Bessie Edna Coonrod was the daughter of John Henry Coonrod and Anna Eoline Stimpson. She was born 10 SEP 1886 at Milford, Iroquios Co., IL. On 05 JAN 1911 at Mahaska, Washington Co., KS she married Bennie Harris Short, son of Thomas Jefferson Short and Clara Alice Henry. Bennie was born at Milford, IL on 27 JUL 1886 and died 08 JUL 1957 at Flagler, CO. Bessie died in May 1997 at Seibert, CO.

If you have come to my website via Ancestry: Several years ago the genealogy giant Ancestry absorbed the genealogy websites of Rootsweb along with personal databases posted at Rootsweb's WorldConnect Project that included a large database of my own family information. I started using Rootsweb in 2000 and they gave us the capability to add, remove, and update our information at anytime and I used these options frequently to post correct and current data. Presently (2006) I am told by Ancestry that we cannot maintain our own databases, we cannot even remove them. If you find information at Ancestry with my name attached please search my website for current information, the databases posted at Ancestry contain inaccurate information. - Karen Rowe.