CANTRALL.--The origin of the family in America was with Zebulon Cantrall, who came from Wales, and settled in Philadelphia, Penn., about the year 1700. There is a tradition in the family that be built the first brick house ever erected in that city. Zebulon Cantrall had a son, Joseph. He had a son, Joshua, who was born August 8, 1748, either in Pennsylvania or Virginia, most probably the latter. He was a soldier in the war for American Independence. This Joshua Cantrall married and had nine sons, but no daughter. Four of his sons died without families. Of the other five, Joshua, born in Virginia, raised a family, and died August 11, 1840, in DeWitt county, Ill. The other four, Zebulon G., William G., Levi and Wyatt, are the subjects of the following sketches.