Adam Short and Margaret Wagoner

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Husband Adam Short ¹

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            AKA: Adam Schod 2
           Born: 1800 - Germany 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1874 - Chestnut Ridge, Pike Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

       Marriage:  - Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA

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Wife Margaret Wagoner ¹

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           Born: Abt 1796 - Germany
     Christened: 
           Died: Nov 1860 - Chestnut Ridge, Pike Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

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   Other Spouse: Dr. C. N. Baker (      -Abt 1827) 2

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Children

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1 F Mary Short ³

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           Born: 1 Sep 1836 - Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Nov 1897 1
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elam B. Passmore (1836-Aft 1898) 3
           Marr: Mar 1857 1

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General Notes: Husband - Adam Short

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He and his wife were natives of Germany, were married in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and in 1838 brought their family to Clearfield County, where he continued to follow farming throughout the remainder of his life. He died at the age of seventy-four years, in the faith of the Roman Catholic Church.

In 1837 he came to Clearfield County, locating in Bell township, where he rented land for three years. He then came to the farm on which his son Conrad later resided, Mr. Short purchasing one hundred acres of land of the George Wescott survey. He at once began to clear and improve the place, where they made their home for eight years, and then removed to Chestnut Ridge.

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General Notes: Wife - Margaret Wagoner

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In 1833, a widowed mother, she resolved to bring her son to America, where he would not be compelled to enter the army, and with her brother they sailed for the New World. Landing at Baltimore, Maryland, they proceeded at once to Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where she had another brother living, and in order to provide for her own maintenance she often worked in the fields, where she could easily keep pace with the mowers.

She died at the age of sixty-four, a Lutheran in religious belief.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 804.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 930.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 804, 930, 1633.