This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Horn, Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BOY.2ACIB/1391 Message Board Post: Trying to find Curtis Wain Gates, also known as Ken Curtis, who played Festus Haggen on Gunsmoke. He was born July 2, 1916 in Lamar, CO and died Apr. 29, 1991 in Fresno, CA. Father: Dan Gates. Mother: Millie Sneed. I would like more information on his family tree and see if there is a connection to the Horn family of TN, AR, OK. He talked and looked so much like my father-in-law, I think there must be a connection.