Family Group Sheet
NameDaniel Pound Short
Birth15 Mar 1837 (?), Kentucky
Death16 Jan 1910, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialCommunity Cemetery (formerly Caudill-Fultz), Rowan Co., Ky
FatherCharles Anderson Short (~1800-)
MotherAnn Mullins (~1805-)
Other spousesMargaret S. Caudill
Marriage7 Sep 1902, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseEllenor Cox
Birth8 Mar 1855, Carter Co., Kentucky
FatherOdom Seth Cox (1820-1898)
MotherSydney Roe (~1828-1906)
Other spousesWilliam R. Durham
Notes for Daniel Pound Short
His gravestone gives his birthdate as 15 Mar 1835, but he was listed in the 1850 census as age 12, with an older brother James age 14.
Notes for Ellenor Cox
The 1855 birth report for Carter Co., Ky, lists Ellener Cox, born 8 Mar 1855, father Odom Cox, mother’s maiden name Sidney Roe. (The gender is incorrectly recorded as male.)
Census
The 1880 census of Elliott Co. KY, Mocassin precinct, shows as family #55:
Wm R. Durham, 28, farmer, NC NC NC; Ellen, 25, wife, KY NC NC (really ditto marks); Elijah, 9, son; William, 7, son; Doctor B. F., 3, son; Odom, 1, son. (The children all have ditto marks in the birthplace columns, which if taken literally would mean that Ellen wasn't their mother, since she was born in KY, but I think the census taker just forgot to enter the birthplaces in the columns for Ellen’s parents.)
Living next door at family #54 are:
Odem Cox, 59, farmer, VA VA VA; Sydney, 52, wife, KY ENG KY; James, 19, son; Sydney, 16, dau; Charles R., 13, son; Willis R., 11, son. All children born KY VA KY. (Even though the birthplaces don't match for Ellen's parents, the name Odom for Wm & Ellen's son suggests looking at the Odem Cox family in 1870.)
So doing that, the 1870 census of Elliott Co, Newcombe Fork precinct, family #97:
Oden Cox, 49, farmer, VA; Lydia, 43, KY; Henry, 17; Ellen, 14; Phebe, 12; James, 10; Sidney, 6 (male); Charles, 4; Willis, 1. (I believe Lydia 43 and Sydney 52 are the same wife; capital L and S are almost indistiguishable in handwriting of the period. Which is the correct name, I don't know. Notice also that the child Sidney/Sydney has changed gender between the two censuses.)
Wm R. Durham, 28, farmer, NC NC NC; Ellen, 25, wife, KY NC NC (really ditto marks); Elijah, 9, son; William, 7, son; Doctor B. F., 3, son; Odom, 1, son. (The children all have ditto marks in the birthplace columns, which if taken literally would mean that Ellen wasn't their mother, since she was born in KY, but I think the census taker just forgot to enter the birthplaces in the columns for Ellen’s parents.)
Living next door at family #54 are:
Odem Cox, 59, farmer, VA VA VA; Sydney, 52, wife, KY ENG KY; James, 19, son; Sydney, 16, dau; Charles R., 13, son; Willis R., 11, son. All children born KY VA KY. (Even though the birthplaces don't match for Ellen's parents, the name Odom for Wm & Ellen's son suggests looking at the Odem Cox family in 1870.)
So doing that, the 1870 census of Elliott Co, Newcombe Fork precinct, family #97:
Oden Cox, 49, farmer, VA; Lydia, 43, KY; Henry, 17; Ellen, 14; Phebe, 12; James, 10; Sidney, 6 (male); Charles, 4; Willis, 1. (I believe Lydia 43 and Sydney 52 are the same wife; capital L and S are almost indistiguishable in handwriting of the period. Which is the correct name, I don't know. Notice also that the child Sidney/Sydney has changed gender between the two censuses.)
