In a message dated 8/27/00 5:04:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bcandetmeyer@mindspring.com writes: << Also there was a David W. Bell b.1830/1860 m. Mary Sophronia Clayton b. 1840/1860. >> Do you have other information regarding the CLAYTON surname ? I have came across the Clayton surname both in my AXSON and RHODES and BEARD families , but so far have not been able to link them together . Thank you , for your time and for any information you might have . Thanks, CJK