IYes she did live to adult shou was on the 1850 census, should have been about 2 in 1840, but I guess the census only list how many male/female in each age group. As far as I know John Matson LAW was a farmer, no son by that name that I know of so kinda doubt the lawyer in indiana in later years was a son MATSON is a common middle name in my line but only one John Matson as far as I know, Jackie > Jackie, > Abt the little girl in that census, do not discount the fact that they may > have had a daughter that did go on to grow up. I found a boy in my Indiana > family who lived at least 2 yrs, and none of the family had ever heard of > him! >