Jinks: Some things to consider when sorting out the marriages of Charles L Pate recorded in Dearborn Co IN. There MAY have been two men, one named Charles LYNCH Pate and one named Charles LEWIS Pate Some geographic items--Dearborn Co IN was contiguous Switzerland Co IN from 1814 to 1844. After 1844 the two counties, in the SE corner of the state were divided by Ohio Co. Vermilion Co IN is on the other side of the state on the Western border. In my unproven notes I have Charles Lynch Pate 2nd md Sarah A Stiers in Dearborn Co IN 11 Aug 1847. Sarah A Stiers, per Stiers researchers was b 13 Oct 1813 in Clermont Co OHIO. She SUPPOSEDLY is buried in the Pate Cemetery in Vermilion Co IN Charles Lynch Pate supposedly had a dau named Lucinda who was b ca 1839-1840 1850 census of Switzerland Co IN, page 346 (Mt) Pleasant Twsp, site 314/314 has Lynch Pate 29 b IN ca 1821 [could this be Charles Lynch Pate?] Sarah Pate 36 b OH ca 1814 [could this be Sarah A Stiers b Oct 1813 in OH?] Lucinda Pate 11 b IN ca 1839 [could this be dau of (Charles) Lynch Pate and 1st ux?] George Henry Pate 8 b IN ca 1842 [is this a son of (Charles) Lynch Pate & 1st ux?] Laney Pate f 5 b IN ca 1845 [could this be dau of (Charles) Lynch Pate and 1st ux?] Charles R Pate 1 b IN ca 1849 [perhaps a son of (Charles) Lynch and Sarah Stiers?] If Charles Lynch Pate was the father of a daughter, named Lucinda b ca 1839-1840 he would have married her mother before ca 1837. This proposition brings into play two possible marriages. 11 Apr 1837 Charles L Pate & Eliza Bradley 15 Jul 1838 Charles L Pate & Jane March Consider the 1860 census of Dearborn Co IN page 252, Caesar Creek Twsp, site 31/31 C L Pate 40 b IN ca 1820 [ is this the Lynch Pate in the 1850 census b IN ca 1821 Sarah Pate 48 b OH ca 1812 [is this Sarah Stiers b OH Oct 1813 also in the 1850 census with Lynch Pate?] George H Pate 18 b IN ca 1842 [is this the George Henry Pate b ca 1842 in the 1850 census with Lynch Pate?] Leanny Pate f 16 b IN ca 1844 [is this the Laney Pate b ca 1845 in the 1850 census with Lynch Pate?] Ronnel R Pate 10 b IN ca 1850 [is this the Charles R Pate b ca 1849 in the 1850 census with Lynch Pate?] It is my GUESS that Charles Lynch Pate 1st md Eliza Bradley 11 Apr 1837 in Dearborn Co IN and it my strong OPINION that Charles Lynch Pate 2nd md Sarah Stiers 11 Aug 1847. Joel