This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Keller Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0VB.2ACI/2757.1.1 Message Board Post: I am a descendant of the son Abraham, one of the three brothers who went to Illinois. I believe he would have been my great-great grandfather. He settled in Southern Illinois, in Union County. I have been told that the three brother left Rowan N.C. with their destination being California. They made it to Southern Illinois and spent the winter here. Abraham decided to stay put and two other brothers headed West. Somewhere in Kansas, one of the brothers decided to turn back and ended up settling in St. Joseph, Missouri (I think) while the third brother proceeded to California. My father is John Paul Keller, his father is Donald Keller, but I don't recall Donald's father, who would have been Abraham's son. Have you traced the Keller lineage back any further then that referenced in your message?.