Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Short, Lemuel Sr 1819 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com February 26, 2006, 1:10 am Author: History Grundy County 1882 Lemuel Short, Sr., farmer, P. O. Wilmington. The subject of these lines is a native of Allegheny County, Penn., born August 15, 1819; son of James and Ellen (McFarland) Short, natives of Pennsylvania. When subject was five years old, his parents removed to what is now Ashland County, Ohio, where his mother died. His father died in the same county in 1863. In 1836, subject came to Michigan and spent one summer, then returned to Ohio, but came to Illinois in 1838, and located in Lake County. Here he soon purchased land and engaged in farming, hunting and trapping, the latter business affording money to pay on land. Subject first came to Grundy County for permanent residence in 1856. He was married, December 31, 1845, to Miss Sarah Burr, daughter of Warham and Nancy (Cummins) Burr, her father formerly of New York, and her mother formerly of Ohio. Mrs. Short was born in Shelby County, Ind., February 10, 1826, and came to Will County, Ill., with her parents in 1833. They have a family of five children - James Short, born in Will County, Ill., November 14, 1847 - married to Miss Malinda F. Lattimer June 11, 1874, his second wife was a Widow Moore, married, August 3, 1881; Warham B. Short, born in Will County August 9, 1849 - married, January 1, 1878, to Miss Mary Heydecker; Alvina Short, born in Lake County May 25, 1852 - married, July 4, 1871, to M. Gassny; Lemuel Short, born in Lake County January 24, 1855 - married, May 1, 1876, to Miss Clara Heydecker; William Short, born in Lake County July 17, 1856, died in same county February 1, 1859. Mr. Short now owns about 2,400 acres of land in Felix Township of Grundy County, and a farm of 373 acres in Lake County, Ill. His residence is ten miles southeast from Morris. He has been among the leading stock-raisers of the county, and is too well known as a thorough business man to need especial mention in that particular. Politics, Republican. Mrs. Short's father died in Will County September 6, 1861, and her mother in the same county March 31, 1862. Additional Comments: Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/short488nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb