Hi List, It just goes to prove that if you hang around the Shelby List long enough - your family is bound to pop up! I have information on Nancy Cummins, born about 1806, either in CT or NC, who may be related to the other Shelby Cummins' families. Nancy married Wareham Bissell Burr (4th cousin twice removed of Aaron Burr) 13 Sep 1822 in Shelby Co. Their daughter, Sarah, married Lemuel Short in Will County, IL. It appears the Burrs had moved there around 1840. Before that this family was in Tippecanoe Co. in th e1830 census. I believe Wareham was a teacher. Would love to find a connection with R. S. and Frederick Cummins. Does anyone know where R.S. or Frederick was born? Laurel Campbell