This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Paxton, Stambaugh, Spencer, Stroops Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YZ5.2ACIB/39.96 Message Board Post: Here I am after 4 & 1/2 years of searching for information on my great great grandfather Benjamin Henry Paxton born August 6, 1824 in England. He & his younger sister Martha somehow got to the United States sometime before 1848 as he & she were shown on the 1850 New York state census. Great great grandpa Benjamin married date unknown Mary Douglas born August 19, 1826 in Canada. Their first child William Henry Paxton was born July 14, 1848 in New York state. Their 5th child my great grandfather George Benjamin (Barney) Paxton was born October 17, 1856 in the vicinity of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York. He migrated west to Athol, Spink County, South Dakota. He stopped long enough in Illinois to take a bride, Jessie May Spencer who was from Shabbona, Illinois, they married in Waterman, DeKalb County, Illinois March 28, 1883. He may have lived in Illinois for a few years before going onto South Dakota or returned to Illinois to visit relatives that settled there. ! My grandfather George Henry Paxton born August 13, 1899 in Athol, Spink County, South Dakota was the youngest child of this union. He relocated to Illinois & married Mary Viola Stambaugh July 9, 1923 in Rushville, Illinois. I'm still searching, if anyone has any information concerning this particular Paxton family line please contact me. I am willing to share information. Thanks.