Hi, I trace my Cable roots back to 1821 in New York probably Attica. My gg grandfather was James Franklin Cable born 29 May 1821. As a young man actually a teenager he came to Michigan with his uncle Alva and they were the first white men on Beaver Island which is located in Lake Michigan. They were fishermen and traders. James came back to the island and settled and his eldest son Claude Cable was born there in or around 1849. They were driven from the island sometime before 1853 by the Mormon sect founded on the island by James Strang. James' second child, a daughter was born in St. Charles Illinois. Her name was Maude and she was my great grandmother. If anyone on the list has any information about this Cable family I would love to see it. Thanks, Mary