Tina, I think your aunt may have gotten confused as to which of Frank's brothers had the son named Richard. I found John D. Paxton listed in 1930 as follows: Kern County, CA Bakersfield #922 John D. head age 40 married at age 23 b. SD (father b. Canada - English mother b. U.S. Estelle M. wife 38 married at age 22 b. MO IL IL Richard A. son 11 b. CO SD MO This would seem to fit the actor Dick Paxton's estimated age (according to the years his films were made). Wanda --- Tina Paxton <Frecs@atmc.net> wrote: > on 6/23/04 4:27 PM, Wanda Rabb at wcr1951@yahoo.com > wrote: > > > 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? > > Livius C. Paxton and Ruby L. Herman were the parents > of five children: > > Elsie Rebecca > John Dryden > George Livius > Joseph Rutherford > Frank Edward (my grandfather) > > What I know about Joseph Rutherford: b. 7 Apr 1895 > Gettysburg, Potter > County, South Dakota; 1901 moved with family to > Aspen, Pitkin County, > Colorado; 2 Dec 1936 he applied for a Social > Security number in Forbestown, > California (application indicates he was working for > Idaho Maryland Mines > Corp., Russ Bldg., San Francisco, California); he > died in 1980 in Hurricane, > Utah. > > What I don't know is spouse's name or children. Oh, > I was just reviewing my > notes while compiling this and realized that my aunt > contradicted herself. > On the one hand she tells the story of Joe's son, > Dick, who became an actor. > In another place, she says Joe was married twice > (once in CA; second in UT) > but had no children of his own (second wife had 6 > children). It does seem > she is talking about the same man. Well, she's left > me with a mystery to > solve, God rest her soul. > > Thanks for any/all input, > > Tina > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail