This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Dameron, Brantley, Boone Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VJIBAEB/3468.1 Message Board Post: I'm not sure if there is any connection, but the dates are pretty close. I had a great Uncle Henry Smith, whose wife was named Bessie. They lived in Breckenridge, Texas in the 1940- 1950's. I have tried to trace the smith side of my family, but I have very little to go on. OH! by the way I was named after this great Uncle, Henry.