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Robert Walker Shorter

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Robert Walker Shorter

Birth
Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Death
18 Jan 1916 (aged 68)
Virginia, USA
Burial
Newport News, Newport News City, Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.9949027, Longitude: -76.4031486
Plot
O - 84
Memorial ID
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He was the son of Booker R. Shorter and Tabitha Hubbard Shorter. He married Anna Eliza Gardner and had 9 children, Lula Catherine, James William, Martha Emma, John Hannibal, Clyde Gardner, Claude Cabell, Henry Wade, Jake Finch, Anabelle. He is a Confederate Veteran having served as a courier and he received a pension in his later life. He came to Newport News around 1881 to work in the ship building business.
He was the son of Booker R. Shorter and Tabitha Hubbard Shorter. He married Anna Eliza Gardner and had 9 children, Lula Catherine, James William, Martha Emma, John Hannibal, Clyde Gardner, Claude Cabell, Henry Wade, Jake Finch, Anabelle. He is a Confederate Veteran having served as a courier and he received a pension in his later life. He came to Newport News around 1881 to work in the ship building business.


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