I have placed queries about Christopher RETALLICK SHORT and his parentage in England prior to this time. In review: born to John and Grace RETALLICK SHORT of Menheniot, Cornwall, England in 1815. Sister Isabella and brother William, only siblings of which I know. He married over there but wife is unknown. When he arrived in the United States, he had 2 children: William b. in 1840 and Mary Ann thought to have been born enroute to the states. In 1844, he married my g-g-grandmother, Keziah OGG TROUT and they produced Sarah Matilda SHORT who married Archibald MAJOR MURDOCK of Perry Co.  Just yesterday I gained a couple of new tidbits which I will add here. William, b. 1840 in Lannesect (?), England according to the Bible, and son of Christopher, married Abigail E. Randolph in 1862 according to Bk. 4 of Perry Co., OH marriages.   Another item in the 1850 Census revealed that William was not living w/ his father at that time.   Perhaps he was large enough to be helping on a farm and was living w/ a neighbor or relative but I did not find him.   Christopher was living in Jackson TP in Perry Co. at that time, house #12. William's half brother,   George TROUT, is not in the home in 1850.   Ruebin TROUT, the youngest half-brother is present along w/ my ancestor Sarah Matilda SHORT, but the older TROUT son, George, has gone from the home and is staying at the Abraham HANNIFEN establishment which was listed as an Inn.   Abraham's wife was Catherine and there are several other apparently non-related people living there.   George's type of work is listed as a blacksmith. I also found that a George TROUT, in 1854, married Elizabeth A. WILSON; and Reubin J. TROUT married Charlotte RIDENHOUR in 1860.   Their service records revealed the following:  Reuben and George A. TROUT were both members of Co., G., 53rd Battalion of the Ohio National Guard in 1865.   William SHORT was drafted on May 27, 1864. I do not know for sure but I do not think that any of them were killed in the war. Thought perhaps this additional information might help someone identify a line connected to mine. Marjory PETTY Austen