Individual Details

4 Jun 1917 World War I Draft Registration
Charles Blufford Short of 216 S. Forest Ave, Chanute, KS was age 23. Born 13 Nov 1893 in Altoona, KS. Occupations was plumber & gas fitter for Kansas Natural Gas Co, Independence, KS. He has single with no military service. Tall, slender, blue eyes, light hair

A note by a descendants says that he married while home on leave and there is a picture of Charles in WW I uniform - so he did serve.

1930 Census. Tiger Twp, Creek Co, OK, Hh 92
Charles Short, 36, married at age 26, b. KS, Field Supt. Oil Field
Mary, wife, 30, married at 21, b. KS
Robert, son, 7, b. KS
Hh 93
Guy Short, 29, married at 21, b. KS, Inspector, Oil Field
Eunice, wife, 29, married at 21, b. KS

1940 Census. Lawrence, Douglas, KS, Hh 24
547 Alabama St. - lived in Drumwright, Creek Co, OK in 1935
Charles Short, 46, Maintenance Foreman, Cities Services Gas Co
Mary, wife, 39
Robert, son, 17
Richard, son, 4, b. KS

Buried Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Lawrence, Douglas Co, KS

Birth	13 Nov 1893	Chetopa, Wilson County, Kansas
Marriage	8 Jun 1918	Neosho County, Kansas - Mary Teresa Keenan
Death	1 Aug 1968	Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas

Spouse	Mary Teresa Keenan (1899 - 1950)
Child	Living

Father	Thomas Robert "T.R." Short (1870 - 1963)
Mother	Cora Fay Davis (1876 - 1911)