Hi Boyd, I'll keep my eyes open for your John Paxton while looking for mine if you'll do the same for me. My John Paxton, like I said, was born in 1825 West Virginia/ Virginia?, married Isabella Falls in Greene County, TN. They moved on to Dade County, Georgia, then to DeKalb County, AL, up to Champaign Cty, Illinois and ultimately lived out the remainder of their lives in Pawnee Cty, Kansas. They had 6 sons, 4 who grew into manhood, Albert, James, William, and Jesse. A "Robert" died in his youth and another son died in infancy. When Isabella died in 1976 John remarried 3 more times in a very short period of time after Isabella's death but remained in Kansas. Good luck to you in your search. I'm beginning to think the name John Paxton was almost as common back then as John Smith or John Doe today. Jan BPAXTON001@aol.com wrote: Jan, I am also looking for a John Paxton, born 1814 in PA. He married a Nancy Shoemaker born 1817 in PA . They lived in Ohio from 1840-47. Iowa from 1847 to 1864. I have found there are alot of John Paxton's, I like you have decided to look at every possibility. Boyd Boyd Paxton bpaxton001@aol.com ==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== Submit queries, wills, obits, deeds, etc. at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wanda/paxtonmain.html