Husband: Bedford SHORTER
Birthdate: 2/28/1798
Birthplace: Wilkes County Ga
Death date: circa 1866
Place of death: Cherokee County Texas
Burial: ?
Father: Wiliam Shorter
Mother: ?

Marriage date: July 21, 1850
Marriage place: Rusk, Texas

Wife: Sarah
Name: Sarah WILLIAMS LEMON RIDDLE
Birthdate: ca 1813
Birthplace: Tennessee
Death date: 1892
Place of death: Ryan Cemetery
Burial: Ryan, Oklahoma
Father: ?
Mother: ?

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Modena Ann SHORTER
Sex: F
Birthdate: December 1850
Birthplace: Rusk Texas
Death date: 1886?
Place of death:
Burial: ?
Marriage date: 2/18/1877
Marriage place: Johnston County Texas
Spouse's name: W.G. FREDERICK

Child No. 2: Lucretia Jane SHORTER
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1853
Birthplace: Rusk Texas
Death date: ?/
Place of death: ?
Burial:
Marriage date: 7/15/1872
Marriage place: Rusk Texas
Spouse's name: Samuel SPEARS

Child No. 3: Melvira H. SHORTER
Sex: F
Birthdate: 12/20/1855
Birthplace: Rusk Texas
Death date: Feb. 1908
Place of death: Tishomingo, Oklahoma
Burial: Tishomingo
Marriage date: 12/23/1874
Marriage place: Rusk Texas
Spouse's name: James K. Polk HALL

Child No. 4: Joseph L. SHORTER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1857
Birthplace: Rusk Texas
Death date: 5/18/1909
Place of death: Sterling Oklahoma
Burial: Sterling Oklahoma
Marriage date: none
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: none

Child No. 5: George Marion SHORTER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1862
Birthplace: Rusk Texas
Death date: 1942
Place of death: Duncan Oklahoma
Marriage date:
Burial: Duncan Cemetery
Marriage place: ?
Spouse's name: Eva
 
 
Documentation:
* Family oral and written history.