The Political Graveyard: Shorter family of Eufaula, Alabama

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Shorter family of Eufaula, Alabama

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John Gill Shorter (1818-1872) — of Alabama. Born in Monticello, Jasper County, Ga., April 23, 1818. Member of Alabama state senate, 1845; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1851; state court judge in Alabama, 1852; Delegate from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861; Governor of Alabama, 1861-63. Died in Eufaula, Barbour County, Ala., May 29, 1872 (age 54 years, 36 days). Interment at Shorter Cemetery, Eufaula, Ala.

		Relatives: Son of Reuben Clark Shorter (1787-1853) and Mary Butler (Gill) Shorter (1797-1868); brother of Eli Sims Shorter; married to Mary Jane Battle (1825-1879); uncle of Alice Keitt Shorter (1864-1945; who married William Dorsey Jelks (1855-1931)).
		Political family: Shorter family of Eufaula, Alabama.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Eli Sims Shorter (1823-1879) — also known as Eli S. Shorter — of Eufaula, Barbour County, Ala. Born in Monticello, Jasper County, Ga., March 15, 1823. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1855-59; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1872, 1876. Died in Eufaula, Barbour County, Ala., April 29, 1879 (age 56 years, 45 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Eufaula, Ala.

		Relatives: Son of Reuben Clark Shorter (1787-1853) and Mary Butler (Gill) Shorter (1797-1868); brother of John Gill Shorter; married to Marietta Fannin (1830-1898); uncle of Alice Keitt Shorter (1864-1945; who married William Dorsey Jelks (1855-1931)).
		Political family: Shorter family of Eufaula, Alabama.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

William Dorsey Jelks (1855-1931) — also known as William D. Jelks — of Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala. Born in Russell County, Ala., November 7, 1855. Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Alabama state senate, 1890; Governor of Alabama, 1900, 1901-04, 1905-07; president, Protective Life Insurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1912; member of Democratic National Committee from Alabama, 1912-16. Died in Eufaula, Barbour County, Ala., December 13, 1931 (age 76 years, 36 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Eufaula, Ala.

		Relatives: Son of Joseph William Dorsey Jelks (1819-1862) and Jane Goodrum (Frazer) Jelks (1831-1896); married, June 7, 1883, to Alice Keitt Shorter (1864-1945; niece of John Gill Shorter (1818-1872) and Eli Sims Shorter).
		Political family: Shorter family of Eufaula, Alabama.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, December 1902

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