| Person Source | | William Huston Short had person sources.1 |
| Birth | 1840 | He was born in 1840 in Kentucky, USABG. |
| Residence | 1860 | He lived in Osceola, St Clair, Missouri, USABG, in 1860. |
| Marriage | 4 April 1860 | He and Frances Elizabeth Odom were married on 4 April 1860 in Bates, Missouri, United StatesBG.1 |
| Residence | 1870 | He lived in Butler, St Clair, Missouri, USABG, in 1870. |
| Death | 1878 | He died Age at Death: 38 in 1878 at age ~38 in St Clair County, Missouri, USABG. |
| Burial | | He was buried in La Due, Henry, Missouri, USABG. |