Minnie Myrtle (James) Short (1903 - 1984)

Born 16 Oct 1903 in Jasper, Walker, Alabama, United States

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Died 28 Apr 1984 at age 80 in Malvern, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Minnie (James) Short was born in Appalachia, in Alabama.

Minnie Myrtle James was born to John Franklin James and Nancy Dorenda Randolph in Walker County, Alabama.

Minnie lived with her family in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Missouri prior to marriage and moving to Arkansas.

She corresponded with several of her James family including her Uncles, James Riley James, and Uncle Lesley Christopher James. After she moved to Arkansas she corresponded with her mother back in Missouri and other family members. In the 1980's she had kept this treasure trove of valuable correspondence and assisted this writer to locate James and Myers's family. Although one of the younger children in the family she had valuable genealogical information and happily shared her knowledge.

She was a beautiful person, inside and out. Her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren adored her as did her siblings and extended family. Like her siblings, she had the gift of storytelling.

Sources

• 1. 1910 U.S. Census, District 3, Gibson County, Tennessee.

2. 1920 U.S. Census, Little Prairie, Pemiscot, Missouri.

3. Missouri Marriage Record for Charlie Short (indexed as Shart) and Minnie James, Caruthersville, Pemiscot County, Missouri, 30 June 1923.

4. 1930 U.S. Census, Caruthersville, Pemiscot, County, Missouri.

5. Residence in 1935 was indicated to be Hidalgo County, Texas from the 1940 census enumeration.

6. 1940 U.S. Census, Saline, Hot Spring, Arkansas.

7. U.S. Social Security Death Index for Minnie Short.