Yes it does - is certainly interesting. My husband doesn't recall hearing anything from his mother (Mittie's dtr Mary)on James Riley's death or being divorced. I appreciate your input - maybe we can find a divorce decree (if they had such back then). That would explain why he seems absent after the 1910 census, but his death would also. I encountered the name James R Lee many times in searching so guess there could be other ones. Birth date is just 4 yrs off from one we have (1876). Will keep looking. Thank you!! My husband, Richard, is paternal grandson of John Whitfield Smith and Lottie Elizabeth "Bettie" Strickland. Might they be your line of Smiths??
Cathy Smith