This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hicks/McSwain Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/1060.2 Message Board Post: James appears to be the son of Young E. Hicks and Margaret McSwain, born circa 1823 in Boone county, MO. James had a sister Susan and a brother Absolom. James married Elizabeth (?) and had Sarah , Dosia, Edward A. and Margaret, all born from about 1838 to 1857. I have the ancestors of both Young E Hicks and Margaret McSwain should you be interested. It is intersting that the Hicks and the relatives of Margaret McSwain all wound up in Merced County, the McSwains from Audrain County, MO.