information on grandfather's first wife

Question

My grandfather Charles Z. Brown was married once before my grandmother to a Cora Belle Thompson in Alexander, Illinois I believe on April 03, 1905, she was 14 at the time and him 29.  Would like to find out if I found the right person and what happened to her as he married my grandmother in March 28, 1916. Email me at cememo15@gmail.com

Answer 1

One of these might be right, but the overlap past 1916 is questionable.

Cora Brown
Wife
United States Census, 1920
birth:    1891    Illinois
residence:    1920    Ottawa Ward 5, La Salle, Illinois, United States    
spouse:    Charles Brown
children:    Evelyn Brown, Joseph Brown, Ralph Hart, Edna Hart        

Cora Brown
Wife
United States Census, 1930
birth:    1890    Illinois
residence:    1930    Edina, Knox, Missouri, United States    
spouse:    Charles A Brown
children:    Charles Brown, Betty Brown        

Bella Brown
Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947
death:    16 October 1920    Chicago, Cook, Illinois    
father:    Alexander Grey
spouse:    Charles Brown

Answer 2

According to the 1990 census she lived at home with father AlvinThompson, mother Freedonia Thompson, sisters Birtha Thompson and Gracey Thompson, marriage records April 03, 1905 married Charles Brown was 14 can find nothing else on this