Submitted by: Cathy Millburn

 

 

CHARLIE ROSS SHORT

 

 

 

Charlie Ross Short moved from Ellis County, Texas to Falls County, Texas in 1934; and in 1937, he brought his widowed mother, Mrs. N. L. Short, and five of her eight children to join him in Falls County. The mother died in 1958 in Reagan, Texas.

In 1938, Charlie married Bernice Fuller of Navarro County, Texas, and they had two sons:

Norman Ross Short, and Joe Clint Short who married Sally Scroggins ‑ a daughter of J. V. Scroggins.

Charlie and Bernice Short reside in Reagan, Texas. His siblings who came to Falls County were:

Geraldine Short who married Aldredge Woodland, had three children: Julia Kay Woodland, Bonnie Sue Woodland, and Fred Glover Woodland, and resides in Groves, Texas.

Wendel M. Short was killed in the Invasion of Normandy in 1944 while in the U.S. Army during World War II.

Annette Short married Joseph ("Joe") Spadora, and had one son, Joseph Spadora, Jr. Annette graduated from Reagan High School, and Joseph Spadora was a native of New York. They reside in Marlin, Texas.

Joseph Paul Short attended Reagan and Marlin schools, and left Falls County in 1944, He lived and worked in the Port Arthur, Texas area until his death in 1977. He married first to Lillie Densman of Marlin, Texas and had two children: Michael Short and Susan Short.

O. M. (called "Mike") Short ‑ married Frances Swinnea of Reagan, Texas, and had two children: Deborah Lynn Short who married Robert Thigpen, Jr. ‑ a son of Robert and Jane Ann (Walston) Thigpen of Falls County, Texas; and Timothy Clay Short. Mike and Frances live on their farm north of Marlin, toward the Perry Community in Falls County, Texas.

 

 

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 416 column 1.  
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