Marilyn: Welcome back. Some questions and tidbits. You said: In the 1910 Gibson Co., TN census, Vila May/Viola May/Veale May is living with her grandparents, Hiram & Frances Wilson who have been married for 3 years and is the 2nd marriage for both. Do you have a citation for this 1910 Gibson Co TN census record? John Balthrup Pate and Ruby Nell Killion appear in the 1920 and 1930 censuses of MO. In 1920 they were newly weds living with James Monroe Killion in Pemiscot Co MO ED 160, sheet 9, lines 73-74. In 1930 they were living in Le Sieur, New Madrid Co MO ED 15, sheet 4A. John 28 b TN Nellie 27 b MO Aletha 8 b MO Virginia 5 b MO Apparently they divorced soon after this enumeration. You said: My Mom-in-law thinks that his grandson may be the golder Jerry Pate, but I don't know if that is true or not. Jerry Pate, the PGA golfer, is Jerome Kendrick Pate, son of Patrick Jefferson Pate Jr and Joyce E Gallagher, g/s of Patrick Jefferson Pate Sr and Katherine Lola Freeman. This line descends from John W Pate, Patrick Jefferson Pate and James Kendrick Pate of Washington Co GA and is a collateral line to the Redding Pate family of Washington and Pulaski Co GA. These lines are VA>NC/GA>FL, and were not in TN and MO. Some possible leads- Take a look at the 1880 census of Smith Co TN, household of Lawson Pate ED 117 sheet 11 Searching 1930 census for w/f named Vela M b TN age 27 or 28 - found 1- Vela M Archer age 27 wife of Wilson B Archer Alcorn Co MS Joel