Benjamin Franklin Short

7 November 1858–5 December 1933 (Age 75)
Yale, Jasper, Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of Benjamin Franklin

When Benjamin Franklin Short was born on 7 November 1858, in Yale, Jasper, Illinois, United States, his father, William Lawson Short, was 38 and his mother, Catherine Siler, was 33. He married Lucy Postlewait on 11 February 1894, in Crawford, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Grandville Township, Jasper, Illinois, United States for about 73 years. He died on 5 December 1933, in Crawford, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Crawford, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Franklin Short
1858–1933
Lucy Postlewait
1864–1948
Marriage: 11 February 1894
Roscoe Grant Short
1894–1917
Wilbur Leo Short
1896–
Arden Batman Short
1897–1899
Rollo ( Raleigh) Ausby Short
1896–1896
Rollo Short
1896–1896
Wilbur L. Short
1897–1897
Arden B. Short
1898–1899
Flora Bernice Short
1900–1962
Ernest Franklin Short
1904–1966

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World Events (8)

1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Age 3
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
1863
Age 5
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 23
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

1 English: nickname from Middle English schort ‘short’.2 Scottish and northern Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Gheairr, Mac an Ghirr‘son of the short man’ ( see McGirr ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

McGirr
Shorty
Shortt
Shorts

Sources (12)

  • Benj F Short in household of William Short, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Benjamin Short in household of William Short, "United States Census, 1870"
  • B F Short, "United States Census, 1920"

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