SHORETT, Aetna

SHORETT

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 5/31/2021 at 12:33:08

Aetna Shorett
born July 1832

A. Shorett, a farmer of section 31, Blaine Township, Ida County, was born in St. Lawrence County, New York, in July, 1832, the eldest son of A. and Amelia (Coffrey) Shorett, natives of Canada and of French origin. The father, a farmer by occupation, located in St. Lawrence County, New York, in an early day, and in 1855, in Whiteside County, Illinois, where he followed farming. He remained there until 1891, and in that year settled in Shelby County, Iowa, where he died in February, 1892. His wife departed this life in January, 1870. They were the parents of nine children, six now living, as follows: A., our subject; Felix, married, and resides in Whiteside county, Illinois; Joseph, a farmer of Shelby county, Iowa; Louise, married and resides in the same county; Amelia, wife of Charles Pratt, of Whiteside County, Illinois; and Hattie, now Mrs. Charles Potter, of Brown County, Nebraska.
A. Shorett, the subject of this sketch, was reared and educated in the district and subscription schools of his naïve county, where he also followed teaming. In 1856 he located in Prophetstown, Whiteside County, Illinois, and in 1881 purchased 154 acres of improved land on section 31, Blaine Township, Ida County, Iowa. He has devoted three acres of his place to an orchard and shade trees, has a good substantial barn and dwelling, and everything necessary for a well-regulated farm. Mr. Shorett takes an active interest in politics, voting with the Republican Party. In 1857, in St. Lawrence County, New York, our subject was married to Mary Jesman, a native of that county, and a daughter of John and Rose (Dahong) Jesman, a native of Canada. In an early day the parents located in St. Lawrence county, New York, where they afterward died. Mr. and Mrs. Shorett have three children: Joseph, married and resides in Dixon, Illinois; Kate, formerly the wife of Fred Richardson, and the mother of two children, Frankie and Lee; he died in 1891; and Delbert, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Shorett worship with the Church of God. Our subject is one of the early pioneers of Blaine Township, and has witnessed nearly its entire development, having made what he has by his own industry.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.570