This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jMB.2ACE/799.2 Message Board Post: Sharon, have you had any more luck on your research? Are your Cantrells related to the ones in Texas County. There is a small community of Cantrells according to the Texas County Heritage book. Families are the descendants of Thomas B. Cantrell b: 1819 SC. He came to MO 1868 and resided at Ellis Prairie,MO for one year before moving to homestead on Big Piney River.