Since you would not give up on this, I figured I won't either. It does look like Jefferson DILLOW was the son of Charles and Susan in Union Co 1880. This is a marriage record for the folks that follow in the census (I cannot vouch for the MI "J" - I did not transcribe it): DILLOW, JEFFERSON J HENSLEY, EMMA 05/16/1882 1 /73 1601 UNION I dont know why but this family is not indexed. It was pretty clear to me on the image: 02 June 1900, Jonesboro, 3rd Ward, Union County, Illinois DILLOW, Jeff born Dec 186? in Illinois, married 17 years , Emma, Sep 1866 IL, mother of 7, 7 living (somewhat rare) , Ida, May 1883 IL , Cora, Apr 1885 IL , George, Feb 1887 IL , Ollie (dau), Oct 1889 IL , Frank, Oct 1892 IL , Flora, Feb 1894 IL , Otto, Mar 1897 IL How are you related and do any names look familiar? RC