My great great grandmother was Harriet Paxton who married Thomas S. Harper, MD. She was the daughter of Samuel Paxton and Rachel Whiteman who married in Rockbridge Co, VA, and moved to Israel Twp, Preble, OH. She was b. about 1816, and died about 1860, after the census was taken. She had 11 children, not all of whom made it to adulthood. After marriage, Thomas and Harriet lived mostly in Greensboro Twp, Henry, IN. One daughter, Talitha E. Harper, married Thomas M. McQuiston as his 3rd wife (of 4) in Preble Co. A son, George W. Harper, 1852-1880, is my great grandfather. He was born in IN and died in KS. Thomas S. Harper subsequently married "Mary C. Paxton," Aug. 6, 1861, and I am currently trying to find out what I can about her. I believe her to have been married to James Paxton, MD, who was also in Greensboro Twp, Henry, IN, at least in 1850. He died in Marion, Grant Co, IN May 1859 (?). The Paxtons and Harpers were neighbors. He was married prior to this to Mary "Polly" Paxton, his first cousin, I have been told. There is an Indiana marriage record of James Paxton to Mary Pickering, Dec. 11, 1846, and this Mary might be the "Mary C. Paxton" above. In 1860 there's a Mary Paxton at the home of John and Phebe Copeland. Is this the "C" in Mary C. Paxton? I dont know. Are Mary Pickering and Mary C. Paxton one and the same? I don't know. Thomas Harper and Mary were enumerated in 1870 and 1880 in Richland Twp, Miami Co., KS. I don't know when they died. They apparently had a son together, Charles S. Harper, 1863-1945. Connie