John,
Elijah and Margaret Ann Cantrell are my great-grandparents. Monroe (my
grandfather) and John Wallace are sons of Elijah and Margaret Cantrell.
Elijah was a son of John Keeton Cantrell. John Wallace (whom you mention in
your email) is probably the only living link to John Keeton, as they all knew
him from their youth. John Keeton's father was John Cantrell. John was a
son of Elijah Cantrell.
To make some sense of this jumble, my Cantrell lineage goes like this:
Me
Donald (my father)
Monroe (my grandfather, died in 1963 in West Virginia)
Elijah (have photograph...someplace)
John Keeton (have marriage certificate, Johnson County, KY)
John (have marriage certificate, Floyd County, KY)
Elijah
Recently found some information in the LDS database about Elijah Cantrell and
Peggy Conley. Not very useful. Only list's Elijah's birth year, and also
shows Henry and Elijah Cantrell as Peggy Conley's husbands.
Great story! Great find.
Greg Cantrell