Drew Pate b. 1825 MS, d. 16 Sep 1851 md Elizabeth Jane Parker The widow Elizabeth Jane Parker Pate md (2) 28 Jun 1856 to Stephen Overstreet (3) 1 Apr 1860 to Samuel J Pricket Children of Drew & Elizabeth: William Robert Pate b. 12 Jul 1844 MS d. 13 May 1945 TX md Rachel Hicks John Lafayette Pate b. Aug 1849 MS d. 8 Jan 1929 md Mary A Harris-Colson Willis P Jefferson Pate b. 16 Sep 1851 MS d. 24 Feb 1935 TX md Westbrook Harris This is a very puzzling family - some of the information does not seem to fit; In the 1850 Wayne Co, MS census Drew and wife, Jane are listed, but no children - where were William & John Lafayette?? Willis is said to have been born on the day his father, Drew died. Descendants give his name as Willis JEFFERSON Pate, but all records I have found show him as Willis P Pate. In the 1860 Clark Co, MS census, the widow Elizabeth Jane Parker Pate, is md to S J Prickett, and the children are shown as Prickett's -- W R, age 9 (b. 1951); J L, age 7 (b. 1853) and Willis, age 5 (b. 1855). Elizabeth Jane & S J Pricket were in 1870 Jasper Co, MS and 1880 Nacogdoches Co, TX. Does anybody have answers to the puzzles?? Jinks