There is a relationship between the Short and Parks families. Miller E. [Easley] Parks m Manerva VanPelt and had 2 children Joseph and Rebecca. (Manerva died and Miller 2m Sarah A. Robbs and had 5 more children. The question had been what happened to the first two Parks children? It was found: Miller and Minerva had two children, Joseph and Rebecca. Joseph, named for his father¹s father, was born 1848, 2 years after the marriage. In 1850, when Joseph would have been 2 years old, there is a Joseph Parks living with George W. Short in Rhea Co, TN. QUESTION: Why was 2 yr. old Joseph living with a relative? [I believe mother had died.] There was a Joseph Parks in the 1860 Roane Co, TN Mortality Schedule, age 13. [b =1848] He died from Congestion and Chill. He is probably first born of Miller Parks, as marriage of Miller and Manerva was 31 Mar 1846. AND There is a Washington Short who married Eliza Parks, dau of Robert Parks (sister of above mentioned Miller E. Parks.). They had children: Robert, Miller, Buck, George, Alex Christopher, James, Rebecca, Charlotte, and Sarah. Wash Short died aft 1877. In Hinds Baptist Church abstracted records, it lists Eliza and Wash Short as ³dismissed² as of Oct 1877... Hope that gives you a clue! Janie Jane Sherman, CGRS* CGRS is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license after periodic evaluations by the Board. Col. Thomas Hughart Chapter, Regent National Society Daughters of the American Revolution http://www.geocities.com/colthomashughart/index.html BLUgenes Yorkshire Terriers http://members.tripod.com/~blugenes ---------- >From: TNROANE-D-request@rootsweb.com >To: TNROANE-D@rootsweb.com >Subject: TNROANE-D Digest V03 #11 >Date: Thu, Feb 6, 2003, 9:06 AM > >Content-Type: text/plain > >TNROANE-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 11 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [TNROANE] George W. Short/1880 cen [Eric_Kleindienst@Vanguard.com] > #2 Re: [TNROANE] George W. Short/1880 ["P McDonald" <mmcdonald3@houston.r] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from TNROANE-D, send a message to > > TNROANE-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >______________________________ >X-Message: #1 >Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 14:49:09 -0500 >From: Eric_Kleindienst@Vanguard.com >To: TNROANE-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: ><OF960D4A0E.F56B6B8A-ON85256CC4.006C45CB-85256CC4.006CDF00@vanguard.com> >Subject: [TNROANE] George W. Short/1880 census, Rockwood, TN >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Hello, I am looking for information on my great-grandfather, George W. >Short. He was born 8/13/1867. What I know of him is from an article >written in February of 1890: > >He is but 22 years of age but his head is planted squarely upon his young >shoulders. George W. Short first saw the light near Knoxville, Tenn. He >was born on a farm where he spent his time until he was 12 or 14 years of >age, when he began his apprenticeship in the Roland Iron Company at >Rockwood, Tenn. > >I know that Rockwood is about 50 miles from Knoxville, so it's possible >that this Pittsburgh, PA paper called that "near Knoxville". The 1880 >census has one George Short of the right age: > >1880 Census, Rockwood, Roane County, Tennessee, page 390C: >John Short, Self, M, M, W, 35, Engineer, TN, TN, TN. >Rhoda Short, Wife, F, M, W, 36, Keeping House, TN, TN, TN. >George Short, Son, M, S, W, 13, At Home, TN, TN, TN. >Fredric Short, Son, M, S, W, 3, At Home, TN, TN, TN. > >He also had a sister, likely born after 1880, listed in his obit as >surviving him. The obit lists her as Mrs. L.L. Lyell of Tennessee. > >I can't find this John Short anywhere else in census data. Can anyone give >me any advice on how to track him or any information available? Thanks. > >______________________________ >X-Message: #2 >Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 15:00:44 -0600 >From: "P McDonald" <mmcdonald3@houston.rr.com> >To: TNROANE-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <000501c2cd59$a6a4d940$6401a8c0@houston.rr.com> >Subject: Re: [TNROANE] George W. Short/1880 census, Rockwood, TN >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Eric, I have looked at the SHORT family a little, in an effort to determine >the parents of Mary Short who married William Holland in 1808 Roane. She >was from SC. I did not have any success in finding her parents, but I >SUSPECT she is sister to Willis Short, born abt. 1796 in SC. > >Anyway, in 1860 Roane, Willis Short is listed in the 11th District, as 64, >wife Nancy 59, and some young adut children--oldest 22. (#1529-1423) He >has big bunch of kids in 1850 census. > >In the 14th District (1664-1538) is George W. Short 43 TN, farming & tanning >& Iron-making. He has wife Eliza 41 TN, and Rebecca 16, JOHN 14, Geo, 11, >Alx. 8, Chrisman 6, Lottie 5, Mary 3, James 1, and also listed with them is >Geo. W. Frazier 25, physician. I can't find this family in 1850 Roane. > >I do not find a marriage record for this couple, but in 1870 Roane 13th >District, #318-314, John Short 23, keeper furnace, Rheoda 25, and G. W. 3. > >If you have not checked out the George W. Short family, I think you might >want to do so. > >I also suggest you try to find some history of Rockwood. It is interesting >little town. >Pat McDonald > > > > > > > > >> Hello, I am looking for information on my great-grandfather, George W. >> Short. He was born 8/13/1867. What I know of him is from an article >> written in February of 1890: >> >> He is but 22 years of age but his head is planted squarely upon his young >> shoulders. George W. Short first saw the light near Knoxville, Tenn. He >> was born on a farm where he spent his time until he was 12 or 14 years of >> age, when he began his apprenticeship in the Roland Iron Company at >> Rockwood, Tenn. >> >> I know that Rockwood is about 50 miles from Knoxville, so it's possible >> that this Pittsburgh, PA paper called that "near Knoxville". The 1880 >> census has one George Short of the right age: >> >> 1880 Census, Rockwood, Roane County, Tennessee, page 390C: >> John Short, Self, M, M, W, 35, Engineer, TN, TN, TN. >> Rhoda Short, Wife, F, M, W, 36, Keeping House, TN, TN, TN. >> George Short, Son, M, S, W, 13, At Home, TN, TN, TN. >> Fredric Short, Son, M, S, W, 3, At Home, TN, TN, TN. >> >> He also had a sister, likely born after 1880, listed in his obit as >> surviving him. The obit lists her as Mrs. L.L. Lyell of Tennessee. >> >> I can't find this John Short anywhere else in census data. Can anyone >give >> me any advice on how to track him or any information available? Thanks. >> >