Jacob A Shackford, the son of John Shackford and his second wife Elizabeth F (Davis) Shackford was born July 2, 1855 in Malden, Massachusetts. He worked first as a bookkeeper and then followed his father’s career as a grocer and merchant in the community of Malden where on June 4, 1878 he married Caroline C Fernald, daughter of Guy C and Phoebe C Fernald. Around 1882 Jacob began working as a milkman, a career which he continued until his death living at 30 Spruce and then 4 Maplewood Street in Malden, Massachusetts, a property we believe he inherited from his father in 1893.
John died on May 17, 1917, about a month after his wife Carolyn died. He was buried in the Forestdale Cemetery.
From his obituary we also learn that Jacob was very well known, played in the local brass band and had also been a known boxer and athlete in his youth.
JACOB A. SHACKFORD FUNERAL IN MALDEN THIS AFTERNOON
MALDEN, May. 12 – The funeral of Jacob A. Shackford, who was one of the best known residents of the East Side, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 at the home, 30 Spruce st. Deceased was
62 years old and had always lived here. His wife died four weeks ago. For many years he was also engaged in the milk business and also was a well-known farmer. Mr Shackford was one of the original members of the old Maplewood Brass Band and in his younger days was well known as a boxer and athlete. He was an expert accountant and a fine penman.
CHILDREN:
Mabel F Shackford (1880-1905) – married George F Ramsdell, lived in Malden, Massachusetts – died age 24 of tuberculosis leaving a five year old son
Guy F Shackford (1889-1907) – died age 18 of pneumonia
Research Question: Find the 1902 Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Record 28927 to learn why Jacob A Shackford is listed in this record
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SOURCES:
1860 United States Federal Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, The Town of Malden, page 93, dwelling 713, family 764, John Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 November 2013).
1865 Massachusetts State Census, Middlesex County, population schedule, Malden, dwelling 1105, family 1414, John Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 23 October 2013).
1870 United States Federal Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Malden, Page No 167, dwelling 1007, family 1360, John Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 August 2015).
Greenough & Co’s DIRECTORY of the Inhabitants, Institutions, Manufacturing Establishments, Business, Societies, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the Towns of Malden, Medford, Melorse, and Everett for 1876-7 (Boston: Greenough & Co, 1876), page 105, Adeline Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 August 2014).
“JACOB A SHACKFORD FUNERAL IN MALDEN THIS AFTERNOON,” Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 13 May 1917; digital images, Access Newspaper Archives (http://access.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 20 August 2014).
Maine, Maine, York County, Probate Estate Files, John Shackford Case 1903; “Maine, York County, Probate Estate Files, 1690-1917,” digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: accessed 15 August 2013); Case no 16831-16928, Seaward, W-Shackley, R, Images 1178-1190.
“MALDEN,” Boston Evening Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 14 May 1917; digital images, Access Newspaper Archive (http://access.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 20 August 2014).
The Malden House Guide and City Directory. 1900. (Salem, Mass: Henry M. Meek, 1900), page 534, Jacob A Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com, http://www.ancestry.com (: accessed 26 November 2014).
The Malden Directory 1902 Containing a Directory of the Citizens Street and House Guide The City Record and Business Directory with Map (Boston: Sampson, Murdock, & Co, 1902), page 115, Jacob A Shackford; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 July 2017).
Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915, BIRTHS registered in the Town of Malden for the year, 1854-1855 Page 126, Jacob A Shackford, 2 July 1855; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 September 2013); Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, MARRIAGES REGISTERED in the Town of Malden for the Year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, page 127, Jacob A Shackford Caroline C Fernald, 4 June 1878; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 September 2013).
W. A. Greenough & Co.’s DIRECTORY of the Inhabitants, Institutions, Manufacturing Establishments, Societies, Business, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Malden, for 1882. (Boston: W. A. Greenough & Co, 1882), page 136, Adeline Shackford; digital image, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 15 August 2014).
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