This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MESSER SIMPSON PAYNE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CBB.2ACE/5115.2.2.2.2.1.1.1.1.3 Message Board Post: Joyce, I'm not sure if I misspoke or if you misunderstood, Harlan's parents were William Simpson and Margaret Unknown as far as I have. Harlan is the one who married a Messer and he m. Sarah Messer d/o Allen Messer and Margaret Payne. Both Sarah and Harlan are buried in the Allen Messer cemetery which I have photographs of on Tombstone Central. Cassy.