John Thomas Short was born on 26 Apr 1861
in the Curry Creek Community (now Kendalia), Blanco (now Kendall) County, Texas and died in Boerne, Kendall, Texas on 8 Dec 1935. He was the son of
Thomas "Tom" Short and
Margaret Elenor Overton Short.
On 27 May 1884
he married Ella Maud Gover in Boerne, Kendall, Texas. They had
ten children: