This story is the result of several years of research, and it's not over by far. I'll continue to search for more sources and proofs, but I'm fairly cautious, not making assumptions readily without some documentation to back it up.

With that in mind, I have to say that I find the following story convincing. Keeping an open mind to all possibilities, I have looked for alternatives at each junction along the way, and followed those, only to prove them incorrect and find myself pointed back to what I now believe to be true. The end of this story arrives at the life of our grandmother, Cornelia LaBelle Patton McFarren.