It is alleged that Benjamin Franklin Peck married, second, Prunia C. Story: ³Benjamin Franklin married Sarah Louisa Jones, Purnia C. Story [no], and Jane Martin Arant.² ³Peck-Manley,² ³History of Marshall County, Kentucky² (1984), pp. 331-332. However, the published marriage records refer to this marriage as taking place on 26 Jan 1908 between Ben F. Peck, wid., 64 and Louisa C. Story, wid., 47. Her father is listed as ____ Starks, and perhaps this is why she was thought to be PurniaC. Starks Story,who married Frank Story and had at least seven children by him. In 1910, Benjamin Franklin Peck is listed as a wid., 71, and with him are his son Daniel and Daniel's wife and three children. In 1910, Purnia (shown as Purnia) C. Story is listed as a wid., 58, and is with three of her sons. That her maiden name was presumably Starks I know only from "Pernie Starks Story." "Story -Culp," "History of Marshall County, Kentucky" (1984), pp. 382-383. The fact that by 1910 she had not taken the name of Peck and both she and Benjamin Franklin Peck were living separately as widows, and the ages and names of the Purnia C. and Louisa C. suggest that they were not the same person. If the ages cited are correct (and of course that may not be the case), Purnia C. Starks Story was born ca. 1852 Louisa C. Starks Story was born ca. 1861 There are several possibilities: 1. Purnia and Louisa are different persons. 2. The assumption that Purnia was a Starks may have been based on the abelief that they were the same person. 3. Benjamin may have married Louisa in 1908 and she died by the 1910 census. 4. The marriage to Purnia may not have been finalized or they may have divorced. Whatever the case may be, I would sure love to sort this mystery out there are any Starks researches out there that know the answer. I am also interested in learning who the parents may have been for one or both. Sorry this was so difficult to explain. How I encountered t his problem is even longer and more complex story about Storys, some of whom are related to me :+) Cheers, John W. Grubbs Austin, Texas