In looking at the TX birht records, I find a Eugene Valentine Gates and Ydell Bennett married and having a son in 1940 in Angelina County, TX. Since my great grandfather had this name and I do not know who this person is, I would be interested if someone in Lufkin could look up the marriage in the index for the county. there is a great uncle on my family research listed as Valentine, who died young. I'm wondering if died young meant after he had sired a son or two. Eugene and Ydell would probably have been married in the post 1935 to 1940 era since the first child is 1940. Any help on this family would be most appreciated. Eugene and Ydell moved to Orange County and then Dallas county where other chldren were born later in the 1940's. Many thanks for any help, Barbara in Baltimore