Sussex County, DE - Bible Records: SHORT-MUNSON - including JEFFERSON ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 SHORT-MUNSON (including JEFFERSON) Family Bible Sussex county, Delaware In possession of Mrs. Albert W. Homes, Dover, DE. No date. Copied by Mrs. David Anthony Potter, Lewes, DE. 1966. (My note: this Bible 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. Richard and Polly Jefferson mentioned in the Family History notes below are my 4th great grandparents. - Mary Hosea Rimlinger, Nashville, TN. December, 2000) This certifies that the Rite of Holy Matrimony was celebrated between Mr. John Stanley Short of Sussex county, Delaware and Miss Alice Lena Prettyman of Sussex county, Delaware on the 19th of September 1878 at Milford, Delaware by Rev. Charles F. Boynton of Presbyterian Church. Marriages: John Stanley Short and Alice Prettyman married Sept. 17, 1878 John G. Munson and Eliza Matien Short married June 28, 1911 Burton F. Short and Ruth Ann Bertz (or Bartz) married Feb. 3, 1919 Stanley P. Short and Caroline Woodall married June 30, 1920 John G. Munson and Madline Tittle Aug. 28, 1942 Alice E. Munson and Albert W. Homes July 7, 1945 Burton F. Short, Jr. and Rosalee Sutherland June 28, 1947 Births: Parents John Stanley Short born June 13, 1853 Alice Lena Prettyman born Aug 14, 1855 Children: Lena Sabra Short born Jan 22, 1881 Eliza Marian Short born Aug 13 1884 Stanley Pierce Short born June 24 1886 John Wingate Short born June 16, 1889 (or July?) Burton Prettyman Short born October 20, 1891 George Hosea Short born January 20, 1894 Deaths: Burton Cannon Prettyman b.Feb. 19, 1824 - d. May 4,, 1900 Eliza Ann Prettyman b. May 7, 1823 - d. June 4, 1901 John Stanley Short b. Jne 13, 1853 - d. Nov 2, 1921 John Wingate Short b. July 16, 1889 - died Aug 25, 1929 Stanley Pierce Short b. june 24, 1886 - d. Oct 12, 1947 Caroline Woodall Short died Aug 10, 1945 Alice Lena Short b. Aug 14, 1855 - d. Apr. 28, 1950 Eliza Short Munson d. May 2, 1961 John Gephart Munson b. Jan 6 1885 - d. Mar 20, 1952 Burton Prettyman Short b. Oct 20, 1891 - d. Jan 5, 1952 Children of Eliza Short Munson and John Gebhart Munson John Gephart Munson b. Feb 21, 1913, Caney Creek, Tenn. Alice Elizabeth Munson b. Feb 14, 1915, Poughkeepsie, New York Grandchildren: Children of John Munson and Madline Tittle Sally Eliza Munson Aug 16, 1945 Judy Hart Munson Aug. 12, 1946 Alice Elizabeth Muson Aug. 12, 1946 Children of Alice E. Munson Holmes and Albert W. Holmes Albert William Holmes b. Sept 21, 1947 Children of Burton Prettyman Short and Rosalee Sutherland Lucinda Wingate Short b. Aug. 12, 1950 Burton Prettyman Short III b. ? Family History Richard Jefferson, wife Polly John Jefferson - 1761 - Nancy Tindall Warren Jefferson - 1785 - Sabra Fooks 1783 Nancy Tindall Jefferson - 1805 - John Hosea Sabra Jane Hosea - John Wingate Short John Stanley Short - 1853 - Alice Lena Prettyman 1853 Edward Short - wife Nancy Wingate John Short - wife Lurana Otwell, dau. of William Otwell John Wingate Short - wife Sabra J. Hosea John Stanley Short - Alice Prettyman On another page are the following entries: Joseph Morris mar. Feb. 1, 1821 - Elizabeth Peel. Eliza Ann Morris - May 7, 1823 mar. Oct. 26, 1846 to Burton Cannon Prettyman, (Feb. 19, 1824) Olivia Alice Oct. 16, 1847 Maggie E. Jan. 24, 1850 Arabelle Nov. 20, 1851 Albert B. Sep. 23, 1853 Alice Lena Aug 14, 1855 Emma J. Apr. 22, 1858 John Jan 15, 1859 Ida Jan 15, 1861 Harry Apr. 6, 1866 William Prettyman = wife = (1) Miss Cannon (2) Nancy Hall John William Burton Cannon born Feb. 19, 1824 - end SHORT-MUNSON Family Bible -