This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Paxson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DaB.2ACE/286.341.346.351.836.880.2045.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: My greatgrandpa's name was Thomas Paxson. It could have been spelled with one of the other spellings, but I know for a fact that my grandfather, Thomas Paxson, Jr., spelled Paxson with the "xs." He was a politician here in Putnam County, Illinois and also ran a hotel, "The Paxson House." Greatgrandpa had ten children. I think what happened was that he was born in Loudoun Co. and then moved to Ohio when he was very young. He has been so hard to find that I am beginning to think he was a horsethief or something even worse. Thanks for the help. Mary Alice