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Comfort Jane NIDAY  ‎(I272)‎
Given Names: Comfort Jane
Surname: NIDAY
Married Name: Comfort Jane SHORT

Gender: FemaleFemale
      

Birth: 26 May 1838 21 19 Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death: 3 January 1920 ‎(Age 81)‎ Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
Personal Facts and Details
Birth 26 May 1838 21 19 Gallia County, Ohio, USA

Marriage Joseph P. SHORT - 8 November 1866 ‎(Age 28)‎ Gallia County, Ohio, USA


Hide Details Source: Gallipolis Journal

Citation Details:  29 November 1866


Note: The marriage of Joseph Short to Miss Comfort J. Niday, both of Gallia County at the District Parsonage in Gallipolis by Rev. H.Z. Adams on 8 November 1866.
Biographical Notes

Hide Details Note: I feel sure that Comfort's name was chosen because she was a comfort to her young mother, Jane Niday, whose first pregnancy produced twins who died at birth. Her middle name was that of her mother. Comfort was born when her mother was 19 years old. She was the eldest of a family of fourteen children, all of whom survived infancy ‎[except the first twins]‎. In fact all of Comfort's siblings survived to adulthood except a four-year-old brother who died with their mother after being struck by lightning in May 1860. Comfort was still at home at that time and probably took on the role of mother to the younger children.

Six years later in November 1866, Comfort married Joseph P. Short, who was born in Western Virginia. They had five children, four girls and a boy, and lived on a farm in Guyan Township in Gallia Co., Ohio.

Comfort's last-born baby died at birth in 1879, so in the 1880 federal census there were four children: Sarah 11, Geneva nine, Julia seven and Dudley six.

By 1900 Joseph had died. Comfort aged 63 and her three daughters had moved to Huntington, West Virginia, where Dolly 32, Geneva 29 and Julia 27 were seamstresses. They also supplemented their income by having boarders. In June 1900 there were two men boarding with them.

Comfort Jane Niday Short died in Columbus, Ohio on 3 January 1920, which was the day that the federal census was taken. She was included.

Comfort aged 82 was renting her house with her three daughters Dolly 53, Julia 47 years old and "Jenny" ‎(Geneva)‎ who was 49 years old and widowed.

Whatever happened to Dudley?

Death 3 January 1920 ‎(Age 81)‎ Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA


Note: Comfort Jane Niday Short died in Columbus, Ohio on 3 January 1920, which was the day that the federal census was taken. She was included.
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Parents Family  (F102)
Lewis NIDA
1816 - 1888
Jane BLANKENSHIP
1819 - 1860
Comfort Jane NIDAY
1838 - 1920
William M. NIDAY
1839 - 1895
Franklin Dempsey NIDAY
1840 - 1901
Hannah Samantha NIDAY
1843 - 1909
Hester Ann B. NIDAY
1844 - 1914
John Robert NIDA
1846 - 1924
Elizabeth F. NIDAY
1847 - 1923
Chapman Jerome NIDAY
1849 - 1918
Asel NIDAY
1852 -
Sarah D. NIDAY
1854 - 1884
Oliver C. NIDAY
1856 - 1936
Arcansis Eveline NIDAY
1856 - 1860

Step-Parent Family  (F28)
Lewis NIDA
1816 - 1888
Martha PERKINS
1830 - 1894
Rev. Addison Gillespie NIDAY
1869 - 1936
Emory Dillon NIDAY
1872 - 1939
Ezra Calvin NIDAY
1874 - 1928

Immediate Family  (F108)
Joseph P. SHORT
1840 -
Sarah E. Dolly SHORT
1867 -
Geneva SHORT
1871 -
Julia SHORT
1872 -
Dudley SHORT
1873 -
Jenny SHORT
1879 - 1879


Notes
Marriage The marriage of Joseph Short to Miss Comfort J. Niday, both of Gallia County at the District Parsonage in Gallipolis by Rev. H.Z. Adams on 8 November 1866.
Marriage The marriage of Joseph Short to Miss Comfort J. Niday, both of Gallia County at the District Parsonage in Gallipolis by Rev. H.Z. Adams on 8 November 1866.
Biographical Notes I feel sure that Comfort's name was chosen because she was a comfort to her young mother, Jane Niday, whose first pregnancy produced twins who died at birth. Her middle name was that of her mother. Comfort was born when her mother was 19 years old. She was the eldest of a family of fourteen children, all of whom survived infancy ‎[except the first twins]‎. In fact all of Comfort's siblings survived to adulthood except a four-year-old brother who died with their mother after being struck by lightning in May 1860. Comfort was still at home at that time and probably took on the role of mother to the younger children.

Six years later in November 1866, Comfort married Joseph P. Short, who was born in Western Virginia. They had five children, four girls and a boy, and lived on a farm in Guyan Township in Gallia Co., Ohio.

Comfort's last-born baby died at birth in 1879, so in the 1880 federal census there were four children: Sarah 11, Geneva nine, Julia seven and Dudley six.

By 1900 Joseph had died. Comfort aged 63 and her three daughters had moved to Huntington, West Virginia, where Dolly 32, Geneva 29 and Julia 27 were seamstresses. They also supplemented their income by having boarders. In June 1900 there were two men boarding with them.

Comfort Jane Niday Short died in Columbus, Ohio on 3 January 1920, which was the day that the federal census was taken. She was included.

Comfort aged 82 was renting her house with her three daughters Dolly 53, Julia 47 years old and "Jenny" ‎(Geneva)‎ who was 49 years old and widowed.

Whatever happened to Dudley?
Death Comfort Jane Niday Short died in Columbus, Ohio on 3 January 1920, which was the day that the federal census was taken. She was included.

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Sources

Source
The History of The Family von Nida
Publication: Columbus, Ohio, 1966
Citation Details:  page 55

Source
US Census 1920
Citation Details:  Ohio, Franklin Co., Columbus Ward 9 #166 3 January 1920

Source
US Census 1870
Citation Details:  Ohio, Gallia Co., Guyan Twp. Post office: Mercerville 18 July 1870

Source
US Census 1900
Citation Details:  West Virginia, Cabel Co., Huntington ward two 16 June 1900
Marriage Gallipolis Journal
Citation Details:  29 November 1866
Marriage Gallipolis Journal
Citation Details:  29 November 1866
Marriage Gallipolis Journal
Citation Details:  29 November 1866

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Family with Parents
Father
Lewis NIDA ‎(I80)‎
Birth 1 June 1816 39 37 Giles County, Virginia, USA
Death 28 June 1888 ‎(Age 72)‎ Harrison Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
3 years
Mother
 
Jane BLANKENSHIP ‎(I265)‎
Birth 25 May 1819 29 30 Lawrence County, Ohio, USA
Death 22 May 1860 ‎(Age 40)‎ Gallia County, Ohio, USA

Marriage: 3 December 1835 -- Lawrence County, Ohio, USA
3 years
#1
Comfort Jane NIDAY ‎(I272)‎
Birth 26 May 1838 21 19 Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 3 January 1920 ‎(Age 81)‎ Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
8 months
#2
Brother
William M. NIDAY ‎(I273)‎
Birth 14 January 1839 22 19 Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 5 April 1895 ‎(Age 56)‎ Cass City, Cass County, Nebraska, USA
2 years
#3
Brother
Franklin Dempsey NIDAY ‎(I274)‎
Birth 19 December 1840 24 21 Walnut Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 7 December 1901 ‎(Age 60)‎ Harrison Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
2 years
#4
Sister
Hannah Samantha NIDAY ‎(I275)‎
Birth 9 March 1843 26 23 Walnut Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 4 January 1909 ‎(Age 65)‎
10 months
#5
Sister
Hester Ann B. NIDAY ‎(I276)‎
Birth 1844 27 24 Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 16 August 1914 ‎(Age 70)‎ Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
2 years
#6
Brother
John Robert NIDA ‎(I277)‎
Birth 30 March 1846 29 26 Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 7 September 1924 ‎(Age 78)‎ Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
9 months
#7
Sister
Elizabeth F. NIDAY ‎(I278)‎
Birth 1847 30 27 Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 4 August 1923 ‎(Age 76)‎ Gallia County, Ohio, USA
2 years
#8
Brother
Chapman Jerome NIDAY ‎(I279)‎
Birth 1849 32 29 Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 4 January 1918 ‎(Age 69)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
3 years
#9
Brother
Asel NIDAY ‎(I280)‎
Birth 1852 35 32 Gallia County, Ohio, USA
2 years
#10
Sister
Sarah D. NIDAY ‎(I281)‎
Birth 1854 37 34 Walnut Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 5 December 1884 ‎(Age 30)‎ Harrison Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
2 years
#11
Brother
Oliver C. NIDAY ‎(I282)‎
Birth 27 March 1856 39 36 Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 19 October 1936 ‎(Age 80)‎ Turlock, Stanislaus County, California, USA
#12
Sister
Arcansis Eveline NIDAY ‎(I283)‎
Birth 27 March 1856 39 36 Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 23 May 1860 ‎(Age 4)‎ Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Father's Family with Martha PERKINS
Father
Lewis NIDA ‎(I80)‎
Birth 1 June 1816 39 37 Giles County, Virginia, USA
Death 28 June 1888 ‎(Age 72)‎ Harrison Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
14 years
Step-Mother
 
Martha PERKINS ‎(I81)‎
Birth 29 March 1830 31 32 Walnut Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 15 October 1894 ‎(Age 64)‎ Harrison Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA

Marriage: 7 March 1868 -- Gallia County, Ohio, USA
10 months
#1
Half-Brother
Rev. Addison Gillespie NIDAY ‎(I260)‎
Birth January 1869 52 38 Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 1936 ‎(Age 67)‎ Gallia County, Ohio, USA
3 years
#2
Half-Brother
Emory Dillon NIDAY ‎(I261)‎
Birth 3 March 1872 55 41 Harrison Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 1939 ‎(Age 66)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
2 years
#3
Half-Brother
Ezra Calvin NIDAY ‎(I54)‎
Birth 10 May 1874 57 44 Harrison Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 15 November 1928 ‎(Age 54)‎ Harrison Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Family with Joseph P. SHORT
Husband
Joseph P. SHORT ‎(I285)‎
Birth circa 1840 Virginia, USA
-19 months

 
Comfort Jane NIDAY ‎(I272)‎
Birth 26 May 1838 21 19 Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 3 January 1920 ‎(Age 81)‎ Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA

Marriage: 8 November 1866 -- Gallia County, Ohio, USA
9 months
#1
Daughter
Sarah E. Dolly SHORT ‎(I1866)‎
Birth 17 August 1867 27 29 Harrison Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
4 years
#2
Daughter
Geneva SHORT ‎(I11331)‎
Birth March 1871 31 32 Gallia County, Ohio, USA
20 months
#3
Daughter
Julia SHORT ‎(I1865)‎
Birth 9 November 1872 32 34 Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
7 months
#4
Son
Dudley SHORT ‎(I1868)‎
Birth 24 June 1873 33 35 Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
6 years
#5
Daughter
Jenny SHORT ‎(I1867)‎
Birth 11 October 1879 39 41 Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death 11 October 1879 Gallia County, Ohio, USA