Well, well. We have conflicting information. Two Williams and two divorces. An official marriage record in Illinois naming parents of William and some census records with another William in Missouri close to the same birth year who is divorced and then remarried. So if the William in Mercer county Missouri with first wife Alice is not the same William that married Ida Rambo then where is THIS couple in the 1900 census? --------------- 1910 Federal Census: Missouri Madison Township, Mercer County William M. Bushong Head/Male/White/Divorced/KS/OH/OH -------------- 1920 Federal Census: Missouri Madison Township, Mercer County Benjamin F. Bushong Head/Male/White/73/Widowed/Farmer/OH/OH/OH William N. Bushong Son/Male/White/48/Married/KS/OH/OH Gene G. Bushong DauInLaw/Female/White/28/MO -------------------- State of Illinois Marriages Knox County Marriage Book G, Page 8License #10136 Married: 27 August 1892 GROOM: William E. Bushong Age 21 Father: James Bushong Mother: Nancy Collins (Collings) BRIDE: Ida Rambo Age 20 Father: John D. Rambo Mother: Anna Nelson -------------------- 1900 Federal Census: Missouri Madison Township, ED 115, Mercer County Enumerated 26 June 1900 Page 149B, Sheet 13 Lines 56-58, HH 258/264 William Bushong Head/M/W/Aug1871/28/Md8yrs/Farmer/RentsFarm/Nebraska/OH/OH Alice Bushong Wife/F/W/Sept1871/28/1child1living/MO/IN/IN Wilma Bushong Dau/Female/White/Dec1892/7/MO/Nebraska/MO ----------------------- Wilma did not die. She married John W. Roberts. ---------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong