In the 1880 census of Pottawatomie Co KS there seems to four Pate children who were orphaned and assigned to three different families in the Wamego and Blue Townships- With a Ponders family- [recorded 12 Jun 1880] Rusha Pate 3 W/F "taken into family" KS/TN/TN 1877 With a Murphy family- [recorded 14 Jun 1880] Ellen Pate 6 W/F Boarder TN/TN/TN 1874 James Pate 4 W/M Boarder KS/TN/TN 1876 With a Lyman family-[recorded 14 Jun 1880] Louie Pate 1 W/F Boarder KS/TN/TN 1879 The parents were apparently from TN and relocated from TN to KS about 1875 Donna Allen located a grave in Pottawatomie Co, St George Cemetery, for Elizabeth Pate 11 May 1850-11 Apr 1880, that MAY fit into this puzzle. She died about 2 months prior to the census enumeration of these children. She was about age 29y 11m and easily with the age range to be the mother of these four children. Questions: Who were the parents of these children? What became of these children? Is Louie Pate also the L J Pate or Lula Pate who married, ca 1894, Harrison J Atchley, son of John P and Nancy Atchley of Sevier Co TN? Are the marriage records for Sevier Co TN 1890 - 1900 available?