Born in Sumner, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Nicholas Overby
and Elizabeth McKinney
Sister of
Archibald Overby, Mary (Overby) Ballow, Elizabeth (Overby) Hobson, Amy (Overby) Short and Drury Overby
Wife of
Thomas Jefferson Short
— married
22 Nov 1823 in Maury, Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 42
in Greene, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Dec 2021
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Biography
Catherine was born in 1807. She passed away in 1849.
Sources
- "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHM-S9RF : 10 March 2021), Thomas Short and Catherine Overby, 22 Nov 1823; citing Maury, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,281,746.
- "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q292-QG2H : 14 February 2020), Catharine Overby in entry for Henry N. Short, 1879.
- "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q292-765B : 14 February 2020), Catherine Overby in entry for John W. Short, 1895.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
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~1.56%
Jay Fletcher
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M324417 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A626525 [compare], Ancestry member jaywfletcher
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~1.56%
Jeff Fox :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Christina (West) Marshall :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T850576 [compare], yourDNAportal CHRf1654487, Ancestry member clmarsh2012
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T850576 [compare], yourDNAportal CHRf1654487, FTDNA kit #516742
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Benjamin Liles :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UC3615817 [compare], Ancestry member benhli28
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Harry Short
Jeff Fox
Overbey-388 and Short-2382 appear to represent the same person because: Should be merged as same person. Same dates and mostly same names - with a misspelled last name.
posted
on Short-2382 (merged)
by Jeff Fox
Harry Short
Short-2387 and Short-2382 appear to represent the same person because: Same person
posted
on Short-2382 (merged)
by Harry Short
Rejected matches › Catherine (Short) Bradley (abt.1809-bef.1851) › Catherine Schott (abt.1670-bef.1713) › Catherine Sword
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