Short Family

Contributed by Diane Payne
©1999

Isaac SHORT died 1854 in Sumner Co. TN. Isaac married Polly OVERBY.

Known children are:

  1. Amy Short married a Mr. RIGHT.
  2. Mary Short married a Mr. GILBERT. Known children of Mary and Mr. Gilbert are: Isaac, Alexander and Mary Elizabeth.
  3. Elizabeth Short married a Mr. AUSTIN.
  4. Drury Short b. abt. 1818, died Sept. 1870 Sumner Co. TN. Married 2 Feb 1849 in Sumner Co. TN to Isabella C. PAYNE (daughter of Robert PAYNE and Sarah BEARD) b.13 Nov 1823 d. 31 Dec 1878 Sumner Co. TN.
  5. James Short
  6. Sarah Short
  7. Isaac Martin Short b. 19 Mar 1824, d. 9 Dec 1878 Sumner Co. TN married on 16 Aug 1846 in Sumner Co. TN to Jenette WHITE b. 15 Nov 1830, d. 14 May 1895 (daughter of William WHITE and Sarah TYLER). Buried at Short and Dickens Cemetery.
  8. Susan Short
  9. Martha Ann Short

  • Drury Short (son of Isaac SHORT and Polly OVERBY) born abt. 1818, died Sept. 1870 Sumner Co. TN. Married 2 Feb 1849 in Sumner Co. TN to Isabella C. PAYNE (daughter of Robert PAYNE and Sarah BEARD) b.13 Nov 1823, d. 31 Dec 1878 Sumner Co. TN. (see Payne Family)

    Children of Drury SHORT and Isabella PAYNE are:

    1. Robert C. Short b. 6 Apr 1850, d. 3 Dec 1930 Sumner Co. TN. Buried at Short Cemetery Sumner Co. TN. Married Sina Annie BREWER. Known children are: Xertha 1879 - 1882, Elmo 1880 - 1882, John 1882 - 1911, Robert 1885 - 1965 m. Hilma WHITE, James 1889 - 1963 m. Effie BOREN, Gladys b.1896 m. Mr. BROWN and Thomas 1898 - 1977 m. Vara SCOTT.
    2. Jane C. Short b. 13 Apr 1852 Sumner Co. TN, d. 25 Mar 1903. Buried Short Cemetery Sumner Co. TN. Married on 13 Mar 1873 to Thomas P/J. AUSTIN b. 13 Apr 1852, d. 25 Mar 1903 (son of Samuel AUSTIN and Mary Angeline PITT). Children are: Carrie 1874 - 1969 m. John FREEDLE, Infant son 1876 - 1876, Johnnie 1877 - 1878, Ada 1800 - 1880, William 1881 - 1932 m. Emma MINNICKS and Mary 1886 - 1886.
    3. John M. Short b. 1854 Sumner Co. TN married on 24 Feb 1878 to Tennessee "Tinnie" WHITE b. 16 Apr 1858, d. 8 Oct 1904 (daughter of Robert WHITE and Charity HUFFMAN). Children are: Bertha 1879 - 1904 m. Lennie DICKENS, Alva 1881 - 1949 m. Hettie SEARCY, Oma 1885 - 1930 m. William WHITE, Grace 1886 - 1910 m. Lennie DICKENS, Bill b. 1889 m. G. MCGLOTHLIN, Sanford b. 1890 m. Melissa MCGLOTHLIN, P. b. ?, Ora b. 1892 m. Walter BICKERSTAFF.
    4. Margaret Ann "Mary Ann" Short b. 1860 Sumner Co.TN.
    5. Francis "Fannie" Isabella Short b. 1862 Sumner Co. T, d. bef.. 1910 married on 28 May 1882 to Charles Morris BREWER.

  • Isaac Martin Short (son of Isaac SHORT and Polly OVERBY) born 19 Mar 1824, died 9 Dec 1878 Sumner Co. TN married on 16 Aug 1846 in Sumner Co. TN to Jenette WHITE b. 15 Nov 1830, d. 14 May 1895 (daughter of William WHITE and Sarah TYLER). Buried at Short and Dickens Cemetery.

    Children of Isaac SHORT and Jenette WHITE are:

        Jane Catherine SHORT b. 25 Jul 1847 Sumner Co. TN married on 22 Oct 1868 to James GRIFFIN.
      1. Robert Wilson Short b. 29 Aug 1849 Sumner Co. TN, d. 6 Feb 1927 married Sarah Elizabeth LAMBERTH. Buried at Short and Dickens Cemetery.
      2. Bennett Harriet Short b. 11 Jul 1851 Sumner Co. TN married on 25 Dec 1874 to John SHACKLEFORD.
      3. James William "Will" Short b. 1 Mar 1853 Sumner Co. TN, d. 28 Nov 1911 married on 23 Dec 1874 to Medora "Annie" WHITE. Buried at Short and Dickens Cemetery.
      4. Louisa Vera Short b. 31 Jan 1855 Sumner Co. TN, d. 16 Mar 1905 married L. Davis DICKENS. Buried at Short and Dickens Cemetery.
      5. July Ann Short b. 10 Aug 1857 Sumner Co. TN married George HUFFINES.
      6. Joseph Walton Short b. 19 Nov 1859 Sumner Co. TN, d. 1935 married Ida M. MCQUISTIAN. Buried at Short and Dickens Cemetery.
      7. Andrew Jackson Short b. 15 Nov 1861 Sumner Co. TN, d. 10 Mar 1918 married Allie LUCAS. Buried Short and Dickens Cemetery.
      8. Emeline Frances Short b. 29 Oct 1863 Sumner Co. TN, d. 4 Jul 1928 married Cornelius S. JOHNSON. Buried at Maple Hill Cemetery.
      9. Merica Short b. 6 Oct 1865 Sumner Co. TN, d. 10 Feb 1960 married on 20 Sept 1883 to Davis B. JOHNSON. Buried at Maple Hill Cemetery.



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