Michael
Short
Born in Virginia
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Margaret (Berry) Short
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Short) Wolford, Susannah (Short) Dicks, Margaret (Short) Day, MaryEllen (Short) Dicks, George Short, John Short, Unknown Short, James M Short and Nancy (Short) Verner
Died
at age 75
in Tazewell County, Illinois
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Mar 2018
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Biography
Michael was born in 1791. He passed away in 1867. He was listed in the 1850 census as a farmer. He may have been an orchardist, as he had an orchard on his place and portions of Hampshire County are ideally suited to large orchards. In 1832, before the last child Nancy was born, Hampshire County records show that Michael bought a farm.
Sometime between 1853 and 1855 Michael and Margaret migrated to Tazewell County, Indiana. They did not keep their own home because the Illinois census of 1860 shows Michael and Margaret and a granddaugher Margaret Dicks (her mother Susannah Short Dicks died), living with the James M. Short family.
Michael and Margaret are buried at Woodrow Cemetery, South Pekin, Tazewell County, Indiana.
Sources
- Wolford-Short-Pritchard-Scott-Alexander-Grimm-Horn-Stolenberg-Schlichting Genealogical History.
Wolford-Short Scott-Alexander data complied by Audrey Wolford Fee -Stoltenberg-Schlichting data compiled by Malinda Grimm Woldord, Marie Grimm Estes, Karl Niewerth and Sidney LeRoy Estes
Pritchard data compiled by Ruth Mitchell Pritchard
Descendants of William Wolford data compiled by Myrtle Wolford Eley and Mildred Wolford Teig.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Michael by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Michael:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Michael by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Michael:
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~1.56%
Dennis Hoover
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