Marin County CA Archives Biographies.....Short, J. O. B. 1828 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 6, 2007, 2:14 pm Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers (1880) J. O. B. Short. Was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, January 10, 1828. When but eighteen months old he was taken by his parents to Indiana, who settled near Indianapolis, where they resided for some years; thence they moved to Shelby county, Illinois, for three years; next to Fayette county, Missouri; then to Piatt county, where their home was made for some years. May 1, 1846, with his mother and the rest of the family, the subject of this sketch started from Andrew county, Missouri, across the plains for California, the company consisting of about one hundred and twenty men and sixty-two wagons, under Captain Greig. The route pursued was that known as the northern, by way of Fort Hall. Their place of destination was Sonoma, and the route lay by William Gordon's, now an Yolo county, John R. Wolfskill's on Putah creek, Solano's Rancheria at Rockville, George Yount's in Napa, where they halted a few days, and thence by Spanish trail to their destination. From Sonoma the Short family proceeded to the Novato rancho, and there remained until the Fall of 1847, when they removed to the Mission San Rafael, and made additions and repairs to a portion of the old Mission buildings, which stood on the Court House block. For the first few years Mr. Short did little in the way of farming, but dealt in cattle and other stock, and selling timber. In 1868 the Short brothers commenced laying out their addition to the town of San Rafael, to which they have since considerably added. Married, November 11, 1855, Mary Miller, by whom he has five living children, viz., Walter, Alice, Eugene, Maggie, and Ora. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; INCLUDING ITS Geography, Geology, Topography and Climatography; TOGETHER WITH A Full and Particular Record of the Mexican Grants; Its Early History and Settlement, Compiled from the most Authentic Sources; Names of Original Spanish and American Pioneers; A Full Record of its Organization; A Complete Political History, including a Tabular Statement of Office-holders since the Formation of the County; Separate Histories of Bolinas, Nicasio, Novato, Point Reyes, San Antonio, San Rafael, Saucelito, and Tomales Townships; Incidents of Pioneer Life, and Biographical Sketches of its Early and Prominent Settlers and Representative Men; ALSO An Historical Sketch of the State of California, In which is embodied the Raising of the Bear Flag ILLUSTRATED. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1880. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/marin/bios/short895gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb