Short Family

Short Family

This information concerns three generations of the Short family.
1700-1900

• Individuals are listed chronologically, and those in red show my line of descent.
• Connections of collateral lines to main lines are indicated by linked names.
• Generations within a family are separated by a series of asterisks.
• Unknown or unsubstantiated data are marked with blanks or with question marks.

   James born: (about 1760) in
married: _?_ ( ) in
children: John, Sally, Nancy, Michael
died: (about 1800) in
buried:
**
   John born: (1783) in GA
married: Delphia Dicy Stinson (March 15, 1813) in Basset's Creek, Clarke County, AL
children: Nancy, Mary, Amanda, William M., John, Frances, Elizabeth, Thomas, Alphonso M.
died: (February 17, 1847) in Fayette County, TX
buried:
note: The parents of Dicy Stinson were Micajah Stinson and Nancy Ann Baker of Pike County, AL, and GA.
   Sally born: (1790) in
married:
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
   Nancy born: (1795) in
married: ( ) in
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
   Michael born: (September 12, 1797) in VA
married: ( ) in
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
*
   Nancy born: (about 1813) in AL
married: John L. Pearson (about 1847) in
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
   Mary
   (Polly)
born: (October 25, 1814) in AL
married: William Greenbury Sansom (May 1, 1833) in Dallas County, AL
children: John William, Mary Ann, Dicy Ann, James Joseph Nathaniel, Henry Leonard, Francis Marion, Delphiann Latica, Robert Greenbury, Thomas Jefferson, George Larkin Theodore, Keziah Ann [Davis]
died: (June 12, 1888) in Kendall County, TX
buried: Sansom property near Kendalia, Kendall County, TX
   Amanda born: (1818) in AL
married: William Floyd Mosely ( ) in Perry, AL
children:
died: ( ) in
buried:
   William M. born: (about 1822) in AL
married: Christina Harrell (December 24, 18__) in Washington County, TX
children: Francis Marion, John Henry, Benjamin, Mary Ann
died: (December 9, 1849) in TX
buried:
note: Hanged in public for stealing cattle and counterfeiting.
   John born: (about 1822) in AL
married: ( ) in
children:
died: (about 1847) in
buried:
   Frances born: (December 8, 1824) in AL
married: Henry Marion Smith (September 15, 1839) in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Washington County, TX
children: Mary Jane, Martha Ann Elizabeth, Caroline Manley [Coker], William Henry, Alphonso, Amanda Matilda, Jacob Linn, Polly, Clinton Lafayette, Jefferson Davis and Nancy Lee V. [Cravey] (twins)
died: (May 22, 1869) in Comal County, TX
buried:
   Elizabeth born: (1829) in AL
married: (a) John Henry Muspock ( ) in
                (b) John Sargent ( ) in
children: (a)
                (b)
died: (about 1900) in
buried:
   Thomas born: (January 28, 1831) in AL
married: Margaret Elnore Overton (December 3, 1854) in Clarke County, AL
children: Matilda Elizabeth, Olive Wynona, Alphonso Black, John Thomas, Joseph Sanders, Georgia Eleanor, William Wesley, Jefferson Eugene, Frank Lee, Mary Ophelia, Philip Bliss
died: (February 23, 1909) in Carrizozo, NM
buried: Evergreen Cemetery
   Alphonso M. born: (November 11, 1835) in AL
married: Annie/Prudence Howington (before 1865) in
children: Franklin, Mary
died: (1915) in Austin, Travis County, TX (Confederate Home)
buried: Texas State cemetery?

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James	born: (about 1760) in married: _?_ ( ) in children: John, Sally, Nancy, Michael died: (about 1800) in buried: **
John	born: (1783) in GA married: Delphia Dicy Stinson (March 15, 1813) in Basset's Creek, Clarke County, AL children: Nancy, Mary, Amanda, William M., John, Frances, Elizabeth, Thomas, Alphonso M. died: (February 17, 1847) in Fayette County, TX buried: note: The parents of Dicy Stinson were Micajah Stinson and Nancy Ann Baker of Pike County, AL, and GA.
Sally	born: (1790) in married: children: died: ( ) in buried:
Nancy	born: (1795) in married: ( ) in children: died: ( ) in buried:
Michael	born: (September 12, 1797) in VA married: ( ) in children: died: ( ) in buried: *
Nancy	born: (about 1813) in AL married: John L. Pearson (about 1847) in children: died: ( ) in buried:
Mary (Polly)	born: (October 25, 1814) in AL married: William Greenbury Sansom (May 1, 1833) in Dallas County, AL children: John William, Mary Ann, Dicy Ann, James Joseph Nathaniel, Henry Leonard, Francis Marion, Delphiann Latica, Robert Greenbury, Thomas Jefferson, George Larkin Theodore, Keziah Ann [Davis] died: (June 12, 1888) in Kendall County, TX buried: Sansom property near Kendalia, Kendall County, TX
Amanda	born: (1818) in AL married: William Floyd Mosely ( ) in Perry, AL children: died: ( ) in buried:
William M.	born: (about 1822) in AL married: Christina Harrell (December 24, 18__) in Washington County, TX children: Francis Marion, John Henry, Benjamin, Mary Ann died: (December 9, 1849) in TX buried: note: Hanged in public for stealing cattle and counterfeiting.
John	born: (about 1822) in AL married: ( ) in children: died: (about 1847) in buried:
Frances	born: (December 8, 1824) in AL married: Henry Marion Smith (September 15, 1839) in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Washington County, TX children: Mary Jane, Martha Ann Elizabeth, Caroline Manley [Coker], William Henry, Alphonso, Amanda Matilda, Jacob Linn, Polly, Clinton Lafayette, Jefferson Davis and Nancy Lee V. [Cravey] (twins) died: (May 22, 1869) in Comal County, TX buried:
Elizabeth	born: (1829) in AL married: (a) John Henry Muspock ( ) in (b) John Sargent ( ) in children: (a) (b) died: (about 1900) in buried:
Thomas	born: (January 28, 1831) in AL married: Margaret Elnore Overton (December 3, 1854) in Clarke County, AL children: Matilda Elizabeth, Olive Wynona, Alphonso Black, John Thomas, Joseph Sanders, Georgia Eleanor, William Wesley, Jefferson Eugene, Frank Lee, Mary Ophelia, Philip Bliss died: (February 23, 1909) in Carrizozo, NM buried: Evergreen Cemetery
Alphonso M.	born: (November 11, 1835) in AL married: Annie/Prudence Howington (before 1865) in children: Franklin, Mary died: (1915) in Austin, Travis County, TX (Confederate Home) buried: Texas State cemetery?