Texas Family Group Sheet for the Bedford SHORTER Family *********************************************** Copyright Kathy Rose. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Kathy Rose Email address: Husband: Bedford SHORTER Birthdate: 2/28/1798 Birthplace: Wilkes County Ga Death date: circa 1866 Place of death: Cherokee County Texas Burial: ? Father: Wiliam Shorter Mother: ? Marriage date: July 21, 1850 Marriage place: Rusk, Texas Wife: Sarah Name: Sarah WILLIAMS LEMON RIDDLE Birthdate: ca 1813 Birthplace: Tennessee Death date: 1892 Place of death: Ryan Cemetery Burial: Ryan, Oklahoma Father: ? Mother: ? CHILDREN Child No. 1: Modena Ann SHORTER Sex: F Birthdate: December 1850 Birthplace: Rusk Texas Death date: 1886? Place of death: Burial: ? Marriage date: 2/18/1877 Marriage place: Johnston County Texas Spouse's name: W.G. FREDERICK Child No. 2: Lucretia Jane SHORTER Sex: F Birthdate: 1853 Birthplace: Rusk Texas Death date: ?/ Place of death: ? Burial: Marriage date: 7/15/1872 Marriage place: Rusk Texas Spouse's name: Samuel SPEARS Child No. 3: Melvira H. SHORTER Sex: F Birthdate: 12/20/1855 Birthplace: Rusk Texas Death date: Feb. 1908 Place of death: Tishomingo, Oklahoma Burial: Tishomingo Marriage date: 12/23/1874 Marriage place: Rusk Texas Spouse's name: James K. Polk HALL Child No. 4: Joseph L. SHORTER Sex: M Birthdate: 1857 Birthplace: Rusk Texas Death date: 5/18/1909 Place of death: Sterling Oklahoma Burial: Sterling Oklahoma Marriage date: none Marriage place: Spouse's name: none Child No. 5: George Marion SHORTER Sex: M Birthdate: 1862 Birthplace: Rusk Texas Death date: 1942 Place of death: Duncan Oklahoma Marriage date: Burial: Duncan Cemetery Marriage place: ? Spouse's name: Eva Documentation: Family oral and written history