1. Merit H. Cave m Catherine Rush 21 Jun 1835, Monroe, MO Merrit H. Cave m Mary Ann Earles 14 May 1861, St. Clair, MO Merrott Cave m Fannie Geary 23 Jun 1872, Pettis, MO Merit Cave m Mary M. Duncan 18 Mar 1874, Hickory, MO 2. Merritt Henry Cave m Jennie Swisher October 16, 1877 Brown Co Illinois Ok, I'd like to take some time to seriously research Mary Ann Earles, Fannie Geary and Mary M. Duncan. I know that a child of Mary Ann Earles also married in Brown County Illinois. So exactly how are all these marriages above related? And more importantly, how exactly can we work our way thru them to know this? And one possibility arises.... are all these marriages actually the result of only two Merritt H. Cave's? But if so, where are all the descendants? In three years of research, and a great many phone calls, I have not found any outside of the descendants of Jennie Swisher that relate to the above other marriages. I am not familiar with the Geary and Earles lines at all. Thomas W. Rogers