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Jonas SHORT1825–

Name: Jonas SHORT

Given names: Jonas

Surname: SHORT

Events of close relatives
Birth	1825 35 28 Louisiana
Marriage	Julia KEACK — View this family yes
Death of a paternal grandfather	Jonas SHORT 1831 (Age 6 years) Possibly Mississippi Note: Jonas Short appeared in several tax lists from 1823 through 1825 but had disappeared from the tax ro… Jonas Short appeared in several tax lists from 1823 through 1825 but had disappeared from the tax rolls by 1829. Davis Short was also in the tax rolls during this time. Jonas sued a Jacob Lilley in late 1828. In 1829 Wiot Short and John Short appeared on the rolls and Davis Short continued on the rolls. However, in 1831 Mary Ann Short and Jonas Short's marriage was dissolved by an act of the Mississippi Legislature; thus Jonas was alive in 1831.
Death of a paternal grandfather	Jonas SHORT 1840 (Age 15 years) Possibly Texas Note: In 1840 a Jonas Short appeared in Texas with Simeon Short and Elbern Short where Jonas was granted 320 acres by a land commission in Jasper Co. This might have been old Jonas Short with his son and grandson. Or it might have been young (15 years old) Jonas, son of Simeon. No age was given in the land record. Conditional Certificate Recipients in Jasper Co Tx, 1841 Note: Charles Irby and his Short in-laws were in Jasper Co Tx obtaining land in 1841. Evidently they did not stay but returned to Rankin Co MS by 1850.
Death of a maternal grandfather	Jonathan MAGEE October 1841 (Age 16 years) Simpson Co, Miss Note: Estate Notice for Jonathan Magee, Jackson Mississippian, Oct 22, 1841: December 1841 term of the Probate Court, Simpson County MS. Thomas Hutson and William H Pervis, Adms. Jackson MS Announcement of Jonathan Magee Probate
Death of a maternal grandmother	Rebecca JAMES 1845 (Age 20 years)
Death of a father	Simeon SHORT about 1845 (Age 20 years) Probably Texas.
Death of a mother	Elizabeth MAGEE 1847 (Age 22 years) Note: Elizabeth Short, deceased, is mentioned in her father Jonathan's probate in 1847. 1847 Jackson MS Newspaper Announcement of Jonathan Magee Probate
Census	1850 (Age 25 years) Age: 25 St Tammany Parish, LA Note: A 25 year old man named Jonas Short was living with a German couple in St Tammany Parish in 1850.

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth MAGEE Maria SHORT Jonas SHORT Elbern SHORT Simeon SHORT Birth: about 1790 — Probably GA. Death: about 1845 — Probably Texas.
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Simeon SHORT Maria SHORT Jonas SHORT Elbern SHORT Elizabeth MAGEE Birth: about 1797 27 23 — GA Death: 1847
	Marriage: December 27, 1815 — St. Tammany Parish LA
3 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Charles M IRBY Maria SHORT Birth: 1818 28 21 — Louisiana
8 years himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Julia KEACK Jonas SHORT Birth: 1825 35 28 — Louisiana
-4 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Delaney PLUMMER Elbern SHORT Birth: 1820 30 23 — Louisiana

Family with Julia KEACK - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Julia KEACK Jonas SHORT Birth: 1825 35 28 — Louisiana
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jonas SHORT Julia KEACK
	Marriage: —

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Census	A 25 year old man named Jonas Short was living with a German couple in St Tammany Parish in 1850.
Note	Louisiana Marriages for Julian C. Keack Spouse: Jones Shorts Marriage Date: 24 Jan 1850 Marriage Pace: St. Tammany