Does anybody know of the relation, if any, between Andrew MCCOOL and Elias MCCOOL? Andrew MCCOOL, my ancestor, appears on the 1860 census as a 55 year old. It is believed that his family moved from Fayette County, AL>AR around 1858. Elias MCCOOL appears on the 1850 census as a 31 year old, married in 1847 to Rhoda in TN. From the children's ages, it appears that they moved from TN>AR around 1841. It lists Elias as being born in IL. So, are these MCCOOLs related? Who is their common ancester? How, when, and why did Elias move from IL>TN? How did his family get to IL? Thanks, Charles McCool