Swabby John: Thanks for pointing out messages 1569 and 985 on the PATE venue at GenForum. I am convinced that George Newton Pate first married Eunice Willoughby about 1895 in Kansas and that they divorced prior to the 1900 census. What I'm looking for is the details of their marriage and divorce. George Newton Pate is no doubt the George M(N) Pate enumerated in the 1900 census of Geary Co KS ED 52/1b, Fort Riley, site 28/28. He is was a 28 year old bartender whose marital status was entered as MD but was overwritten as "S" or single. The same line showed that he had been married for a total of 5 years. This supports my hypothesis that he was married about 1895 and divorced prior to the 1900 census. There are also two, previously unstated questions, I have regarding Eunice Willoughby. First- Also in the 1900 census of KS, Leavenworth Co ED 83/17a, Delaware Twsp, site 324/314, Evergreen Place Hospital, there is a single 24 year old nurse/employee named Eunice Pate. Was this Eunice Willoughby? Second- In the 1880 census of KS. Riley Co, Grant Twsp, ED 262, sheet 15. site 144/147, line 11, there is a 5 year old Eunice Willoughby. Is this the Eunice Willoughby who married George Newton Pate ca 1895? There is no evidence that there were children born to this couple. George Newton Pate, as best can be determined, next married Elizabeth Elise Crabtree 16 Aug 1928 in Seward Co NE. He was ca age 56 at the time of this marriage and she was ca age 51. I doubt that there were children born to this couple. Joel