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/SMB.2ACI/1364.1 Message Board Post: Rachael & Jeremiah were married in Benton Co. 1879, and 1880 census shows Short stepchildren Charles 10, Ella May 10, and Eddy 8 in the household, all born Mo. But although there were several Short families in the 1876 Benton Co. census, none list Rachael or above children. If Rachael died in Mo. after 1909, your best bet to learn her maiden name might be a Missouri death certificate for her or one of the Short children.