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Jacob Shorthouse Short 1767–1851 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 JAN 1767

Birth Location: Germany

Death Date: 15 JUN 1851

Death Location: Old Bethel Cemetery, Craig Township, Switzerland, Indiana, United States

Father: John Short

Mother: Elizabeth Echols

Spouse(s): Hannah Carr, Elizabeth Freeman

Children(s):

In 1767, Jacob Shorthouse Short entered the world in Germany, born to John C Short And Elizabeth Echols. Jacob Shorthouse Short married Elizabeth Lane Freeman, Hannah Carr. Jacob Shorthouse Short passed away in 1851 in Old Bethel Cemetery, Craig Township, Switzerland, Indiana, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1767, Jacob Shorthouse Short entered the world in Germany, born to John C Short And Elizabeth Echols.
  • Jacob Shorthouse Short married Elizabeth Lane Freeman, Hannah Carr.
  • Jacob Shorthouse Short passed away in 1851 in Old Bethel Cemetery, Craig Township, Switzerland, Indiana, United States.

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Jacob Short's Ancestors

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Jacob Short
1767–1851
Birth Place: Germany
Parents
John C. Short
1736–1796
Virginia, British Colonial America
Elizabeth Echols
1743–1796
Lunenburg, Virginia, British Colonial America
Grandparents
Cornelius Short
1700–1764
Ireland
Elizabeth (Griffith) Tynes
1710–1738
Henrico, Powhatan, Virginia, America
Abraham Echols
1700–1749
Virginia, British Colonial America
Sarah Hubbard
1700–1762
Virginia, British Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
Isaac Tynes
1687–1750
Mary Griffith
1690–1762
John Echols
1650–1712
Mary Cave
1661–1712
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Tynes
1659–1743
Kacey Erickson
1664–1739
Bartholomew Griffith
1664–1751
Lisa Walters
1670–1756
John Cave
1642–1721
Elizabeth Travers
1645–1693

Jacob Short's Timeline

3 Records

1767
20 JAN 1767
Birth of Jacob Shorthouse Short in Germany
Germany
1851
12 JUN 1851
Age 84
Death of Jacob Shorthouse Short in Craig Township, Switzerland, Indiana, United States
Craig Township, Switzerland, Indiana, United States
1851
15 JUN 1851
Age 84
Burial of Jacob Shorthouse Short in Old Bethel Cemetery, Craig Township, Switzerland, Indiana, United States
Old Bethel Cemetery, Craig Township, Switzerland, Indiana, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 JAN 1767
    Event Place: Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 JUN 1851
    Event Place: Craig Township, Switzerland, Indiana, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 15 JUN 1851
    Event Place: Old Bethel Cemetery, Craig Township, Switzerland, Indiana, United States

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