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Josiah Short and Mehitabel Livermore |
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1 Photo of Josiah Short.
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2 Photo of Mehitabel Livermore Short.
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The Family of Josiah Short and Mehitabel Livermore Short |
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The Parents of Josiah Short Philip III Short and Margaret Cole
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The Parents of Mehitabel Livermore Father and Mother Livermore
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Cole Family Tree
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Livermore Family Tree
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Mehitabel’s Maternal Family Tree
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Marriages of Josiah Short 1st Marriage to Catharine ? circa 1818 A liaison with Mehitabel Livermore circa 1840
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Marriages of Mehitabel Livermore 1st Marriage to Bela Wetmore A liaison with Josiah Short circa 1840
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A Biography of Josiah Short Compiled by Joy Lewis, Richmond NY town historian. Josiah Short was born in Massachusetts and came to Livonia, NY with his parents when he was about six years old. His father Philip purchased 120 acres at the foot of Hemlock Lake and built a log cabin, the first in the area. Philip later built a large family home, a house that still stands on South Main Street outside Hemlock. In his early married life, Josiah and his wife Catherine lived in Springwater. He owned land in Canadice (though he did not necessarily live on that farm), an 84-acre property “formerly owned by William TerBush,” where his son Noah later lived. From about 1842, Josiah and his family lived on his father’s farm at the foot of Hemlock Lake. Just a few houses north of the Philip Short property was the home of Mehitabel Wetmore, with whom Josiah had a liaison, resulting in the births of three children. Josiah and Catherine separated (they did not divorce) in the early 1850s. He went to live in Rochester; Catherine remained in Hemlock. He wrote his will on September 26, 1857, less than a month before he died. In his will, he acknowledged his paternity of three of Mehitabel Wetmore’s children: Julia, James, and Delia. He also mentions his sons Junius, Noah, and Moses. Son David had already died, as had daughter Mary. He did not mention his estranged wife Catherine; his executor was George Thayer.
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A Biography of Mehitabel Livermore Wetmore Short Compiled by Joy Lewis, Richmond NY town historian. Mehitabel Livermore was born in 1812 in Vermont. She married first Bela Wetmore (1764-1839) and had a daughter, Harriet, in 1836 (she married Elijah Sells). The Wetmore 85-acre farm was on the west side of Main Street, south of Route 20A, almost opposite (but a bit north of) the Philip Short farm. To the north, next door lived the Presby family. Bela Wetmore’s daughter Lucy married Otis Presby, “the boy next door.” After Bela’s death, Mehitabel became involved with her neighbor Josiah Short and had three children with him: Julia, James, and Delia. She and her four children moved to Lima in 1851. She later lived with her son James in Winfield (Cawley County), Kansas, where she died April 7, 1886.
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The Obituary of Josiah Short 9 February 1789 - 8 October 1857 No obituary found.
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The Obituary of Mehitabel Livermore Wetmore Short 1812 - 7 April 1886 No obituary found.
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The Burial of Josiah Short Village Cemetery in Hemlock NY 3 Gravestone of Josiah Short (1789 - 1857). Located in the Village Cemetery in Hemlock NY.
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The Burial of Mehitabel Livermore Wetmore Short Unknown Burial Site
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Newspaper articles from FultonHistory.com |