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Josiah Short and Catharine ? |
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1 Photo of Josiah Short.
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2 Photo of Catharine ? Short.
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The Family of Josiah Short and Catharine ? Short |
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The Parents of Josiah Short Philip III Short and Margaret Cole
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The Parents of Catharine ? Father and Mother of Catharine
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Cole Family Tree
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Catharine’s Paternal Family Tree
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Catharine’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 Catharine ? 1st Marriage to Josiah Short circa 1818
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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 Catharine ? Short Compiled by Joy Lewis, Richmond NY town historian. Catherine ? Short was born in Vermont. She married Josiah Short and lived for a time in Springwater NY. By about 1842 the family was living in Livonia, near the foot of Hemlock Lake on property belonging to her father-in-law. After she and Josiah separated, about 1852, she and some of her grown children continued to live in Hemlock. She died there in the winter of 1863.
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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 Catharine ? Short 25 September 1795 - 11 February 1863 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 Catharine ? Short Village Cemetery in Hemlock NY 4 Gravestone of Catharine Short (1795 - 1863). Located in the Village Cemetery in Hemlock NY.
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Newspaper articles from FultonHistory.com |