1.  Mollie Cantrell (1875-1929) was born in Leicester, NC.  On December 24, 1893, she married Thomas Lafayette "Fate" Snelson (1872-1943).  Fate was a Brevard policeman and former member of the Board of Aldermen, he too was born in Leicester.  Mollie and Thomas both died in Brevard and are buried at Oak Grove Cemetery.
2.  Lula Daisy Cantrell married James William Hayes (1868-1940) on March 9, 1894.
3.  John O. Cantrell (1880-1958) married Cecilie "Celia" Louise Snelson (1882-1971).  The couple is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Brevard.
4.  Grace Cantrell (1882-1937) married Elliott Monroe Redden, a native of Henderson County and the son of M.C. Redden.  Elliott, a truck farmer, was born in 1871 and fell dead while cutting wood near his home on Hebron Street in Hendersonville on January 9, 1936.  The couple is buried at Mud Creek Baptist Cemetery.
5.  Carrie Belle Cantrell (1882-1951) was born and raised in Transylvania County. On August 12, 1906, she married Harvey Garfield Rogers in Henderson County.  Harvey a railroad worker, was born February 22, 1880 and died April 17, 1959.  The couple is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Brevard.
6.  Millie Cantrell married Radford Nickolson.
7.  Allie Cantrell (1892-1951) married Herschel L. Wilson (1893-1933) on May 19, 1917.  The couple is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Brevard.
8.  Claude C. Cantrell (1891-1956) was born at Brevard and died in Asheville. On April 3, 1913, in Brevard, he married Annie Garren (1892-1957), the daughter of Charles Garren.  The couple is buried at Lewis Memorial Park, Beaverdam Rd., Asheville.

1.  Robert Henry Henderson married Lillie Elvira Hampton (1874-1951) on April 16, 1902.
2.  Jennie Alto Henderson (1881-1958) married Junius E. Jones (1879-1948). Jennie is buried at Calvary Cemetery, Fletcher; Junius is buried at Bethesda, Haw Creek, Asheville....
3.  George Edward Henderson married Helen A. Burke.
4.  Mary Catherine Henderson (1891-1981) married Robert Graham Monteath (1886-1962) on December 23, 1908, in Asheville.  Mary is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Asheville; and Robert is buried at Riverside Cemetery, Asheville.      Mary and Robert were the parents of Barbara Jean (Monteath) Buchanan, former Corresponding Secretary of the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society.

     James and Julia, who lived near Buena Vista and who are buried at New Salem Cemetery, Skyland, had at least three children:

1.  George Burton Brown (1877-1958) married Talullah "Lula" Spain (1891-1976) on November 3, 1909.  George was a Mills River resident and farmer for 32 years.
2.  Mary Ethel (or Ethel Louise) Brown was born May 8, 1890 and married Robert Elmer Frady; they made their home on Hendersonville Road....
3.  J. Ed Brown married Julia West.

1.  Austin Burton Brown Smith (1886-1905).
2.  Mary Louise Dora Smith (1888-1973) married John Henry "Doc" Stepp (1868-1929) on November 6, 1911.  Mary Louise was a native of Swannanoa and retired from Beacon Manufacturing Company.  She was a member of Swannanoa United Methodist Church.  The couple is buried at Piney Grove Cemetery, Swannanoa.
3.  Aris Luther Alexander Smith (1891-1961) married Clara McDaniel in 1936.
4.  Julia Emma Jane Smith (1893-1972) married James Lemuel Wilson (1896-1953) on November 7, 1915.
5.  Bessie Eva Bell Smith (1896-1979) married Meck Hampton Wilson (1892-1973) on March 11, 1914.  Bessie is buried at Piney Grove Cemetery, Swannanoa.
6.  Daisy Clementine Smith (1899-1980) married Wendell Lafayette Patton (1893-1953) on June 4, 1924.
7.  Helen Louise Smith married Arthur Ray Cannon on May 21, 1933.

     About 1910 Cane purchased acreage in Oteen where he farmed and operated a small general store.  At the corner of his property (now U.S. 70 and Riceville Road) was a real good spring, known as Maple Spring.  Many Asheville-bound wagon freighters stopped at this spring overnight with their loads of produce. He sold this property (the present site of Oteen Veteran's Administration Hospital) to the government in 1918.  He moved back to Asheville (Biltmore Avenue) where he operated a livery stable and wood yard.  He and his brother, Aris, would meet the trains in Biltmore and offer their livery services. About 1924, Cane purchased a farm across the highway from the V.A. Hospital. There he built a two-story, 7 bedroom, 2-bath house - very modern for its time.  He farmed and raised hogs there until his death in 1943.  This property is now the site of the Oteen Methodist Church.
     Cane's and Lou's chidren were:

1.  Bessie Ella Brown (1889-1980)
2.  a son who died at birth (1891)
3.  Charlie Burton Brown (1892-1956) who married Nettie Laura Hollar
4.  Elsie May Brown (1893-1984) who married Cipriano Nilo Ruiz
5.  Annie Logan Brown (1898-1983) who married Richard Valentine Nicely
6.  Robert Steele Brown (1905-1979) who married Eva Demaris Padgett.

     For many years Aris worked at Biltmore House as a laborer in the greenhouse, the yards around the mansion, and the dairy (milking cows) - all for $1.00 a day.  As part of his duties, every morning and evening he carried milk to the Biltmore House kitchen.  The morning after his first child was born, he mentioned to the cook that he had a "new" baby girl (Edith Weldon). When he returned that evening, the cook gave him an envelope addressed to "Baby Brown" - in it was a gold dollar.  Aris and Rena had five other children:  Frank Webster; Floyd Burton; twins, Paul and Pauline; and Fletcher Morris. 

     On October 6, 1904, Aris purchased from Mr. and Mrs. W. Reiley (Susan) Earwood a run-down farm in Buena Vista and 30 acres of land.  With his wife Aris brought new life into the old buildings and farm land.  Aris tried several crops on his newly purchased property including wheat and tobacco - however, corn and potatoes proved to be his best crops.  Aris had the first wheat binder in this part of the country.  The family was pretty self- sufficient - what with their vegetable garden, fruit trees, a cow, chickens, and a hog or two.  Canning, smoking and salting were typical ways of preserving their food for post-season use.  (During World War I salt was very scarce.  Rena often told of scraping salt from the smoke-house walls for use in the house.)  To supplement the staples.  Aris helped grade roads in Biltmore Forest using a team of horses and a drag pan.

     On April 24, 1925, after the family was firmly established, a barn caught fire destroying everything in it - two mules, two horses (Dock & Dan), a young cow and some setting hens.  Also destroyed was a beautiful two-seated carriage that Aris used for earning extra money by meeting the train at the Biltmore Depot and carrying folks to the Vanderbilt Mansion.

     During his life-time, Aris bought many parcels of land.  Oral family history says that at one time you could start walking early in the morning and by sundown you would not have reached the end of his land.      Like so many people, Aris "lost" his hard-earned savings when the banks failed during the 1930's Great Depression.  After that, he wouldn't use a Bank, but preferred to create his own repositories.

     Aris, a small, balding man with blue-grey eyes neither "dipper," smoked, chewed nor uttered a curse word in his entire life.  Aris was a founder of the Buena Vista Baptist Church and at the time of his death was its oldest member. That church contains a window as his memorial.  He was a good provider for his family.  Often this meant plowing even when his rupture was bothering him. He'd just pause momentarily, fall to his knees, clutch his abdomen, rest a while, and then struggle to his feet and continue plowing.  He also loved his animals - especially two mules called Haley and Beck.

     Rena, who grew up in the Gashes Creek area of Asheville, often recounted the tale of being chased up a tree by a wild pig.  She was a tall, handsome woman with beautiful white, wavy hair and dark eyes.  Her grandson (Sanford Brown) will always remember her as she was in later years - rocking away in her chair with its cloth bag on the side filled with hard candy for the children, humming an old mountain tune.  He often wondered how she could be so content when she had been crippled with arthritis and confined to her chair for so many years.  Her worn Bible with its many marked passages is in the safe keeping of Edith (Brown) Cauble.

     Aris (1867-1951) and Rena (1871-1957) are buried at New Salem Cemetery, Skyland, NC.

1.  Mary Emma Frady (1890-1967) married Charles B. Freck (1889-1977) on November 13, 1909.  The couple is buried at New Salem Cemetery, Skyland.
2.  John Hall Frady (1893-1951) married Lena Burrel (1895-1973) on June 10, 1913.  The couple is buried at New Salem Cemetery, Skyland.
3.  Garrett Frady (1895/96-1970) married 1st Jenny Greene and then on June 16, 1917 he married Margaret Pate.
4.  Margaret A. Frady (1898-1978) married George W. Trotter (1896-1917) on July 20, 1917.  She later married Carr Bell (1890-1973).
5.  Hattie Frady (1901-1902).
6.  Katherine Virginia Frady (1903-1983) married Robert Edward Orr on August 30, 1924.  A native of Asheville, Katherine was Vice President of Ed Orr Motors for 50 years, a charter member of the Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, a member of the Chatmore Club and the County Club of Asheville.  She and her husband resided on Redwood Road.  She is buried at Lewis Memorial Park, Asheville.
7.  Dorothy Elizabeth Frady (1905-1974) married Jack Natter (1890-1973).
8.  Harry Frady (1909-1929).

     Lieutenant Rhodes joined the Fire Department on St. Patrick's Day, 1909. He had seen varied service and had gone through the change from the old horse drawn apparatus to modern motorized equipment.  He was a lover of horses, and once established a world's record with his famous team of grays.  He was a member of the Merrimon Avenue Department and had seen service under four chiefs.  At the time he became a member of the department there were only three other paid members.

     Lieutenant Rhodes, the oldest and most popular member of the local fire department in point of service, met his death when he stepped from a street car opposite the Noland-Brown funeral home on Biltmore Avenue and was struck by an automobile.  Lewis was born in Mills River and was a veteran of the Spanish-American War, having seen active duty in Cuba.
     Dora and Lewis Rhodes had five children:

1.  Lewis "Louie" Alexander Rhodes (1900-1964) married Tahlequah Souther on January 23, 1926.  Lewis was in the U.S. Army in World Wars I and II.
2.  Lloyd Burton Rhodes married Bessie Petty (or McGee) on August 31, 1929. Lloyd was retired from the Prudential Life Insurance Company of Jacksonville, Florida.
3.  Lila Rhodes married Lloyd McKay Dryman on March 27, 1932. 4.  Mary Aileen Rhodes married W. Claude Wallace on December 24, 1933. 5.  Ina Lee Rhodes (1911-1953) married Carol Preston "Pat" Murray (1908-1972) on June 13, 1931.  Pat, a house painter, was an extremely jolly person.  Ina had been active in the Grange at Skyland and in Parent-Teacher Association work.  The couple is buried at New Salem Cemetery, Skyland.