Another child of Robert's may have been E.C. Green Deaton born 1902-09-11 in Memphis. This child was recorded in file number 8712 of the Shelby County vital records.

From the Springfield newspaper extracts, other marriages in Springfield (Greene) Missouri around the same time Robert was married there are: Sep. 10, 1891 John W. Deaton of Springfield and Miss Emma E. Farris of Aurora (southwest of Springfield), and, on Nov. 13, 1896 James A. Forde and Dora A. Deaton. 
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· Ancestry.com family for Adeline 'Addie' (Buhr) Deaton, it does list her two sons but with the second one being born in Mississippi [?] 
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· Ancestry.com family for Adeline 'Addie' (Buhr) Deaton, it does not list her two children.

From the Memphis City Directories of 1888 to 1899, including father and son William H. Deaton and Robert C. Deaton, and all the abbreviations used by the directories (with some notations added inside the pair of brackets): 
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·  1888 (by Dow):     (only a George W. Deaton, a travel agent) 
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·  1889 (by Dow):     (only a George W. Deaton, a travel agent) 
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·  1890 (by Dow):     Robert [no middle initial given] Deaton ,carp[enter?], r[esides?] Milburn G. & M. Co, and, William H. Deaton, car repairer K.C., F.S., & M. R.R., r 122 Arkansas Ave, and, W. Deaton, porter Milburn G. & M. Co 
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·  1891 (by Dow):     Robert [no middle initial given] Deaton, car repairer, K.C., M. & B. RR, r 39 Georgia, and, William H. Deaton, car repairer, K.C., M. & B. RR, r 69 Georgia, and, George Deaton, wks Milburn G. & M. Co, r 39 Georgia, and, George Deaton Jr., wks Milburn G. & M. Co, r 39 Georgia 
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·  1891 (by Polk):    Adella Deaton, packer, bds 69 Carolina, and, Arista Deaton, packer, bds 69 Carolina, and, Robert [no middle initial given] Deaton, brakeman K.C., M. & B. RR, res 67 Carolina, and,  William H. Deaton, carp[enter?] K.C., M. & B. RR, res 67 Carolina 
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·  1892 (by Dow):     Robert [no middle initial given] Deaton, car repairer, K.C., Ft.S. & M. RR, r 69 Carolina, and, William H. Deaton, car repairer, K.C., M. & B. RR, r 69 Carolina, and, William Deaton r 69 Carolina, and, B.J. Deaton wks Milburn G. & M. Co 
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·  1892 (by Polk):    Robert C Deaton, car repairer, bds 69 Carolina, and, William H. Deaton, car repairer, res 69 Carolina, and, Gilbert Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co., bds 69 Carolina, and, William Deaton r 69 Carolina, and, B.J. Deaton wks Milburn G. & M. Co, and, Adella Deaton, packer, bds 69 Carolina, and, Arista Deaton, packer, bds 69 Carolina 
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·  1893 (by Polk):    Robert C Deaton, car repairer, res 119 Louisiana Ave, and, William H. Deaton, car repairer, K.C., M. & B. RR, res 313 Georgia, and, William C Deaton, molder, bds 313 Georgia, and, Gilbert Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co., bds 313 Georgia, and, Fisher B Deaton, car repairer, K.C., M. & B. RR, bds 313 Georgia, and, Adella Deaton, packer, bds 69 Carolina, and, Arista Deaton, packer, bds 69 Carolina 
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·  1894 (by Polk):    Robert C Deaton, switchman, I C R R, bds 138 N Broadway, and, William H. Deaton, car repairer, K.C., M. & B. RR, res 138 Broadway, and, Berry F Deaton, switchman, bds 138 N Broadway, and, George F, student, bds 500 Union Ave, and, Robert S Deaton, farmer, res Kerr Ave. NW cor Latham Ave 
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·  1895 (by Polk):    William H Deaton, carp, res 138 N Broadway, and, Miss Stella Deaton, wks Sl Pants Co, bds 138 N Broadway 
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·  1896 (by Polk):    Robert C Deaton, switchman, N C & St L RR, bds 171 Georgia, and, William H. Deaton, wks Mem Car & Foundry Co, res 171 Georgia, and, William S Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co, bds 171 Georgia, and, Fisher Deaton, molder, bds 171 Georgia, and, Gilbert H Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co., bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Della Deaton, wks Southern Pants Factory, bds 171 Georgia, and, William Deaton, clk Binghamton Car Wks, bds n s Poplar 2 w of Merton Ave 
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·  1897 (by Degaris): Robert C Deaton, switchman, I M RR, res 311 Carolina, and, William H. Deaton, agt Sun Life Ins Co, res 171 Georgia, and, William S Deaton, driver S Leob & Co, bds 171 Georgia, and, Fischer Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co., bds 171 Georgia, and, Gilbert H Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co., bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Della Deaton, pantsmaker So Pants Mnfg Co, bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Anna Deaton, pantsmaker So Pants Mnfg Co, bds 171 Georgia, and, Robert 
· Deaton clk M P R R 
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·  1898 (by Degaris): Robert C Deaton, switchman, K C F S & M RR, res 311 Carolina, and, William H. Deaton, solr, res 171 Georgia, and, William S Deaton, clk Shepherd Bros, bds 171 Georgia, and, Fisher E Deaton, molder, bds 171 Georgia, and, Gilbert H Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co., bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Della Deaton, pantsmaker So Pants Mnfg Co, bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Anna Deaton, bds 171 Georgia 
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·  1898 (by Polk):    Robert C Deaton, engine foreman, K C M & B RR, res 311 Carolina, and, William H. Deaton, canvasser Singer Mfg Co, res 171 Georgia, and, William S Deaton, clk Shepherd Bros, bds 171 Georgia, and, Fisher Deaton, bds 171 Georgia, and, Gilbert H Deaton, bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Annie Deaton, pantsmaker Southern Pants Mfg Co, res 171 Georgia 
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·  1899 (by Polk):    Robert C Deaton, yardmaster, K C M & B RR, res 309 Carolina, and, William H. Deaton, sol Singer Mfg Co, bds 171 Georgia, and, William S Deaton, molder, bds 171 Georgia, and, Fisher Deaton, bds 171 Georgia, and, Gilbert H Deaton, bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Banney [sic?] Deaton bds 171 Georgia, and Miss Della Deaton, pantsmaker So Pants Mfg Co, bds 171 Georgia

Timeline of Robert and Adeline: 
1867 - November, Robert born in McNairy county Tennessee 
1870 - August, Adeline born in Illinois in either Vermilion county or Clinton county (per her headstone and per a familysearch.org 
1870 - census, Robert age 2 in McNairy county Tennessee (per census) 
1880 - census, Robert age 12 in Crocket county Tennessee (per census) 
1880 - census, Adeline age 9 in White township of Pike county Arkansas (per census) 
1881 - September, Martha, mother of Adeline, dies in Amity, Clark county Arkansas 
1882 - May, William D. Buhr, the widower father of Adeline, marries in Springfield, Greene county, Missouri (per marriage certificate) 
1887 - February, William Buhr, the father of Adeline, dies in Springfield, Greene county, Missouri (per affidavit reference to the Buhr family bible) 
1887 - November, Robert and Adeline married as under-legal-age residents of Springfield, Greene county, Missouri (per marriage certificate) 
1889 - Robert possibly employeed at Perkins W. W. Mfg. Co. in Springfield, Greene county, Missouri (per city directory) 
1889 - August, first child, Charles, of Robert and Adeline born in Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee (per the sonon various census records) 
1892 - June, second child, Claude, of Robert and Adeline either in Amory, Monroe county, Mississippi (per 1910 and 1920 census) or, in Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee (per 1900 census). This would put Addie, and probably Robert too, about 30 miles south southeast of Tupelo, Mississippi one year before she died. 
1893 - June, Adeline age 22 is buried in Springfield, Greene county, Missouri (per headstone) 
1896 - April, Robert marries Flora McDonald in Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee (per marriage certificate) 
1900 - census, Robert age 32 in Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee as a railroad yardmaster (per census, he is listed in Memphis city directories 1890 to 1899)

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