I found a SHORT family in the 1850 and 1860 census of Perry Co., IL Jacob Short b. abt 1807 KY Elizabeth Short nee Rees or Reece b. abt 1807 KY Sarah J Short b. abt 1833 IL Thomas Jefferson V. Short b. abt 1838 IL William B Short b. abt 1842 IL Jacob Addison b. abt 1845 IL Can not place them in the 1870 census. Did the parents died their in Perry Co., IL And who did William B. Short married. I check the Perry County web site, and also the IRA site. Did not find any information. Maybe someone out their has a index to marriages after 1860. Charlotte