This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABC.2ACE/230.1736.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi George, Thank You for the information. No doubt this Ellis is related, possibly Grandfather to my Ellis Dean. I have a picture of the Ellis Dean I speak of . My G-Grandmother was born in 1869 in Russell County the daughter of Archer L. Meade and Mary Baker meade. She married Ellison (Ellis) Dean in Wise County and had three sons..Harry, Charlie, and Everett. Thank You for your input... Nancy