This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mathenia,smith keeran,fountian Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EMB.2ACE/723.1 Message Board Post: hello William, My name is Linda Crosby. I believe Jesse Dean Mathenia was my dad. Do you know if your grandfather James B. Mathenia is the same as James Robert Burton Mathenia. On the Mathenia line i'm working on there were james robert burton Mathenia he had a son Jess Marion Mathenia and he had a son named Jesse Dean mathenia. I think we are related. hope to hear from you Linda Crosby