Could, Thomas W. Culp have been married, before Emma Lou Proffer his wife?

Question

I found where Thomas W. Culp born 1852 was married to an Elizabeth Wood on line says they were married 1871. 1st child was born in 1871- 4th child was born 1880.  Then my grandpa William (Willie) Jackson Culp was born in 1891 and Thomas W. Culp born in 1852 is with Emma Lou Proffer about 1889. Could something have happened to Elizabeth?  I can not find any information on her yet, also have not found any on my great grand mother Emma Lou Proffer only thing I know is she has a brother, Harve Proffer in Kentucky and that was on Find A Grave, her death. Any help would be much appreciated Thank You.

Comments

Multiple marriages for both sexes are quite common, as much "back then" as now. After a spouse died, particularly if the surviving spouse had young children, it was common that they remarried, sometimes within months of their previous spouse' death.

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Are these the people you are looking for?  Started in Ky then Illinois, OK and then Winn Parish Louisiana, USA

Find a Grave for Lue Proffer Culp married to a Thomas W. Culp

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38127488

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9083317

Spouse:
  Lue Proffer Culp (1867 - 1952)*
 
 Children:
  Willie Jackson Culp (1891 - 1955)*
  Vodra C. Culp (1894 - 1969)*
  Louie Culp (1899 - 1907)*
  Ella Mae Culp Killen (1903 - 1981)*
  Thomas C. Culp (1907 - 1978)*

T W Culp mentioned in the record of T W Culp and Lou Proffer

Name    T W Culp

Event Type         Marriage

Event Date          24 Dec 1889

Event Place         Pulalski, Illinois, United States

Gender                Male

Spouse's Name                 Lou Proffer

Spouse's Titles and Terms            Mrs

Spouse's Gender             Female

Page      135

Citing this Record

"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK92-V65Z : accessed 23 August 2015), T W Culp and Lou Proffer, 1889.

Larry