Joe: I looked at Webster Co KY marriage records and found one very promising one. Eldred T Pate md Elizabeth Bailey 19 Feb 1901, see Book 19-20, Page 315 Webster Co KY Found these notes; 19 Feb 1901 Eldred T. Pate, of Slaughtersville, age 23, 1st marriage, groom and his parents born in Kentucky to: Elizabeth Bailey, of Slaughtersville, age 24, 1st marriage, bride and her parents born in Kentucky. Married at Slaughtersville by Eldred E. Pate M.E.C.G. Witnesses: William Toombs and Walter M. Pate Date of Bond: 18 Feb 1901: surety: T.F. Reynolds 1900 Webster Co KY census Enum Dist 92, sheet 21, Slaughtersville, site 3984/396 ELDRED E PATE 59 W/M HEAD MD PREACHER KY/KY/KY OCT 1840 EMMER PATE 55 W/F WIFE MD 26y 4/4 KY/KY/KY MAY 1845 ELDRED T PATE 22 W/M SON SGL DRY GDS SLS KY/KY/KY MAR 1878 WALTER M 19 W/M SON SGL KY/KY/KY AUG 1880 MARVIN C PATE 18 W/M SON SGL KY/KY/KY NOV 1881 CARL S PATE 16 W/M SON SGL KY/KY/KY DEC 1883 1920 St Louis Co MO census Enum Dist 487, sheet 4b, St Louis IC, site 73/89 ELDRED PATE 44 W/M HEAD MD RR INSP KY/KY/KY 1876 ELIZABETH PATE 44 W/F WIFE MD KY/KY/KY 1876 JAMES PATE 17 W/F SON SGL KY/KY.KY 1903 MARY PATE 10 W/F DAU SGL KY/KY/KY 1910 KATHERINE PATE 6 W/F DAU SGL MO/KY/KY 1918 JAMES BUSBY 40 W/M BDR WD MO/MO/MO 1880 1930 St Louis Co MO census Enum Dist 96-39/23A, St Louis IC, site 87/240 James E Pate 26 W/M HEAD MD @25 SERV MGR KY/KY/KY 1904 Mae L Pate 22 W/F WIFE MD @21 BKKPR MO/MO/MO 1908 4232 Blaine Ave St Louis This couple had been married about 1 year He seems to have been a service manager for an electrical appliance co and she was a book keeper for a tobacco company. Across the street at 4231 Blaine Ave- Eldred T Pate Elizabeth Pate Mary Pate Katherine Pate The Social Security record for James E Pate shows a date of birth of 27 Jun 1902 not 1903 Mae Pate b 28 Apr 1907 d Jul 1984 Anne Arundel Co MD, SSN issued MO This, plus the excellent information Jinks posted, will give you a very good picture of you wife's family Joel ----- Original Message ----- From: <JoePaleo@aol.com> To: <PATE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 3:27 PM Subject: [PATE] JAMES ELDRED PATE > I am just starting to look at the Pate family. My wife's maiden name is > Marilyn Mae Pate (b. 2 Mar 1934). Her father was James Eldred Pate. He was born > June 1903 in Slaughters, Webster County, Kentucky. He died 5 Mar 1975 in St. > Louis, Missouri. > > Joseph E. (Joe) Hazel > >