Sussex County, DE - Bible Records: HOSEA-SHORT Family Bible ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by: Mary Hosea Rimlinger - MARYLHR@aol.com January 3, 2001 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter,and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************ The HOSEA-SHORT Family Bible Sussex county, Delaware Bible in possession of Mrs. Albert W. Homes, Dover, DE. No date. American Tract Society, 150 Nassau St., NYC,NY. No date. Copied by Mrs. David Anthony Potter, Lewes, DE. No date. (My note: this Bible originally belonged to Sabra J. Hosea Short (1827-1904), daughter of Nancy Tindall Jefferson and John Hosea, and the wife of John W(ingate) Short. It was located in the D.A.R. Library in Washington, DC by Emma Otwell Warren, Pasadena, Maryland, who was kind enough to share it with me. Nancy Tindall Jefferson and John Hosea are my gg-grandparents. - Mary Hosea Rimlinger, Nashville, TN. December, 2000) Marriages: John W. Short and Sabra Jane Hosea married Dec. 12, 1844 J. (John) Stanley Short and Alice Prettyman - Sept. 19, 1878 Eliza Marian Short and John Gephart Munson of Bellefonte, Pa. - June 28 1911 Stanley P. Short and Caroline Woodall - June 30, 1920 Burton Prettyman Short and Ruth Ann Bartz of Pittsburg - Feb. 4, 1919 Births: George E. Short was born August 5th, 1846 James W. Short was born May 13 1848 Lovenia C. Short was born Sept 19, 1850 John S. Short was born June 13 1853 Edgar Short was born March 5, 1862 The above is my children. Below are my brothers and sisters - Sabra J. Short James W. Hosea was born December 17, 1824 Sabra J. Hosea was born May 3, 1827 Sally A.M. Hosea was born May 29, 1829 John H. Hosea was born August 25, 1831 William T. Hosea was born September 29, 1833, died 1834 Isaac T. Hosea was born November 28, 1835 Benjamin S. Hosea was born Jan. 25, 1838 Lovenia E. Hosea was born August 21, 1840 Mary C. Hosea was born July 7 1843 William E. Hosea was born April 26 1846 Below is my grandchildren - Sabra J. Short George Wooten Short born May 13, 1881, died 1835 Carl Otwell born Nov 14, 1873 Byard Otwell was born January 17 1879 David Virginia Hancock born March 17 1910 Deaths: John Hosea departed this life May 11, 1852 Nancy T. Hosea departed this life October 20, 1862 Benjamin S. Hosea departed this life September 19, 1862 Lovenia Short, daughter of John and Sabra J. Short, died Sept 24, 1850 Edgar Short, son of John and Sabra J. Short, died May 29, 1862 Georgie Wooten Short, dau. of James W. and Jennie Short, died Jan 26, 1885 John W. Short died March 16, 1895. Aged 72 yrs., 4 months and 8 days William O. (or C.) Short died April 3, 1893 Rachel Hosea died April 3, 1893 Otho C. Otwell died July 11, 1892 James W. Hosea died April 28, 1873 Isaac T. Hosea died August 21, 1901 Sabra J. Hosea Short, the wife of John W. Short, died November 2, 1904 Dr. J.W. Short died Feb 26, 1916 George E. Otwell died Sept 23, 1919 John Stanley Short died Nov. 2, 1921 Memorandum: Lena Sabra Short born Jan. 22, 1881 Eliza Marian Short born Aug 13, 1884 Stanley Pierce born June 25, 1886 John Wingate Short born July 16, 1889 Burton Prettyman Short born Oct 20, 1891 George Hosea Short born Jan 18, 1894 = Children of John Stanley Short (above) and Alice Prettyman Short Sabra ?raline Short Hancock born Sept. 1884 - End HOSEA/SHORT Bible -