BONAPARTE LOWERY PATE Per Grave at Pisgah Cemetery, 22 Dec 1834-6 Sep 1906 Adjoining grave: Ella Pate 2 Mar 1857-6 Jul 1893 Per service record: 2nd Lt, Company K, 7th Texas Cavalry, Confederate Per 1900 census Eastland Co., TX BONAPART L PATE age 65 W/M HEAD MD FARMER TN/VA/VA DEC 1834 No wife Per 1880 census Hood Co., TX BONAPART PATE age 45 W/M HEAD MD RETIRED MERCHANT TN/VA/VA 1835 ELLA PATE 23 W/F WIFE MD AL/GA/AL 1857 Per 1870 Census Hood co., TX LOWERY PATE age 35 W/M FARMER TN 1835 Alone 3 Questions 1. Was Bonaparte Lowery Pate the B L Pate who md Eliza J Bimberry 11 Jul 1866 Grayson Co., TX (Ingmire) B L Pate who md Eliza J Bimberry 11 Jul 1866 Smith., Co TX (Ancestry.com)? 2. Did Bonaparte Lowery Pate marry Martha "Mattie" Francis Spain? Martha "Mattie" Francis Spain supposedly b 21 Dec 1855 Logan co KY died 3 Mar 1933 Eastland Co TX She supposedly 1st Married Samuel Barker - issue Maggie Barker 2nd Married Bonaparte Lowery Pate - issue Beulah Pate 3rd Married Pete Lear 1930 Census of Eastland Co TX Mattie Lear age 74 W/F Head widow b IL Maggie Shay age 49 W/F Dau widow b TX 1920 census of Eastland Co TX, household of William H Hall Mattie Mrs Lear age 64 W/F MinL b IL 1910 census of Eastland Co TX Mattie A Lear age 54 W/F Head widow b IL Mary A Lear age 19 W/F Dau sgl b TX Beulah Pate age 15 W/F Dau sgl b TX 1900 census of Eastland Co TX Site 118/118 MATTIE PATE 44 W/F HEAD WID 5/4 TX/KY/KY DEC 1855 MAGGIE PATE 21 W/F DAU SGL - TX/TX/TX JUN 1878 AGNES LEAR 13 W/F DAU SGL - TX/MS/TX SEP 1886 MARY LEAR 9 W/F DAU SGL - TX/MS/TX NOV 1890 BEULAH PATE 5 W/F DAU SGL - TX/MS/TX OCT 1894 JOHN COFFEY 23 W/M SERVANT SGL - TX/MS/TX SEP 1876 Site 119/119 BONAPART L PATE-65 W/M HEAD WID TN/VA/VA DEC 1834 OLIVIA PATE 22 W/F DAU SGL - TX/TN/AL JAN 1878 WILLIAM PATE 16 W/M SON SGL - TX/TN/AL AUG 1883 VIOLA PATE 11 W/F DAU SGL - TX/TN/AL DEC 1889 JOHN PATE 8 W/M SON SGL TX/TN/AL JUN 1892 3. Did Bonaparte Lowery Pate marry Ella Winfield Fonden 26 Feb 1874 Upshur Co TX? 1880 census of WOOD Co TX BONAPART PATE--45 W/M HEAD MD TN/VA/VA 1835 ELLA PATE------23 W/F WIFE MD AL/GA/AL 1857 OLIVIA PATE---- 2 W/F DAU SGL TX/TX/AL 28 Jan 1878 1870 census of Hood Co TX LOWERY PATE 35 W/M TN 1835 Alone Observations: Ella Winfield Fonden Pate died Jul 1893 Beulah Pate, the alleged dau of Bonaparte Lowery Pate, was b Oct 1894 Martha Francis "Mattie" -- the apparent mother of Beulah Pate was b Dec 1855 and would have been approximately age 39 in 1894. If Bonaparte Lowery Pate married Mattie Francis "Mattie" Mrs Lear, they most likely married no later than Jan-Feb 1894 For extra measure- was Bonaparte Lowery Pate related to Emerson Pate?