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Levin Saunders Short Family Collection

1 folder, 1 oversize folder (2.5 linear feet)

(1880 – 1950)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier 2006.100
Creator(s) Unknown
Acquisition

Donated by Elizabeth Cissel.
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by A. Tuttle-Smith, March 2014.
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Oversize materials have been separated and housed within the Nabb Center's Flate File system.
Abstract

This collection contains several late 19th to the early 20th century photographs of the Short Family. Included are Dr. Levin Causey, Levin Sanders Short, Lillian White Short, Cannon R. Short, Jennie White and Leah Jane Causey Short, all ancestors of Elizabeth Cissel. Also included is an obituary for Levin Short, news clipping regarding the 8th annual Short family gathering in 1939 and a US Army honorable discharge for Charles E. White, brother of Lillian White Short.

Biographical History

Levin Sanders Short (1872-1950) - Proprietor - Meat  1910 308 Newton St 1930 314 Camden Ave Salisbury
Lillian May White Short (1874-aft1950) m. 1896 : son - James Preston Short (b1898) lived in Salisbury 1900-1930

Lillian May White and Mary J "Jennie" White (1878) d/o James S.P[reston]. White (1851) and Mary E (1851-bef1920) m1878

Father: Cannon R Short b. DE (1808-1881) Farmer 1880 Adkinsons District Worcester MD m.1860 Leah Jane Causey Short (1831-1910) d/o Levin Patrick Causey (1808-1885) m. 1831 Hester A Stevenson (1809-1889)

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Subject Terms

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    • Newspapers
    • Short Family
    • Military History

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