I am searching for "G. B. KEY" whom I believe is my great-grandfather's father. G. B. is known to have been in Chillicothe as an adult, as we have a portrait photograph from "Dunlap Studio" in Chillicothe, which is signed on the back "G.B. Key." He was born about 1830. We know my great-grandfather, WILLIAM "Bill" KEY, was born Feb 9, 1850, in Chillicothe. I can find no written record on G. B. KEY or of William's mother. William changed the spelling of KEY to KEE when he was a boy. He told the family that his teacher told him that KEY was a tool that opened a door and not a name - and that he should spell the name with a double e instead of a y. William carried on the family name as KEE. _____________________ I am also looking for my LAXTON family. My grandfather, CHARLES EDWARD LAXTON, said he was born in "Houston." He was born on February 27, 1873. Family members always thought it was Houston, TX state, but other family members said he was born in Missouri. Looking on a map, I found a Houston, MO, in none other than Texas County! I think this may be the answer to the dilemma. Family information says that Charles Edward Laxton's father had the same name. His mother was JENNIE HART LAXTON. Jennie and Charles Edward Laxton, Sr., had two other boys names Stewart/Stuart and James. I have no birth dates or places for Charles Edward, Sr., Jennie Hart, or their sons. _____________________ I will be very grateful for any help with these two families. Thank you, Dean Laxton. djlaxton@atnet.net