This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Adrian Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mJ.2ADEB/143.1 Message Board Post: The town of Adrian, Texas, was named after an early farmer, Adrian Cullen, according to the "Online Handbook of Texas." See: http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/AA/hla6.html Whether Mr. Cullen was a menber of the John David A. line remains to be researched. --Jack W. Adrian