| Birth Name | Short, William | 2, 5 | 
					
						| Also Known As | Short, Wm | 3 | 
					
						| Also Known As | Short, Will | 4 | 
					
						| Gender | male | 
				
			 
			
				Events
				
					
						
							| Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources | 
					
					
						
							| Birth | about 1821 | Kentucky |  | 2, 3, 4, 5 | 
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							| Census | 1850 | Carroll Co., Missouri |  | 2 | 
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							| Census | 1880 | Higginsville, Lafayette, Missouri |  | 5 | 
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							| Census | 1860 | Osceola, St. Clair, Missouri |  | 3 | 
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							| Census | 1870 | Lathrop, Clinton, Missouri |  | 4 | 
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							| Occupation |  |  | Laborer | 5 | 
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							| Occupation |  |  | Farmer | 2 | 
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Relation to the center person (Nathan McNew) : third great granduncle
			
			
				Parents
				
					
						
							| Relation to William | Name | Birth date | Death date | 
					
					
						
							| Father | Horatio Short | 1794 | 1870 | 
						
							| Mother | Sarah Wilcoxson or Wilcoxen | 1796 | before 1857 | 
						
							| Sister | Harriett Short | about 1816 |  |  | 
						
							| Brother | Robert Daniel Short | April 4, 1817 | September 12, 1900 |  | 
						
							|  | William Short | about 1821 |  |  | 
						
							| Brother | Hiram Short | about 1815 | after 1880 |  | 
						
							| Brother | Green Short | about 1821 |  |  | 
						
							| Brother | David W. Short | about 1828 | about 1883 |  | 
						
							| Brother | James H. Short | June 27, 1829 | November 16, 1898 |  | 
						
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							| Father | Horatio Short | 1794 | 1870 | 
						
							| Stepmother | Nancy Puryear | 1812 | August 12, 1874 | 
						
							| Half-brother | Thomas J. Short | about 1834 | 1905 |  | 
						
							| Half-brother | Horatio H. Short | about 1836 |  |  | 
						
							| Half-sister | Maria Luiza Short | June 26, 1838 | October 4, 1911 |  | 
						
							| Half-sister | Martha J. Short | April 1840 | after 1900 |  | 
						
							| Half-sister | Mary M. Short | about 1840 | December 20, 1875 |  | 
						
							| Half-sister | Elizabeth E. Short | about 1844 | January 23, 1891 |  | 
						
							| Half-sister | Melissa Francis Short | about 1845 | after 1915 |  | 
						
							| Half-sister | Virginia Carolina Short | about 1850 | July 30, 1911 |  | 
						
							| Half-brother | John Franklin Short | May 9, 1857 |  |  | 
					
				
			 
			
				Families
				
					
						| Family of William Short and Calista J. Wolf | 
					
						|  | Wife | Calista J. Wolf
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						1821
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						1898
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						|  | Children |  |