Cantelou Family

This collection consists of photocopies of pages from the Henry J. Lang family record, as well as copies of some family correspondence. The collection also contains photocopies of pages from two books. The first are from "A Register of the Officers and Students of the University of Alabama, 1831 – 1901” compiled by Thomas Waverly Palmer, showing that John Rainsford Cantelou enrolled at the University in 1862, but that he did not graduate. There is also a copy of the form John Rainsford Cantelou filled out with information for inclusion in the book. The other pages are from the “History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography” by Thomas McAdory Owen, showing the entries for Lamar Cantelou, son of Louis Crymes Cantelou and Mary E. (Rainsford) Cantelou, and for Louis Crymes Cantelou, son of Louis Cantelou, of Paris, France, and Alice (Crymes) Cantelou.

The collection contains a photocopied page showing various views of an unidentified house, presumably “Cantelou’s Hill” near Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama. There is also a photocopy of an article from the Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle (no date given) regarding local interest in the upcoming anniversary of George Washington’s birthday. It states that “According to family tradition, Washington courted Miss Alice Crymes … Her father refused his permission for their marriage, saying, “George Washington is nothing but a farmer and a fox hunter and he will never amount to anything.” Alice later married Louis Crymes Cantelou.