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| PERSONAL DATA SHEET |
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Calvin J. Shortt
Uncertain
if related to Martin, but both lived in Mower
Co., MN and also Vermont. |
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BORN: 30
Jan 1831 in East Calais, Washington County, VT
Source of birth = Obituary; Mower Co.
Transcript 29 Nov 1893; page 3 col 4. |
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| FATHER: Short,
Philip (born Abt. 1805 - listed in the 1850 Washington Co., VT
Census) |
| MOTHER: Nancy
(born Abt. 1805 - listed in the 1850 Washington Co., VT
Census) |
MARRIED: Fall
of 1861 in Northfield, Rice Co., MN
Source of marriage = Obituary Mower Co.
Transcript 29 Nov 1893; page 3 col 4. |
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| RESIDED:
Born in East Calais, VT, he graduated
from the University of Vermont in 1854 and came
west, settling in Northfield, Rice Co., MN where
he was a surveyor. He was admitted to the bar in
1858 after studying with two former schoolmates,
Bathelder & Buckham at Faribualt. In 1859 he
came to Austin, Mower Co., MN and formed a law
partnership with Ormanzo Allen. Was elected
County Attorney in 1860 and served four years;
was postmaster of Austin during 1864-1865; in
1868 purchased a farm four miles east of
Brownsdale where he taught school, farmed. Moved
into Brownsdale where he opened a law and real
estate office with J.M. Weiser; In 1878 he
returned to Austin and lived the remainder of his
life. There he was Register of Deeds, Clerk of
the Probate Court and Justice of the Peace for
the first ward of Austin. |
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| DIED:
27 November 1894, Austin, Mower Co., Minnesota |
| Survived by wife
and four children: Mrs. Kitty A. Lee of Fort
Scott, KS; Edith M. Shortt teacher at Princeton,
MN; Jennie S. of West Superior Wisconsin; and
Philip H. Shortt of Austin. |
| BURIED: Not
known. Services were held at the Congreational
Church, Rev. C.E. Wright officiating. |
| SPOUSE:
Isabella Stowell, daughter of Hammond Stowell,
native of Ohio who came to Mower County,
Minnesota in 1868. |
| CHILDREN: |
- Kitty A.
Shortt
- Edith M.
Shortt
- Jennie S.
Shortt
- Philip H. Shortt - born 23 July
1869 in Dexter Twp., east of Browndale,
Mower, MN
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| SOURCES: Obituary; History of Mower County,
Minnesota 1911; 1850 Washington County,
Vermont Census |
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