The Family of Seneca T. Short and Delia M. Stevens

The Parents of Seneca T. Short

Josiah Short I and Sarah P. Carpenter Short

The Parents of Delia M. Stevens

Jessie Stevens and Delia Kellogg Stevens

Short Family Tree

Carpenter Family Tree

Stevens Family Tree

Kellogg Family Tree

Marriages of Seneca T. Short

Marriage to Delia M. Stevens

Marriages of Delia M. Stevens

Marriage to Seneca T. Short

The Obituary of Seneca T. Short

19 November 1829 - 1 October 1906

From the Livonia Gazette, 12 October 1906

In the death of Seneca Truman Short the town of Livonia loses one of her foremost citizens, a man of absolute integrity, of unswerving loyalty to duty and of high purpose in the conduct of life.

As a boy he was studious, sober and earnest, as a young man a successful teacher of the young, and as a mature man a beneficent force in all the walks of life. His counsel and advice were constantly sought and freely and wisely given, and he was often called to the delicate and responsible duty of the settlement and conservation of the estates of his neighbors. In his home life he was the strong and love-compelling force that bound all his household to him in the bonds of confidence and affection. Mr. Short had spent much time and careful research in the genealogy of the Short family, and had gathered extensive data that should be preserved, not only for the satisfaction of the family, now so large and widespread, but for the benefit of the pioneer history of this region, in which history the family played so important and honorable a part. When such a man departs, whose life has touched so many other lives in the community with helpful and uplifting power, the loss to that community is widespread and almost irreparable. Only the mitigating hand of time can make at all bearable the thought that he will be seen no more in his familiar places by his loved ones. The tenderest sympathy of a host of friends goes out to his stricken family, so suddenly bereaved.

Mr. Short’s death, which occurred on Monday, Oct. 1st, 1906, was undoubtedly hastened by the hard work he did in helping the preparations for the coming fair of the agricultural society, of which he was a leading promoter and always an interested worker. Seemingly without premonition he dropped dead while engaged in such work.

Seneca Truman Short was born in Richmond Nov. 19, 1829, and at an early age removed to the eastern part of Livonia, where nearly all the residue of his life was passed. He was the youngest of three sons of Josiah and Sarah Short all of whom have died within two years, full of years and valuable, honorable service.

He leaves a widow, Delia Stevens, a daughter of one of the prominent families of Richmond, two sisters, Mrs. Annie Reed of Richmond and Mrs. Lurana Chappell of Michigan, and four children, Ernest T., Mrs. Jennie Stone, Mrs. Delia Macomber and Mrs. Mettie Wicker, all of Livonia.

Mr. Short’s funeral was held from his late residence on Thursday afternoon, the Rev. Mr. Crocker of Honeoye Falls and the Rev. Mr. Day of Richmond officiating, and was very largely attended. This slight tribute to the memory of a lifelong friend is given, with the only regret that it does not more adequately set forth the strength and value of the life so suddenly closed.

By O. A. Archer

The Obituary of Delia M. Stevens Short

5 August 1835 - 3 February 1928

From the Livonia Gazette, 10 February 1928

Delia M. Short, widow of S. Truman Short, died in Rochester February 3rd. Mrs. Short was 92 years of age. She was born August 5, 1835, in Honeoye, N.Y., the daughter of J. Delia Kellogg and Jesse Stevens. Her parents were pioneers in this country, having come here from Massachusetts, and she saw in her lifetime the development of this community from a wilderness to its present state.

The first five years of her married life were spent on the “California ranch” and the remainder on the Short farm in Hemlock.

She is survived by one son, Ernest T. of Hemlock, and two daughters, Mrs. F. A. Wicker of Livonia and Mrs. Orielle Macomber of Goldsborough, Md.

The Burial of Seneca T. Short

Union Cemetery in Livonia NY

The Burial of Delia M. Stevens Short

Union Cemetery in Livonia NY

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