This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Purdy, Eggleston Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ikB.2ACE/202 Message Board Post: I have an ancestor, Ransom S. Purdy who married Idella V. Eggleston in 1876 probably in Seiver Co, Arkansas. I have located them on the 1880 Census in Lampasas County with a 2 year old daughter Jennie Maude Purdy. "Maude" married a Tom Smith probably around 1893 to 1896. I'm try to find out where and when that marriage occurred. I have found the Purdy's & the Smith's both on the 1900 Census in Indian Territory, the Smith's with 3 children. It has been stated that Tom followed the Chilsom Trail as a cow hand and could have met up with Maude somewhere along the trial. Could someone please check to see if you find a marriage for Jennie Purdy to Tom Smith in the Montague County Marriage Records? -Eric Smith Hurst, TX