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| PERSONAL DATA SHEET |
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| Martin Short |
| Speculated
last name might have been French - spelled
Courte, Court or even Le Courte. |
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BORN: 1823 in Franklin County, VT?
Pension
records indicate he was born here, however, no
record was located in the Vermont vital records;
Widow pension and family papers indicate he was
born in Saint-Denis, Canada. A search of this
village indicates it is located in Quebec, just a
bit northeast of Montreal. |
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MARRIED: 30 June 1844 in Bakersfield,
Franklin Co., VT
Pension records indicate he was married here by
John Morse, Justice of the Peace. |
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DIED: 17 August 1864, Andersonville,
Sumter Co., GA
During the
Civil War he was taken prisoner about ten months
after his enlistment at Brice's Crossroad in
Mississippi and subsequently taken to the
infamous Andersonville Prison where he died. |
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BURIED: Andersonville Cemetery Grave #5941
Photo Available |
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| SPOUSE: Norman, Matilda 1825 - 1902 |
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| CHILDREN: |
- Mary Marie
Short - born about 1849 in Illinois
- Elizabeth
June Short - born 01 Nov 1853 in Addison
County, VT.
- Eunice
Matilda Short - born 15 August 1859 in
Shipman, Macoupin Co., IL
- George McClellan Short - born 08 May 1862
in Saratoga, Winona Co., MN
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| CENSUS
RECORD: 1860 Fed Census - Macoupin Co., IL |
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| OTHER
SOURCES: U.S. Quartermaster’s Dept.
Roll of Honor I-VI p.175 Andersonville Cemetery;
Widow’s Pension Records. |
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