This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SMB.2ACI/1321.1 Message Board Post: Date of this marriage is recorded as March 16, 1873 in records of Holy Cross Lutheran northeast of Cole Camp, and also in Benton County Court records. While coincidence is possible, I find no later records for them in Benton County, so this may have been your ancestor, as there were many connections between the Cole Camp and Concordia/Emma German communities. Perhaps Sophia died in Saline or Lafayette County soon after their marriage.