Gravestone of John Short (d. 1858), Lawrence Cemetery, Orono

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Gravestone of John Short (d. 1858), Lawrence Cemetery, Orono
type
gravestone
date
c. 1858
repository
Lawrence Cemetery, Orono, Durham County, Ontario; Find a Grave, memorial 186319808 (photograph by a Find a Grave contributor)
url
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186319808/john-short
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image
access
public

A screenshot of the photograph on Find a Grave, 10 Oct 2026 (photo 164904706, added by "Gone But Not Forgotten"). A small round-headed marble stone, broken across and leaning against a darker stone, its lettering worn and lichened:

IN MEMORY OF / [JOHN SHORT?] / ... / [WHO] DIED / AT ORONO C. W. [?] / OCT 4TH 1858 / AGED 50 YEARS / [NATIVE OF?] ... / [ENGLAND?] ...

The name lines above the break cannot be read in the screenshot; the memorial's transcription gives only "Age: 50 years." The place, date and age match John Short's family stone at Woodstock (Gravestone of John Short (1808-1858), Mary (Jeffrey) Short and their daughter Jane).

What it shows:

  • John Short is buried at Orono, in Lawrence Cemetery, under a stone put up near the time of his death. The tall stone at Woodstock, put up after 1909, is a memorial to him with his wife and daughter (the Find a Grave memorial notes "Cenotaph here").
  • Aged 50 in October 1858 fits his birth in August 1808.
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  2. title: "Gravestone of John Short (d. 1858), Lawrence Cemetery, Orono"
  3. type: gravestone
  4. date: c. 1858
  5. repository: "Lawrence Cemetery, Orono, Durham County, Ontario; Find a Grave, memorial 186319808 (photograph by a Find a Grave contributor)"
  6. url: "https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186319808/john-short"
  7. seen: image
  8. access: public
  9. ---
  11. A screenshot of the photograph on Find a Grave, 10 Oct 2026 (photo 164904706, added by "Gone
  12. But Not Forgotten"). A small round-headed marble stone, broken across and leaning against a darker
  13. stone, its lettering worn and lichened:
  15. > IN MEMORY OF / [JOHN SHORT?] / ... / [WHO] DIED / AT ORONO C. W. [?] / OCT 4TH 1858 / AGED 50 YEARS /
  16. > [NATIVE OF?] ... / [ENGLAND?] ...
  18. The name lines above the break cannot be read in the screenshot; the memorial's transcription gives
  19. only "Age: 50 years." The place, date and age match John Short's family stone at Woodstock
  20. (`gravestone-john-short-1858`).
  22. What it shows:
  23. - **John Short is buried at Orono**, in Lawrence Cemetery, under a stone put up near the time of his
  24. death. The tall stone at Woodstock, put up after 1909, is a memorial to him with his wife and
  25. daughter (the Find a Grave memorial notes "Cenotaph here").
  26. - **Aged 50** in October 1858 fits his birth in August 1808.

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John Short's gravestone, Lawrence Cemetery, OronoJohn Short's gravestone, Lawrence Cemetery, Orono

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