This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cei.2ACEB/4307.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi again, I don't think that he's my guy, based on what you've replied, unless there's a generation in between. I'm trying to track a Dewey Dewitt Hicks from Williamson / Union County IL. He was my mothers "real" father, and I do know that his dad was called "Lum", which was often a knickname for someone named Columbus , or any variation of that. Traditional migration patterns in southern IL usually come through the Carolinas, Tenn, Ky, and then IL, so I thought maybe... What I do know from SSDI, is that my grandfather (Dewey) is buried in Jefferson Barracks Military Cemetary in South County (St. Louis Mo) His date of birth was July 19, 1898 in Union county IL, and he died in 1970. in St Louis Mo. I thank you for your reply, and if you do know of any of my Hicks, I'd be more than grateful for a nudge in their direction. Thanks again. Chris