This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DEAN, MIXON, PAYNE, SWAIM Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IiB.2ACE/781 Message Board Post: I am researching the family of my maternal grandmother, Katie Vera (PAYNE) DEAN (1898-1972). Her PAYNE relatives lived in Gregg and Smith counties in East Texas, after her grandparents moved there from Tennessee sometime before 1855. Katie's parents and siblings are listed below: Frank S. PAYNE - b. 7 Jan 1855, d. 21 Dec 1918. Buried in the Mt. Sylvan Cemetery, Mt. Sylvan, Smith County, TX. Married to Alice M. SWAIM Jan 1876 in Gregg County, TX. Listed in the 1880 Census for Gregg County, TX, p. 442a. Alice M. SWAIM - b. 8 Oct 1861, d. 16 Jan 1925. Buried in the Mt. Sylvan Cemetery, Mt. Sylvan, Smith County, TX. Listed in the 1880 Census for Gregg County, TX, p. 442a. Children: Walter M. Payne - b. Dec 1876, d. died before 1960. Maud Payne - b. Sep 1878, d. before 1955. Claud A. Payne - b. 15 Sep 1880, d. 19 Jul 1945. Fannie J. Payne - b. Sep 1882, d. before 1972. Harry V. Payne - b. 1 Jul 1886, d. 15 Jul 1960. Floyd J. Payne - b. 5 Jun 1888, d. 25 Sep 1953. Roy A. Payne - b. Mar 1890, d. before 1972. Percy S. Payne - b. Mar 1892, d. before 1972. Sammie P. Payne - b. Apr 1894, d. before 1972. Bryan W. Payne - b. 25 Sep 1895, d. 19 Jan 1968. Katie Vera Payne - b. 11 Feb 1898, d. 30 Jun 1972. Robert B. Payne - b. 30 Apr 1900, d. 20 Feb 1952. Ruth Payne - b. 1902, d. before 1972. Frankie Payne - b. 1905, d. before 1972. Katie Vera PAYNE married Leslie McCall "Lump" DEAN (1888-1957) on 12 Aug 1917 in Smith County, TX. They had two children, Kingsley Payne "Buster" DEAN and Billie Ruth DEAN. If anyone has information to share about any members of this family, please let me know. I have some info about this PAYNE family and related families on my genealogy web site. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclejoe