Byrd Pate b AL Aug 1859 appears as the head of household in the 1900 census of Cape Girardeau Co, MO. Per the census, his parents were also born in AL. He married ca 1877 to a Mary ___?____. They had 8 children by 1900, 6 of them were alive at census time. Five were living with them. Also living with them were two nephews, both surnamed Atchley. His widow appears in the 1910 and 1920 censuses of Scott Co MO. Any one have a clue on him, his origin and perhaps an alternate name? Was he perhaps out of Coosa County AL? Was Mary born an Atchley? Joel