Hi Joseph - your James Eldred Pate is the sone of Eldred T Pate b. Mar 1878 and ElizabethBailey. This family was in 1910 Shannon Co, MO - Md 9 yrs, had 2 children and 2 living and 1920 St Louis Co, MO. Eldred T Pate & Elizabeth Bailey md 19 Feb 1901 in Webster Co, KY. Rev Eldred T Pate b. 21 Oct 1841 Hancock Co, KY d. 12 May 1917, md (1) Sallie B Morton and (2) Emma T Thomas 19 Feb 1877. Eldred T Pate and family were in 1870 Hancock Co, KY; 1880 Livingston Co, KY; 1900 Webster Co, KY and 1910 Daviess Co, KY - he a widower. Eldred & Emma had 4 known children - Eldred T Pate b. Mar 1878, Walter M Pate, b. Aug 1880, Marvin Erles Pate b. 20 Nov 1881 and Carl S Pate, b. 12 Dec 1883. I have found no children from the first marriage. Hope this is of help. Jinks Pate Lee