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Clarinda <I>Amburgey</I> Short

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Clarinda Amburgey Short

Birth
Knott County, Kentucky, USA
Death
28 Jan 1976 (aged 70)
Scott County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Scottsburg, Scott County, Indiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.6793003, Longitude: -85.7743423
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Clarinda age 71 was born December 24, 1905 in Knott County, Kentucky to the parents of Mr. William Riley "Champion" and Harriet Ritter "Whitaker" Amburgey.
Her sisters are Selina 1894-1961, Adelia 1895 - 1923, Rebecca 1897 - 1981, Lucinda 1898 - 1904, Margaret 1908 - 1972.
Brothers are: Ambrose Wiley 1896 - 1964, Leslie 1900 - 1969, Alamander 1901 - 1982, Benton 1911 - 1981, Granville 1913 - 1985, and Robert Humphrey Amburgey 1915 - 1986.

Married first El Caney "Eli" Newsome Born March 22, 1925. Two children Hager Born Feb. 02, 1926 Died May 1926; Jewel Dean Born April 25, 1927.
Second she married Jolly "Doc" Short on May 05, 1930 in Litt Carr, Kentucky. Together they raised eight children.
They are: Jewel Dean, Armina, Emagene, Dora Lee, Kenneth J., Rena Mae, Harrold William, and Ina Mae.
Clarinda and Doc loved to raise a garden every year, and most of the time had a fine looking garden if the season was not too dry. In there later years they would walk each day, about a mile to their daughter Dora Lee's house to work in the garden. She would can the vegetables that they had raised in preparation for winter. She knew how to shoot a shot gun. A skill she learned as a young girl from down in Kentucky. Clarinda always wore a dress. She was very good at sewing and made clothes and blankets. She loved to cook, especially breakfast in which biscuits and gravy, eggs, and bacon or sausage added in. She and Jolly where members of the Old Regular Baptist Church. They resided in Austin Indiana until their deaths.
Clarinda age 71 was born December 24, 1905 in Knott County, Kentucky to the parents of Mr. William Riley "Champion" and Harriet Ritter "Whitaker" Amburgey.
Her sisters are Selina 1894-1961, Adelia 1895 - 1923, Rebecca 1897 - 1981, Lucinda 1898 - 1904, Margaret 1908 - 1972.
Brothers are: Ambrose Wiley 1896 - 1964, Leslie 1900 - 1969, Alamander 1901 - 1982, Benton 1911 - 1981, Granville 1913 - 1985, and Robert Humphrey Amburgey 1915 - 1986.

Married first El Caney "Eli" Newsome Born March 22, 1925. Two children Hager Born Feb. 02, 1926 Died May 1926; Jewel Dean Born April 25, 1927.
Second she married Jolly "Doc" Short on May 05, 1930 in Litt Carr, Kentucky. Together they raised eight children.
They are: Jewel Dean, Armina, Emagene, Dora Lee, Kenneth J., Rena Mae, Harrold William, and Ina Mae.
Clarinda and Doc loved to raise a garden every year, and most of the time had a fine looking garden if the season was not too dry. In there later years they would walk each day, about a mile to their daughter Dora Lee's house to work in the garden. She would can the vegetables that they had raised in preparation for winter. She knew how to shoot a shot gun. A skill she learned as a young girl from down in Kentucky. Clarinda always wore a dress. She was very good at sewing and made clothes and blankets. She loved to cook, especially breakfast in which biscuits and gravy, eggs, and bacon or sausage added in. She and Jolly where members of the Old Regular Baptist Church. They resided in Austin Indiana until their deaths.


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  • Maintained by: M & T
  • Originally Created by: John Adams
  • Added: Jun 18, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19965728/clarinda-short: accessed ), memorial page for Clarinda Amburgey Short (24 Dec 1905–28 Jan 1976), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19965728, citing Scottsburg Cemetery, Scottsburg, Scott County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by M & T (contributor 47627297).