He was born near Noblestown, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1787. His education was quite limited, but he was fond of reading and kept well posted on the leading questions of the day. he was in the war of 1812. He came west, as it was then called in 1820, and located near Mansfield, Ohio; then only a military fort. Soon after his marriage he sold his property near Windsor, on the Black Fork, and moved onto a newly purchased farm near Ashland, Ohio, where he resided until his death. Uncle Short was remarkable for his genial qualities of mind, and for his kindliness of heart to every one. he was very pleasant in his social life, a good neighbor, kind and sympathetic in his family, and a truly pious, godly man. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, at Savannah, Ohio. His death took place at his nice, comfortable home, February 19, 1861. He was buried in the Cemetery at Ashland, Ohio.
SOURCE: Thompson, Rev. Samuel Findley (1828-1912), The Thompson-Given Families; 1898; privately published, Oxford, Ohio. (Available on microfilm at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, FHL # 1402788.)
SOURCE: Thompson, Rev. Samuel Findley (1828-1912), The Thompson-Given Families; 1898; privately published, Oxford, Ohio. (Available on microfilm at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, FHL # 1402788.)
He was born near Noblestown, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1787. His education was quite limited, but he was fond of reading and kept well posted on the leading questions of the day. he was in the war of 1812. He came west, as it was then called in 1820, and located near Mansfield, Ohio; then only a military fort. Soon after his marriage he sold his property near Windsor, on the Black Fork, and moved onto a newly purchased farm near Ashland, Ohio, where he resided until his death. Uncle Short was remarkable for his genial qualities of mind, and for his kindliness of heart to every one. he was very pleasant in his social life, a good neighbor, kind and sympathetic in his family, and a truly pious, godly man. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, at Savannah, Ohio. His death took place at his nice, comfortable home, February 19, 1861. He was buried in the Cemetery at Ashland, Ohio.
SOURCE: Thompson, Rev. Samuel Findley (1828-1912), The Thompson-Given Families; 1898; privately published, Oxford, Ohio. (Available on microfilm at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, FHL # 1402788.)
SOURCE: Thompson, Rev. Samuel Findley (1828-1912), The Thompson-Given Families; 1898; privately published, Oxford, Ohio. (Available on microfilm at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, FHL # 1402788.)
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