Kevin thanks for the lookup. We did get some records from the National Archives. They were actually a gold mine for us in information. We did not get parents names etc. We had checked military records on the form. The information we received shocked most family members. We received verbatim court records where the third wife was trying to get his divorce from her set aside and her share of his pension. His first two wives had died and the family thought his fourth wife who outlived him was his third. Her pops up this lady in the middle of his military records. We lived close to where the district court was where the court action took place so we went there to look up their records, as the records just kind of stopped in mid stream. There were pages of testimony and months of records from the prosecution. But none from the defense. No one in the court offices could find any other records. It did appear that the case kept being continued from one term of the court to the next. So, everyone assumes the case was just eventually dropped, and no note of that action was placed in the records. We think we now know why his daughter burned lots of family pictures and records. Other family records were lost in a flood in the early 1900s. Our jaws sure did drop open, when we saw all the court testimony. It did make for fascinating reading. Kevin, again, thanks so much for doing a lookup. This man continues to be our brick wall. But, now and then pieces crumble. When we started this about all we knew was his name. We now have the fascinating military records and through census information and finding some letters, know his mothers first name, and some of the names of his step-siblings. Nadine