Your best bet would be to locate Joseph Rutherford Paxton's family in the census records and see if they had a son named Richard or "Dick". Of course this would not be PROOF that this Richard was the actor, but it would be one way to prove if Joseph had a son named Richard. What state were these Paxtons from? Do you have any dates for Joseph Rutherford Paxton? --- Tina Paxton <Frecs@atmc.net> wrote: > Hello, > > I hope someone can help me with a possible family > connection. My > grandfather, Frank Edward Paxton, had a brother, > Joseph Rutherford Paxton. > According to my great-aunt Thelma, Joseph had a son > named Dick who > 'was in the movies'. Well, I do find a Dick Paxton > who started in movies > and in episdoes of Gunsmoke. The question is, is > this Dick Paxton really > the son of Joseph Rutherford Paxton? > > I've tried finding a bio on him on the web but no > luck. Any ideas? > > Thanks for your help, > > Tina > > > ==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== > You may search the PAXTON-L archives on the Rootsweb > web site at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > In the surname field, type in PAXTON > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail