Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Short, David 1832 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com November 12, 2006, 6:34 am Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881) David Short, farmer, Hillsboro, was born in Washington county, Indiana, November 25, 1832. He was the son of Aaron and Elizabeth (Sloan) Short. His father was born in Botetourt county, Virginia. The father and grandfather of our subject emigrated to Kentucky, and from there to Indiana while it was yet a territory. His mother was a native of South Carolina, and went to Tennessee when her family settled there; afterward they too came to Indiana, and here Mr. Short's parents were united in wedlock. About 1836 they settled in the southeast corner of Richland township. The father died here August 9, 1865, and the mother March 2, 1866. Mr. Short was married July 27, 1856, to Angeline Underwood, who was born in Ohio, December 6, 1837. Her parents came to this county in 1840. Their children were born as follows: Caroline, March 15, 1858, died September 11, 1859; James A., January 22, 1860; Sarada, June 25, 1862, wife of James D. Oiler; Lizzie, June 23, 1864; Rebecca Jane, May 16, 1866; Wilbert D., June 27, 1869; Minnie Belle, April 1, 1871, died November 14, 1874; Dideling, March 14, 1873; Amy J., December 14, 1874, and two others which died in infancy. Both parents and James, Sarada and Lizzie are members of the Antioch Christian church. Mr. Short has belonged to the Masonic order the last twelve years. He has a good farm of 294 acres. He is a well-informed republican and cast his first presidential vote for Col. John C. Fremont. Additional Comments: Richland Township Extracted from: HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY, TOGETHER WITH HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY, GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES. BY H. W. BECKWITH, OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO. WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS. CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS. 1881. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/fountain/bios/short798nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb