.Check out this page for former Nebraska senator (John) James Exon http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/exon-ezequ.html and follow the link to his congressional biography at.... http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000284 This site indicates he was born in Geddes, Charles Mix County, South Dakota. journlst@radiks.net Maggie Exon wrote: > I am looking for information on the origins of recently retired > Senator J James Exon of Nebraska. I am particularly interested to > discover if he has any connection with the following family. > > Henry and Sarah Exon, emigrated to Gage County Nebraska, ca 1882 with > children Ernest and Arthur and two other children, names unknown. > Their eldest? son James Henry b. 1858, > emigrated to Charles Dix County, South Dakota, via Canada, 1881. > James was later a lawyer, newspaper owner, banker and judge in > Wheeler, the capital of Charles Dix County.. > > Exon is a very unusual name and a connection is likely. I am > registered as the historian of the Exon name with the Guild of > one-name studies in Britain and would welcome any mentions at all of > the name. > > Best wishes from Perth, Western Australia > Maggie Exon