I am researching the following family: GENERATION 1 THOMAS BILL SHORT -m-[bef 1850s or 1860s] ELLA HARRIS (see note: 1) children of THOMAS BILL & ELLA HARRIS: 1. THOMAS PATTON (PAT) SHORT d: 1942 -m- PEARLIE MASSINGILL 2. WILLIAM J. SHORT -m- DONA LAWSON 3. JOHN SHORT -m- SALLY SANDERS 4. ANDY SHORT -m- ??? LIFORD 5. CHARLIE SHORT 6. MILTON BURG SHORT (see note: 2) b: abt 1850s or 1860's in WASHINGTON CO., VA d: abt 1918 in or near CHELSIA or TULSA, OK -m- bef 1898 to BETTY ELIZABETH SAUL (see note: 3 & 4) 7. MARTHA SHORT 8. RILDIE SHORT GENERATION 2 children of MILTON BURG SHORT & BETTY ELIZABETH SAUL: 1. CHARLIE SHORT b: 1898 d: 1898 2. FOY BLAIN SHORT b: 4-28-1900 in VA d: 12-13-1942 in LEE CO., ROSE HILL, VA buried: MACLIN CEMETERY, ROSE HILL, VA -m- TAMAR ELLISON abt 1925 3. NONA WILLIE SHORT b: July 1902 d: 1902 4. ORA CAMM SHORT b: 6-1-1905 in WASHINGTON CO., VA -m- WILLIAM H. GENTRY 5. KATHERINE ELIZABETH SHORT b: 4-3-1905 in WASHINGTON CO., VA -m- ??? BLACKWELL 6. ROSA MAE SHORT b: 5-24-1913 in SPOTTSYLVANIA CO., VA -m- HORACE KING SANDRIDGE NOTES: 1. ELLA HARRIS is suppose to have a brother named JOHN HARRIS 2. Known as BURG SHORT. 3. MILTON BURG & BETTY ELIZABETH divorced aft 1913. 4. BETTY ELIZABETH SAUL d/o THOMAS H. SAUL & MARY ELIZABETH STEPHENS ----------------------------- Thanks, Kathy