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Title: James M. Short Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1859-1887
Box Number: 358
Creator:
Short, James M.
Extent: 1 box
Repository:
California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language:
English.
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[Identification of item], James M. Short Collection, California State Library.
Pioneers--California
Frontier and pioneer life--California
Short, James M.
Business papers, legal documents, personal papers, letters, receipts.
James Short was born in Kentucky, July 17, 1822. He arrived in California in 1850. He was a farmer in Galt, Sacramento County.
He served as Deputy County Assessor, Justice of the Peace, and School Trustee. He married his first wife, Maria Wade, in 1863.
He was married a second time to Mrs. Augusta R. Sawyer.