Hello Mary Ann, John T. Neely 1st married Margaret J. Pritchett 27 April 1873 in Williamson County., he then married Sarah (Seller) Bradley (Sarah was first married to William C. Bradley 17 April 1870), 28 Feb 1884, this Sarah was 27 yrs of age in 1884, which would make her birth year at abt 1857, and the Sarah Smith married to Rufus Smith was born abt 1854. I am thinking that this is most likely two separate Sarah's. But who knows? I have surmised all of this from records that I obtained in Williamson County a few years ago. The nephew Ernest Neely living in the home of Rufus and Sarah Smith is a nephew to John T. Neely. I do not know when John T. Neely died, however this Sarah Smith would not be a blood relative to Ernest, only through marriage. According to the census record that I have for 1910, Rufus and Sarah Smith had been married for 15 years, which was only one year after the marriage of John T. Neely and Sarah Bradley. Have I lost you yet? (grin) I sure am reading and rereading to try to keep this all straight. I do agree with you that it was very easy for the people to leave their county and go across the state line to be married. I have some ancestors from Rockwood, Randolph Co., IL, and they sometimes went to Perry Co., Mo. to get married. Debbie On Wed, 1 Feb 2006 20:53:49 EST Cematapey@aol.com writes: > Debbie - > > I know some of my Saline Co. relatives married in MO. and it would > be > conceivable that they go over to KY. or Indiana because all are so > close. > > I looked in the Marriage records and I found a Sarah Bradley md. a > John T. > Neely on Feb. 28, 1884 in Williamson Co. Could that be Sarah > Smith's first > marriage???? > > Mary Ann > <cematapey@aol.com> > >