Melissa Francis Short 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Birth Name Short, Melissa Francis 5
Also Known As Melissa F. 7
Also Known As Francis 2, 8
Also Known As Short, ? 1
Also Known As Short, Fannie 3
Gender female
Age at Death more than about 70 years

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1845 Kentucky   2, 7, 8
Death after 1915     2

Relation to the center person (Nathan McNew) : third great grandaunt

Parents

Relation to Melissa Name Birth date Death date
Father Horatio Short17941870
Mother Nancy Puryear1812August 12, 1874
    Brother     Thomas J. Short about 1834 1905
    Brother     Horatio H. Short about 1836
    Sister     Maria Luiza Short June 26, 1838 October 4, 1911
    Sister     Martha J. Short April 1840 after 1900
    Sister     Mary M. Short about 1840 December 20, 1875
    Sister     Elizabeth E. Short about 1844 January 23, 1891
         Melissa Francis Short about 1845 after 1915
    Sister     Virginia Carolina Short about 1850 July 30, 1911
    Brother     John Franklin Short May 9, 1857
 
Father Horatio Short17941870
Sarah Wilcoxson or Wilcoxen1796before 1857
    Half-sister     Harriett Short about 1816
    Half-brother     Robert Daniel Short April 4, 1817 September 12, 1900
    Half-brother     William Short about 1821
    Half-brother     Hiram Short about 1815 after 1880
    Half-brother     Green Short about 1821
    Half-brother     David W. Short about 1828 about 1883
    Half-brother     James H. Short June 27, 1829 November 16, 1898

Families

Family of Richard Allen and Melissa Francis Short

Married Husband Richard Allen ( * about 1841 + after 1915 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage October 10, 1867 Saline Co., Missouri   3
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Catharine Allenabout 1870
Lettie J. AllenOctober 30, 1874January 21, 1967