Farmer in Clay and Madison Counties, Kentucky. Husband of Dorcas. Father of Bright, Parlee, Florence, Cyrus, Flora, David, James F., Ethel, George W., Viney, Edna, Edwin, Jesse, Bessie, Frances, Lena.
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Tombstone inscription.
"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9WT-HMG : accessed 9 June 2015), James Short, Magisterial District 5, Otter Creek Precinct, Clay, Kentucky.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8369819/james-simpson-short: accessed 05 April 2023), memorial page for James Simpson Short (5 May 1857–12 Mar 1938), Find A Grave: Memorial #8369819, citing Berea Cemetery, Berea, Madison County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Paul McCracken (contributor 46596518).
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