The Payette Independent
March 24, 1898
Death of John Short
John Short, aged 74 years 3 months and 10 days died at his home near Payette on Friday, March 18th at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, after a week's illness of inflammation of the kidneys. The remains were taken to Boise Sunday afternoon for burial, the funeral taking place on Monday morning. John McGlinchey, W. A. Coughanour, P. A. Devers, J. J. Toole, Peter Pence, Captain Henry Ervine and Wm. Wall, of Payette, and Edward Brannan, of Boise, acted as pall-bearers a number of the old friends of the deceased accompanied the family and the remains to Boise.
John Short was born in county Limerick, Ireland. He came to this country and settled in Chicago 40 years ago, where he amassed a considerable fortune. He became a resident of the Payette Valley in 1884 and engaged in the cattle business, since which time he has been one of the most extensive cattle-raisers in this state. He leaves a wife and four children, Edward and William Short, of this place, and two daughters, who reside in Chicago.
