John Pate, b. c 1816 md Mary Isbell-Sloan, b, c 1818 TN Children: Minerva "Nerve" Pate b. c 1847 md Unknown Rebecca Ann Pate, b. 1857, d. 1899 md H J Ryan William Marcus "Billy" Pate, b. Sep 1858 AL md Susan Alice Bynum This is a strange family - The widow? is in 1860 1870 Marshall Co, AL, and some of the children are in 1880 Marshall Co, AL; John is said to have run off with one of his step-daus, a daughter of his wife Mary Isbell-Sloan and never heard from again. Minerva never married, but had several children who always went by the name Pate. I'd love to find descendants of this family to see what happened to John. Jinks