This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TJB.2ACI/670.870.1 Message Board Post: Yes, Joseph Shortridge, born 1844 died 1919. Son of Andrew Jefferson Shortridge. I thought I counted 8 or 9 children born to this Joseph Shortridge - but names and nicknames used on various US census enumerations may have confused the count. There are also a couple of cousins by the name of Joseph Shortridge. Good luck.