Henry Addair

"$25 FOR LAND

It's an interesting story about how this couple settled there on the ridge after buying a piece of land on Buddy Root branch, reaching out on to Ring's branch and down toward Dry Fork. The purchase was made through Marshall Atwell and the price was $25, a calf valued at $5, the building of rail fences and the splitting of rails paid for the land. The timber on the land and the coal deposits have never been touched. Atwell was a brother-in-law of Henry Addair having married Annie Short, a sister of Mrs. Addair, both daughters of Joseph Short who came from Wise County, Va., and it was from this family that the ridge got it's name - Shortridge, the place where the Addair and Shorts have reared their families.

Moses Addair was the father of Henry Addair, a member of the other Addair families who have lived on Dry Fork and Horse Creek, near to Iaeger, since the days of the Civil War. In fact, Moses Addair was a Confederate soldier. William Jones, a member of this family through marriage, was a captain in the Confederate army and is buried on Shortridge. There is a cemetery on the ridge known as the Shortridge cemetery and the first person buried there was Tommy Addair, and a bit later a woman named Baker. It is one of the oldest burial grounds in that area. Susie Mullins was the wife of Moses Addair, and her father's name was William Mullins. He was killed on Turkey branch, near Bradshaw. The Addairs, Moses, William, John and Sammy, came to McDowell county from over on Pigeon Creek in Mingo county. They settled close together and here the families have grown up across the years until they have become one of the largest family groups in the Sandy River district. Many of them have moved into other sections and cities and almost without exception have "made good" in their undertakings."

~•See source for entire document"

• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/105150539/person/4...
• http://www.wvgenweb.org/mcdowell/cemeteries/shortridgecem.html