SHORT CEMETERY

Monroe , Hart County, Kentucky

LOCATION: On Hwy 31E at Hardyville, turn East onto Hwy 88 and go 6.5 miles to a dead end. Turn left and travel approximately one-half mile. The cemetery is on the left side of the road on a hill behind the Monroe Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

COMMENTS: Restored by Jan & Larry Hedgepeth and Vickie and Teddy Dillard. Researched by Dee Tapp and Jean Hedgepeth.

Surname
Given Name
Birth
Death
Notes

BOSTON

MARY ALYCE (HAWKINS)

1889

1918

D/O John Tyler & Katherine Florence (Short) Hawkins; Sister of Stanton Hawkins (below); M/O Wisner Boston (later named Wisner Higgason by his adoptive parents)

HAWKINS

JOHN TYLER

13 Jun 1840

30 Dec 1914

CIVIL WAR SOLDIER ENLISTING IN INDIANA. H/O (1) Elizabeth Jane (Bunton) Hawkins & (2) Katherine Florence (Short) Hawkins (had children by both); S/O John Louis (b. 1810) & Elizabeth Jane ( Merrick) Hawkins (b. 1816)

HAWKINS

KATHERINE FLORENCE “KATE” (SHORT)

29 Sep 1861

4 May 1940

. 2 nd W/O John Tyler Hawkins; D/O James S. and Alzira Ann (Overfelt) Short. Sister of Alice Breckenridge (Short) Meadows & Owen Franklin Short (below)

HAWKINS

NOLAN WELDON

30 Jan 1920

27 Nov 1920

S/O Stanton (b. 1896) and Hallie Hawkins

MEADOWS

A. J.

2 Sep 1835

28 Nov 1903

W/O William “Will” L. Meadows

MEADOWS

ALICE BRECKENRIDGE (SHORT).

14 Mar 1857

9 May 1901

1 st W/O John Thomas Meadows; D/O James S. & Alzira Ann (Overfelt) Short. Twin to an unnamed child who died 20 min. after birth. Sister of Katherine Florence “Kate” (Short) Hawkins & Owen Franklin Short

MEADOWS

FLORENCE (CURLE)

6 Sep 1876

29 Mar 1924

2 nd W/O John Thomas Meadows; D/O David L. & Mary E. (Boss) Curle

MEADOWS

FRANKIE

13 May 1907

20 Mar 1909

S/O John Thomas & Florence (Curle) Meadows

MEADOWS

JOHN THOMAS

3 Jan 1852

23 Aug 1936

H/O (1) Alice Breckenridge (Short) Meadows; (2) Florence (Curle) Meadows; (3) Ella Mays (b. 1864); S/O William Brown & Marguerite A. (King) Meadows; B/O William “Will” Meadows


John Thomas and second wife Florence Curle Meadows


John Thomas Meadows Family

MEADOWS

WILLIAM “WILL” L.

No stone. H/O A. J. Meadows; B/O John Thomas Meadows; S/O William Brown & Marguerite A. (King) Meadows

SHORT

ADA

6 Jul 1896

1940

No stone. M/O Nellie Ann Short

SHORT

ALMEDE MAY (O’BANION)

1 May 1888

12 Feb 1923

DEATH CERTIFICATE. 2 nd W/O Owen Franklin Short; D/O William Z. & Mildred (Slinker) O’Banion

SHORT

CLAY ROY

16 May 1913

5 Apr 1990

S/O Owen Franklin & Almede May (O’Banion) Short

SHORT

NELLIE ANN

1924

1925

No stone. D/O Ada Short who was the D/O Owen Franklin and Nellie Ann (Bristo) Short

SHORT

NELLIE ANN (BRISTO)

28 Sep 1856

21 Apr 1910

1 st W/O Owen Franklin Short

SHORT

OWEN FRANKLIN

10 Dec 1858

2 Apr 1939

DEATH CERTIFICATE. H/O Nellie Ann (Bristo) Short; S/O James S. & Alzira Ann (Overfelt) Short; B/O Katherine Florence “Kate” (Short) Hawkins & Alice Breckenridge (Short) Meadows

Owen Franklin Short and second wife Almede May.   He was 30 years older than her and he had five children.

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