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Short, John Wesley
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| LAST: Short
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FIRST: John
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MID: Wesley
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| GENDER: M
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MAIDEN NAME:
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TITLE: Rev.
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| BORN: 23 Aug 1816
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DIED: 6 Jun 1902
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BURIED: 8 Jun 1902
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OCCUPATION: Minister; Farmer
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| BIRTH PLACE: Sussex County, Delaware
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| DEATH PLACE: Macleay, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
MARRIAGE - 21 Jan 1841 in Des Moines Co., Iowa (Source - Linda Morely)
1860 OR CENSUS - John W. Short, age 44, farmer, b. Delaware, is enumerated with Mary, age 38, b. Indiana, along with Jacob, age 18, b. Iowa, Sarah, age 13, b. Iowa, Emmeline, age 14, b. Iowa, William, age 10, b. Iowa, Ellen, age 7, b. Iowa, and Catharine, age 1, b. Oregon;
1900 OR CENSUS - John W. Short, widowed, occupation minister, b. Aug 1816 in Delaware, is enumerated with grandson Charles, age 29. b. Jul 1870, and his wife of 4 years, Addie [identified as G-daughter], age 32, mother of 1 child who is no longer living at the time of the census, b. Jan 1868 in Oregon;
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OBITUARY:
Passing of Rev. Short – Pioneer Baptist Minister Died at His Home at Macleay – Early Yesterday Morning – Came to Oregon by Ox Team A Half Century Ago – Will Be Buried in Warren Cemetery – Rev. J. W. Short died at the home of his grandson, J. F. Short, in the Waldo Hills yesterday morning at 4 o’clock, aged 86 years, 11 months, and 13 days. The remains will be buried at the Warren Cemetery tomorrow, Sunday, at 11 a.m.
John Wesley Short was born in Sussex County, Delaware, August 23, 1816. He was educated in Philadelphia and afterward learned the carpenter trade in the same city. At the age of 19 he began life on his own account. From Philadelphia he went to Burlington, Iowa, where he worked at his trade for a short time. In 1838, at the age of 22, he was married to Mary Ann Clymer, and they lived on a tract of land he had previously purchased until 1853. In March of the year he started across the plains with ox teams and arrived in Oregon August 4, 1853. His outfit consisted of two ox teams, five yokes each, one horse, seven cows and two wagons. The family consisted of his wife and six children.
He settled in Linn County, eight miles southeast of Albany, where he remained until 1860. From that place he removed to Marion County and located in the Waldo Hills where he lived to the time of his death.
Mr. Short became a Christian at the age of 17 years, and united with the Methodist church. After going to Iowa, he united with the Baptist church and began to preach. He was ordained to the full work of the ministry at Sublimity, Oregon, and remained a faithful worker as long as his health would permit.
Besides his work in the ministry, he was a successful farmer and had accumulated considerable property, most of it being in land of which he owned 740 acres.
His wife passed away in 1895. The surviving members of his family are Wm. Short, Salem; Mrs. Emma Jones, Jefferson; Mrs. Susan Smith, Drain; Mrs. Jane Hinshaw, Goldendale, Wash.; Supt. G. W. Jones of the State School for the Blind, and C. H. Jones, editor of the Oregon Teacher’s Monthly, both of this city, are grandsons of the deceased.
Daily Oregon Statesman 7 Jun 1902 6:2-3.
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INSCRIPTION:
J. W. Short
Died
June 6, 1902
Aged
35 Y'S 9 M'S
13 D'S
[west face of monument shared with Mary Ann & Jacob]
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SOURCES:
Hellie, Mader & Rickey
Saucy
1860 OR CENSUS (Linn Co., Albany, FA #677)
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Macleay, ED 138, sheet 3A)
DOS 7 Jun 1902 6:2-3
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