My 2nd great grand aunt was Mary D. CURE. Her brother Amos Elias CURE was my 2nd great grandfather. I have been at a brickwall with this family for a couple of years. I had no idea whether Amos had any siblings or not. A great Aunt wrote an excallent history of what she recalled about the CURE family, she did it all from memory though. She had Amos's dad down as James Dewitt CURE. That was a major stumbling block.
Just recently I was able to obtain the obituary of my 2nd great grandmother Martha CURE, she was Amos CURE's wife. The obit. is from 1935 and it was printed in a North Dakota newspaper. It noted that an Ella NEVINS, Amos's niece, from Sidney, Montana, was in attendance. I was able to obtain some great info on Ella from the MonDak Heritage Center in Sidney, Montana. Ella was the daughter of Charles and Mary DATES and was born in Merrillan, Jackson County, Wisconsin, March 11, 1884. She was married there also. Her middle name was CURE. Her mother died when she was young.
This helped to break my brickwall, I have now deduced that Mary DATES was Mary CURE the daughter of Dewitt CURE and sister of Amos Elias CURE. From Barbara's other postings I am almost certain that I have the puzzle put together.