Conway’s Representatives to Legislature in 1909: Jesse Fred Shackford (1862-1940) of Conway, New Hampshire (Blog 493)

Mr. J. Fred Shackford, the mem-
ber from Conway, was born July 21,
1862, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Caleb
Shackford.
He received his education in Eaton
and New Hampton Institute. He
commenced business with his father
in 1886 as grain dealers, which was
afterward extended to a general mer-
chandise carried on in the store he
now occupies.
Mr. Shackford is a member of
Mr. Washington lodge, A. F. & A.
M., Signet Royal Arch Chapter, Swift
River lodge, I. O. O. F., Moat Mount-
tain lodge, K. of P., and Chataque
Tribe of Red Men. In politics he has
always been a republican, and in re-
ligion a Congregationalist.
Mr. Shackford married a Miss
Beecham of Berwick, Dec. 15, 1886,
and they have two children, a son at
Holderness School for boys, and a
daughter.

Jesse Fred Shackford’s obituary was published in The Reporter:

The death of J. Fred Shackford
Shackford at Memorial Hospital,
North Conway removed one of Con-
way’s best known citizens who has
been closely associated with the vil-
lage for more than half a century.
He was a native of Eaton being the
only child of Caleb and Lydia Ham-
ilton Shackford of Eaton Center. He
was seventy-eight years old. He re-
ceived his education in the town
schools and at the New Hampton
Institute. In his youth he taught
school for a few years and married
Miss Edith Beecham of Somersworth.
With his father he established the
mercantile business of C. Shackford
& Son in Conway Village. It grew
and prospered and after the death of
his father he continued in business
until the death of his wife three years
ago after which he sold his store and
retired from active participation.
The couple had two children, Hazel,
now Mrs Hazel Bohanan of Glen-
dale, California, and Charles who died
in Sandwich a year ago. Mr. Shack-
ford was a member of various fra-
ternal organizations, being a Mason,
Odd Fellow Red Man, and Knight of
Pythias. He was a charter member
of the Chatague Tribe of Red Men
and of the K. of P. Lodge of Con-
way. Two years ago he received the
badge of fifty years of membership
in the Masonic Lodge . In the past
he had been active in community
afairs and had served the Precinct
as commissioner.
Funeral services were held Tues-
day at 2 p.m. in the Congregational
Church with the Rev. Charles Moor-
house in attendance. The Masonic
rites were conducted by members of
Mount Washington Lodge. The in-
terment was in the family lot in the
Eson cemetery.

CHILDREN:

Hazel Shackford (1889-1961) – married George Frederick Bohannan

Charles B Shackford (1892-1939) – married Mildred Beatrice Leavitt

 

SOURCES:

“J. FRED SHACKFORD,” The Reporter (North Conway, New Hampshire), 7 January 1909; digital images, Conway Public Library (http://conway.advantage-preservation.com : accessed 20 April 2019).

“JESSE F. SHACKFORD,” The Reporter (North Conway, New Hampshire), 6 June 1940; digital images, Conway Public Library(http://conway.advantage-preservation.com : accessed 6 September 2019).

“J. FRED SHACKFORD,” The Reporter (North Conway, New Hampshire), 6 June 1940; digital images, Conway Public Library (http://conway.advantage-preservation.com : accessed 20 April 2019).

New Hampshire, New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920, , Jessee F Shackford m Edith M Beacham, 8 December 1885; database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 3 February 2015).

Wedding Wednesday – Hazel Shackford of New Hampshire married George F Bohannan in California June 1, 1921 (Blog 400)

Hazel Shackford was sure adventurous!  Sometime before the age of 24 she moved from Conway, New Hampshire to California where she is mentioned in a 1913 newspaper article as assisting the hostesses of an affair at the Ebell Clubhouse hosted by a Mrs Andrew James Copp.  Then in 1916 we find Hazel listed in the Glendale California Voter Registrations – she’s a student living at 406 W Third St.  In 1917 she’s in the same residence working as a secretary working for Dr Hurtt.

Hazel was born September 1889 in Conway, New Hampshire to Jesse Fred and Edith (Beecham) Shackford.  She is listed in the 1900 census twice, once with her parents and brother Charles in Conway on June 12th and with her grandparents in Eaton on June 19th.  She’s also listed with her family in the Conway 1905 Register and in the 1910 census in Conway.  In October 1911 she left Boston for California with a friend to visit an aunt and remained there.  By the 1920 census she is recorded in Glendale California as a secretary for a real estate firm.

Hazel’s marriage license and Certificate of Marriage told us the name of her husband (George F Bohannan), his birthplace (Michigan), his parents (Willis George and Agnes J Wilkenson), his occupation (a printer).  It stated that Hazel was 29 but based on previous census records, we believe she was 32.

Marriage License County of Los Angeles
These Presents Are to authorize and licence any Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice of the District Court of Appeal; Judge of the Superior Court, Justice of the Peace, Judge of any Police Court, City Recorder, Priest or Minister of the Gospel of any denomination, to solemnize within said County, the marriage of George F Bohannan a native of Michigan aged 32 years, resident of Glendale County of Los Angeles State of California, and Hazel Shackford a native of New Hampshire aged 29 years resident of Glendale, County of Los Angeles, State of California, said parties being of sufficient age to be capable of contracting marriage.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Superior
Court of said County, this 27 day of May A. D. 1921
L E LAMPTON
By E Higgins, Deputy Clerk

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ss: I hereby certify, that I believe the facts stated in the within and above License to be true, and that upon due inquiry there appears to be no legal impediments to the marriage of said George F. Bohannan and Hazel Shackford that said parties were joined in marriage by me on the 1st day of June 1921, in North Glendale said County and State, that W. H. Nerndorf a resident of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, State of Calif and Mrs R. C. Wells, a resident of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, State of Calif were present as witnesses of said ceremony.
I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of June A. D. 1921
Julius Saper
Minister of the Gospel
A full, true and correct copy of the original recorded this 3 day of June 1921 at 5 P. M. at request of Minister C L. Logan County Recorder
By L E Young, Deputy

California State Board of Health
BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS Local Register No 4211
FULL NAME OF BROOM George F Bohannan
RESIDENCE Glendale, Cal
AGE AT LAST BIRTHDAY 32 years
COLOR OR RACE White
Single, Widowed, Divorced, Single
Number of Marriage 1st
Birthplace Michigan
Occupation Printer
Name of Father Willis George
Birthplace of Father N. Y.
Maiden Name of Mother Agnes J Wilkinson
Birthplace of Mother Canada
Full Name of Bride Hazel Shackford
Residence Glendale Cal
Age at last birthday 29 years
Color or Race White
Single Widowed or Divorced Single
Numer of Marriage 1st
Birthplace ew Hampshire
Occupation —-
Name of Father J Fred Shackford
Birthplace of Father New Hampshrie
Maiden Name of Mother Edith M Beach
Birthplace of Mother N. H.
We, the groom and bride named in this certificate hereby certify that the information given therein is correct, to the best of our knowledge and belief. Signed George F Bohannan and Hazel Shackford

CERTIFICATE OF PERSON PERFORMING CEREMONY
I Hereby Certify that George F Bohannan and Hazel Shackford
Were joined in marriage by me in accordance with the laws of the State of California at North Glendale, Calif.
Signaature of Witness
R D Stinson Julius Soper
Residence Glendale Calif

We suspect that George and Hazel divorced shortly after having a daughter Ruth born about 1923.  We find Hazel and Ruth living  together in the 1930 and 1940 censuses and George living with Gladys in San Francisco.

Hazel died in Los Angeles on July 23, 1961.  Her obituary was published in The Reporter:

Mrs Hazel Shackford Bohanan of
Arcadia, California, died July 23 in
California Funeral services will be
held at the Second Congregational
Church in Conway Friday afternoon
with the Rev William E Mack offi-
ciating. Burial willb e in the Conway
Cemetery with the White Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs Bohanan was the daughter of
Fred and Edith Beecham Shackford.
Both the families were listed among
the early settlers of this area. The
Beechams were living in Ossipee in
1810 and the Shackfords were early
settlers of Eaton. She attended Frye-
burg Academy and later attended a
college in Whittier, Calif She was in
the real estate business in California.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs
Ruth Lindenmeier of Arcadia, Calif.

CHILDREN:

Ruth Bohannan (1923-2013)  Married Kenneth Neville Jones at the age of 17, Albert Riggs Downing at age 23, and John E Lindenmeier.  Do not believe she had any children

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RESEARCH QUESTIONS:  Find Hazel’s birth record

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SOURCES:

1900 United States Federal Census, Carroll County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Conway, enumeration district (ED) 17, Sheet No 16A, dwelling 339, family 380, Fred Shackford; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 January 2017).

1900 United States Federal Census, Carroll County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Eaton Town, Freedom Town, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 18, Sheet No 7, dwelling 22, family 22, Caleb Shackford; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 July 2014).

1910 United States Federal Census, Carroll County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Conway, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 19, Sheet No 3A, dwelling 51, family 58, Jesse F Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 February 2015).

1920 United States Federal Census, Los Angeles County, California, population schedule, Glendale, enumeration district (ED) 27, Sheet No 4B, dwelling 91, family 97, Hazel Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 January 2017).

1930 United States Federal Census, Los Angeles County, California, population schedule, Glendale, enumeration district (ED) 19-9, Sheet No 11B, dwelling 218, family 342, Hazel Bohannan; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 January 2017).

1940 United States Federal Census, Los Angeles County, California, population schedule, Glendale, enumeration district (ED) 19-225, Sheet No 10B, visited no 336, home value 2500, Hazel Bohannan; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 2 January 2017).

“California, County Marriages, 1850-1952,” database and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804002 : accessed 12 May 2014), George F Bohannan m Hazel Shackford 1 Jun 1921.

California Death Index, 1940-1997,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 2 January 2017), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPCC-MNW, Hazel Bohannan, 23 Jul 1961, Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

“California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 January 2017), Miss Hazel Shackford

“Conway,” The Reporter (North Conway, New Hampshire), 26 October 1911; digital images, Conway Public Library(http://conway.advantage-preservation.com : accessed 6 September 2019). Hazel Shackford left Boston for California.

In Honor of Her Three Daughters-in Law… Mrs Andrew James Copp,” Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, California), 28 January 1913; digital images, California Digital Newspaper Collection (http://cdnc.ucr.edu/ : accessed 2 January 2017

Mitchell Hartford & Bean, The Conway, N. H. Town Register 1905 (Brunswick, Maine: H. E. Mitchell Company, 1905), CENSUS page 87; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 January 2017.

“MRS HAZEL S. BOHANAN,” The Reporter (North Conway, New Hampshire), 27 July 1961; digital images, Conway Public Library(http://conway.advantage-preservation.com : accessed 6 September 2019).

Blog updated in early 2019 to update spelling to Beecham, in 2018 to add death year and spouse of Ruth Bohannan, updated again Sept 2019 to add obituary.

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