Artie was the youngest daughter of Jesse Madison George and Florence Belle Robertson George. She married Zola Oliver Short. She died in her parents' home in Fort Worth at the age of 28 of tuberculosis. Her death left two small boys - George Olsson Short (born in 1920) and Billy Braswell Short (born in 1922).
After she died, Zola moved to Oklahoma and took care of the boys the best he could, leaving them with a caretaker during the day while he worked. He was attacked by men who were unhappy that he had a black woman in his home. The attack sent him to the hospital. When he got out, his boys and the caretaker were gone, taken back to Texas by Artie's family. Getting them back proved difficult and as his older son George later reported, Zola and Mr. George (his father-in-law) had a terrible argument in which Mr. George told Zola that if he wanted his children back, he would have to marry Goldie. So, Zola married Artie's older sister Goldie, who said she had always loved him and they had two more children, Betty and Bob. They stayed together until Zola died.
After she died, Zola moved to Oklahoma and took care of the boys the best he could, leaving them with a caretaker during the day while he worked. He was attacked by men who were unhappy that he had a black woman in his home. The attack sent him to the hospital. When he got out, his boys and the caretaker were gone, taken back to Texas by Artie's family. Getting them back proved difficult and as his older son George later reported, Zola and Mr. George (his father-in-law) had a terrible argument in which Mr. George told Zola that if he wanted his children back, he would have to marry Goldie. So, Zola married Artie's older sister Goldie, who said she had always loved him and they had two more children, Betty and Bob. They stayed together until Zola died.
Artie was the youngest daughter of Jesse Madison George and Florence Belle Robertson George. She married Zola Oliver Short. She died in her parents' home in Fort Worth at the age of 28 of tuberculosis. Her death left two small boys - George Olsson Short (born in 1920) and Billy Braswell Short (born in 1922).
After she died, Zola moved to Oklahoma and took care of the boys the best he could, leaving them with a caretaker during the day while he worked. He was attacked by men who were unhappy that he had a black woman in his home. The attack sent him to the hospital. When he got out, his boys and the caretaker were gone, taken back to Texas by Artie's family. Getting them back proved difficult and as his older son George later reported, Zola and Mr. George (his father-in-law) had a terrible argument in which Mr. George told Zola that if he wanted his children back, he would have to marry Goldie. So, Zola married Artie's older sister Goldie, who said she had always loved him and they had two more children, Betty and Bob. They stayed together until Zola died.
After she died, Zola moved to Oklahoma and took care of the boys the best he could, leaving them with a caretaker during the day while he worked. He was attacked by men who were unhappy that he had a black woman in his home. The attack sent him to the hospital. When he got out, his boys and the caretaker were gone, taken back to Texas by Artie's family. Getting them back proved difficult and as his older son George later reported, Zola and Mr. George (his father-in-law) had a terrible argument in which Mr. George told Zola that if he wanted his children back, he would have to marry Goldie. So, Zola married Artie's older sister Goldie, who said she had always loved him and they had two more children, Betty and Bob. They stayed together until Zola died.
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