Hello, I'm writing to ask if anyone has a theory about the following: Moses Venters appears in the 1900 and 1910 Shelby County, IL censuses with his wife, Myrtle, and children. Myrtle is 19 in 1900 and 29 in 1910. She's b. in IL and her parents b. in OH in both. Clearly, it's the same woman. In the 23 Feb 1907 issue of the Illinois State Register, there's an item about a train and car collision near Shelbyville, IL with the headline "Mr. and Mrs. Moses Venters Struck by Big Four Fast Train-Former Killed and Wife Seriously Injured." The article itself says "Mrs. Venters was fatally injured" and "Mr. Venters was seriously hurt, but will live." The article can be found by searching for Moses Venters in historical newspapers on genealogybank.com. Moses Venters died on 12 Mar 1934 in Shelby County. Did Myrtle Venters return from the dead? I can't figure this one out for the life of me. Thanks for any light anyone can shed. Barton Lewis

Possibly the Mr. and Mrs. Venters who were struck by the train were the parents of Myrtle's husband? It's not clear from what you posted, that the newspaper article mentions "Myrtle" by name, only "Mrs. Venters." Not a big stretch, though, to imagine that your Moses Venters had a father of the same name. If Myrtle's husband was aged similarly to her (mid 20s in 1907) then his father might have been in his 50s or even his 40s, and could have lived another 30 years or so if he survived the train. On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Barton Lewis <bartonlewis@optonline.net>wrote: > > Did Myrtle Venters return from the dead? >