Silas James Short

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1830-08-28

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1896-11-03

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"Silas James Short" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00009546, (accessed April 27, 2024).

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Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Virginia native. Son of Thomas Short and Rachel Short. Married to Elizabeth Powers Short on October 25, 1860. Father of Sarah E. Short and Isaac H. Short. Farmer in Johnson County in 1850. Farmer in Johnson County in 1860. Private in the 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) from May 21, 1864, to June 21, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 103A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 46. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, John’s Creek, p. 14-15. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 896. Find A Grave, "Silas J. Short (1830-1896)," Memorial #89209905, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89209905# (accessed October 22, 2018).

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