Lou -- You don't mention which area of the country your ELAMs are from -- mine are from KY, TN, VA or WV. I don't have much info on mine, so it usually helps to narrow the search to one area at first. Thanks. Roberta in AL Lou Walker wrote: > > Hi cousins! I can't begin to tell you how excited I am to find all of you! > > As a child, I was always told by the elderly relatives that I inherited > "that Elam pride" -- I had no idea what that meant, but they always said it > as if it were a good thing! > > Before I found this website my Elam history only went back as far as > Benjamin Elam & Emily Jane Holbrook (plus in 1983 I found an 1860 census > record showing an elderly Gilbert living with Benjamin & Emily, so I deduced > this was his father). I have a great deal of information on the descendants > of Benjamin & Emily, including children, spouses, births, deaths, stories, > etc., which I'll share in a future message. > > Adding your research to mine, here's my line, starting with me: > 1. Louanna Taulbee Walker > 2. Ella Jane Morris & Johnie Milton Taulbee) > 3. Julian Preston Morris & Addie Elam > 4. Benjamin Elam & Emily Jane Holbrook > 5. Gilbert Elam & Catherine Cooley > 6. William "Billie" Cannon Elam & Susannah Rugins > 7. Gilbert Elam & Susanna Cannon > 8. Robert Elam & Elizabeth Boling > 9. Gilbert Elam & Mary Hatcher > 10. Gilbert Elam & Ann Elam > 11. Thomas Elam & Mary Shirecliffe > 11. Robert Elam (through Ann) > > CORRECTION: on Cassie's "James Elam Descendants", there's a 2nd marriage > listed for Benjamin Elam (to Rebecca Burton). This must be someone else's > Benjamin (there's an LDS report showing a Benjamin C. Elam b. 1850 m. > Rebecca Burton in 1871). MY Benjamin was born in 1842 -- I don't have an > exact date of death. The story handed down is that Ben was still fairly > young when died -- he fell to his death when he climbed to the top of a > watermill to fix a frozen waterwheel. Ben & Emily's youngest son Grant was > born in 1892, so the earliest Ben could have died was after Emily became > pregnant with Grant in 1891-1892, which would make Ben 50. > > Does anyone have any information on the ancestors of Emily Jane Holbrook > Elam --I've reached a brick wall. There's a small penciled note in the > Family Bible close to her name that (I think) reads: "mar'd Murphy". > Perhaps a 2nd marriage after Ben's death? Also, "Wheelrim" is written after > her maiden name -- maybe this is where the Holbrooks lived. > > Can't wait to hear from all of you. I'll organize my notes & files & send > you the rest of what I have. > > Lou Walker