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| PERSONAL DATA SHEET |
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| George McClellan Shortt |
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name appears in papers with two t's, but
undoubtedly the son of Martin and Matilda. |
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BORN:
08 May 1862 in Saratoga, Winona County,
MN
Attended istrict schools and the State Normal
School at Winona. He learned telegraphy and
entered the railroad service where he was an
agent and operator for the C.M. & St. P for
twenty years. He was elected cashier of the Bank
of Browndale and allied himself with the Masons
and the A.O.U.W. |
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| FATHER:
Short, Martin 1823 - 1864 |
| MOTHER:
Norman, Matilda 1825 - 1902 |
| SIBLINGS:
Mary Marie who married Coumber;
Elizabeth Jane who married Walworth; Eunice
Matilda who married Albro B. Danforth. |
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| SPOUSE: Sanborn, Etta (Violet
Josephine) 1868 - 1946 |
| MARRIED: 19
Aug 1896 in Browndale, Mower Co., MN to Etta J.
Sanborn, daughter of John and Mary (Cheeseboro).
[News clipping of wedding on file] |
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DIED: 26
March 1948, Bellingham, Whatcom Co., WA
His wife preceded him in death on 13 Aug 1946. |
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| BURIED:
Probably at Green Acres Cemetery where his wife
was laid to rest. |
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| CHILDREN: |
- Marie Matilda
- born 25 July 1898 in Brownsdale, Mower,
MN; married Clinton Vaux.
- Madeline
Dorris - born 14 Dec 1905 in Brownsdale,
Mower, MN; married Al Benson.
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| OTHER
SOURCES: U.S. Quartermaster’s Dept.
Roll of Honor I-VI p.175 Andersonville Cemetery;
Widow’s Pension Records; Obituary of mother,
Matilda Short; History of Mower Co., MN 1911;
Wedding announcement - Mower County News; Wife's
Obituary 22 Aug 1946. |
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