"And in the 1900 census, his ex-wife Hannah said she was widowed.That would mean he died between 1893 and 1900" Maybe. If he was in jail, or the poorhouse, or wherever, and she either didn't expect him back or devoutly hoped he wouldn't be back, she might have lsited herself as a widow on the census. Widow seems to have been something of a flexible term for some people. Theresa