This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RILEY/REILLY, O'BRYANT, SHORT Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IKB.2ACE/173.1 Message Board Post: I am searching for family of Mary O'BRYANT b. 1826-1892 MO m. to Samuel SHORT b. 1824 TN--d. 1902 near Republic. Children: Sarah Elizabeth, Nancy Jane, Deliah Ann, John Bascome, William Franklin, Mary Melcena, Samuel Calvin, and Samantha SHORT. Samuel and five other siblings (Elias Bates, Francis Smiley, John, & Melcena SHORT migrated to Greene, Stone, Christian Co. areas c.1850 from Roane Co., TN. Brother Julius SHORT settled in Clinton, MO). Samuel's wife 2)Nancy Sullivan b. 1852. Also, searching for the family of Mary Viola RILEY/REILLY b.1873 MO--d. 1943 MO m. to J. Robert EARNHART b. 1867 TN?--d. 1950 MO. Both are buried in the Ponce De Leon Cemetery in Christian Co., MO. Children: Bertha, Clyde, Hershall, Floyd, Meryl, and Flo Earnhart. Samuel SHORT was my paternal 2xg.grandfather. And Robert EARNHART & Mary Viola were my paternal g.grandparents on the other side. Does anyone connect ?? Thanks, ~debbyshort-carden~