyAft 1815 - 1867
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Name Shadrack E. Canterbury
Gender Male
Birth? 1 Jun 1794 Tenn
Death? 27 May 1884 Bibb Co. Ala. 
Shadrack E. Canterbury, was born in Tennessee on June 1, 1796. He owned a farm on land south of present-day Lowerytown. Married twice, Shadrack fathered 10 children, all of whom were born in BibbCounty. One child, Jasper, either died in childbirth or at an early age. Shadrack died on May 28, 1883. His wife Sarah Elizabeth Canterbury died on February 4, 1889. He and his wife are buried in the Canterbury Family Cemetery next to the road leading to Jones Lake south of Lowerytown.

Four of Shadrack Canterbury's sons, Zachariah Clinton, James Monroe, Isaac Monroe and Samuel Jackson, moved to Tuscaloosa County in the late 1850s and started their own farms. The four youngest sons, Thomas E., Newton, Obadiah Polk and Lorenzo Dow, and daughter Sarah, remained with Shadrack and Sarah in Bibb County.

Written by Jack Moore

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