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I found this marriage record on the LDS "Pilot". I spent 2 hours hunting Thomas, but he eluded me. Can anyone find him on a census, death or other record? I have Margaret in 1880 and 1900. I can’t find her in 1910, 1920 or 1930. Corrections and additions to the record in [square brackets]

Groom’s Name: Thos. Ledbetter
Groom’s Birth Date: 1881, Illinois
Bride’s Name: Maggie [Margaret Rachel] Longwell Brown
Bride’s Birth Date: 1886, [3 Sep 1876] Iowa

Marriage Date: 05 Oct 1907
Marriage Place: Avoca, Iowa
Groom’s Father’s Name: Joseph Ledbetter
Groom’s Mother’s Name: Martha Horn
Bride’s Father’s Name: Amos Brown [Amos Longwell]
Bride’s Mother’s Name: Katherine Gillann [Elizabeth Catherine Gillam]
Groom’s Marital Status: Single
Groom’s Previous Wife’s Name:
Bride’s Marital Status: Widowed
Bride’s Previous Husband’s Name: [Lawrence William Brown]

Some web sites say Margaret married
1) Lawrence William Brown b: April 26, 1874,
2) John Dersham,
3) —- Riddle

She dies in Orange County, California 14 Feb 1973, with the surname Riddle. I have her death index entry. I looked for her as Ledbetter, Dersham and Riddle in 1910 on; no luck,

In 1900 she is in Nebraska with her first husband, mis-indexed as "Torence" Brown, and their son, Myron Brown, b, 1899.

If you strike out, I could also use the Pack family crest, proof that my grandfather was 1/5th Cherokee, and a detailed breakdown of my ethnicity based on my picture. The eagle’s, ethnicity, too . . .
<wild laughter>

Thanks to you all.
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Tina – if they deserted or divorced, they would not be the first to lie about it. That looks like Lawrence, all right; he was in Wayne County in 1900. I should have checked. Thanks! Margaret is still a mystery.

The fact Lawrence has the child suggests that Margaert did the deserting.

Ted,
I was unable to locate Thomas Ledbetter also but something seems a bit off, in that, on the marriage record for Thomas and Maggie, it states the bride’s marital status as widowed. Now, I did locate what I thought was Lawrence Brown and his son Myron Brown in the 1920 census and Lawrence also shows his marital status as a widower. You may already be aware of this but, if not, you might want to check those records.

Name:Lawrence Brown
Home in 1920:Wayne, Wayne, Nebraska
Age:55
Estimated birth year:abt 1865
Birthplace:Iowa
Relation to Head of House:Self (Head)
Father’s Birth Place:United States of America
Mother’s Birth Place:United States of America
Marital Status:Widowed [Widow]
Race:White
Sex:Male
Home owned:Rent
Able to read:Yes
Able to Write:Yes
Neighbors:View others on page

Household Members:NameAge
Lawrence Brown 55
Myron D Brown 20
Anna M Brown 16

Anna M. Brown is Myron’s wife. I also located them in the 1930 census with children.