History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana From the
Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical
Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc.  Chicago, Goodspeed Bros., & Co.,
Publishers, 1884. Weston A. Goodspeed, Leroy C. Goodspeed, Charles L.
Goodspeed.  Unknown County.

OWENS SHORT was born in this county March 14, 1818; son of Wesley and
Rebecca (Owens) Short; is the seventh in a family of nine children, and is
of Welsh-English extraction.  The father of Mr. Short was born in
Virginia, December 20, 1780, and his mother in the same State September
15, 1782.  His paternal grandfather was John Short, also a native of
Virginia, born February 15, 1756.  In 1817 the father of Mr. Short came to
Indiana, and for a time remained in Washington County, but early in 1818
he made settlement in Lawrence County.  His death took place September 16,
1852, and was followed September 29, 1858, by his wife.  The early life of
the subject of this sketch was spent in farming and attending school.  In
1840 Mr. Short had made so much advancement that he taught a district
school.  In all, he has now taught sixteen terms.  He has extended his
education so that he is considered one of the best scholars and read men
in his neighborhood.  He attended the State University at Bloomington some
time, and but for ill health, would have graduated.  He was married August
6, 1850, to Miss Mary E. Lancaster, a native of Boone County, Ky., born
September 18, 1827, and who, in 1846, came with her parents to Greene
County, Ind.  This union had the following children:  Flora I., 1855;
Victoria, 1856; Emma E., 1858; Ulysses G., 1868.  The last named deceased
in 1875.  The other children (three) died in infancy.  In 1850 Mr. Short
settled where he now resides.  Here he has a farm consisting of 450 acres,
on land where the first house of Perry Township was erected.  At the early
age of fifteen years, Mr. Short united with the Christian Church, of which
he has ever since been a member, and for twenty years he has been a local
preacher in that denomination.  Mrs. Short has been a member of the same
church for thirty-four years.  She is a most amiable, Christian lady.  He
is an earnest Republican, and a highly respected and honorable citizen.  

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