I've stared at this until I've driven myself into a depression. So then I dragged some good friends into it, and they've gone cross-eyed. Now I'm inviting comments from the world-at-large. (g) What are the odds of a man b 1833 who, except for his CW service, NEVER lived more than 27 miles from his birthplace in VA, having married 3 separate women with the same given names, only the middle of whom left a death record, and only the first and 2nd left a marriage record? There are numerous other details, but that's the broad picture, and what I'm after here is -- is this a common-as-dirt scenario, or it is a one-of-a-kind, or is it neither rare nor frequent? Thanks. Cheryl