We only know about John C Shackford because he is mentioned in Samuel Burnham Shackford’s Shackford Manuscript. The manuscript tells us that he was Samuel and Susanna (Hobbs) Shackford’s fourth child and sadly only lived from August 5, 1819 to October 6, 1819. We don’t know where he was born or died, where he may have been buried, or how his death affected the family. While the family eventually settled in Waterbury, Vermont, the manuscript says that the family’s earlier children were born in other locations.
From this page of the manuscript, the source of this information was Susanna Sabrina Lanfair’s Bible which we’d love to find.
116 Samual (62 John 24 Paul 4 Joshua 1 William) was born May 25, 1789 and died Feb. 5, 1831. He married Susanna Hobb [sic], daughter of Caleb, Dec. 2, 1810. She was born Dec. 19, 1792 and died Feb. 21, 1878. She married second Ezra French in 1845. Cooper, Baptista [?] Res. Waterbury, Vt.
Children 245. Orrilla b. Nov. 10, 1811 246. Sarah b. Feb. 5, 1815 247. Rebecca Melissa b. April 5, 1817 248. John C. b. Aug. 5, 1819 d. Oct 6, 1819 249. Angeline b. July 19, 1820 250. Adeline b. “ “ “ 251. Lydia b. Oct 26, 1822 252. Rosanna b. Aug. 25, 1824 253. Susanna Sabrina b. Nov. 28, 1826 Family Bible per Sabrina Sanfair. [NOTE: Lanfair – spelled with “L” under #253, jsp]
There might be more information about John and others in this family at the New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEHGS). Possibly he or someone transcribed the Bible. Hopefully we’ll be back at the NEHGS some day to further our research about this family.
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SOURCES: “Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” 13 October 1925; typed manuscript, SG SHA 5; Shackford collection by Samuel Burnham Shackford; New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. (56) Desc. of William Shackford, #116, Samuel Shackford b 1761. Source: Sabrina Lanfair’s Bible.
Copyright 2024 — Joanne Shackford Parkes (sharing a link to this post which may be updated in the future is appreciated but please do not copy this material and paste it elsewhere.
As we pass the 100th anniversary of the week that the US President, the Senate, and the House endorsed the decision to formally enter the First World War, we’re joining the many family history researchers who are recognizing Americans who served during WWI. Because a 1973 fire destroyed over 75% of the Official Military Personnel Record files we’ve used many alternate sources (ship transport lists, gravestones, newspaper articles, Marine Corp Listings) to develop this list. We’d love to hear about anyone we’ve missed and will be working in the future to flush out the stories of these and the many other Shackford veterans. Also in the future we plan to review what we can learn about Shackfords from their WWI Draft Registrations.
ALONZO C SHACKFORD (1879-1947) – WWI, Pvt 34th Infantry, Sgt QMC 328th, at Fort Riley, Kansas in 1920
BARTLETT CHAUNCY SHACKFORD (1895-1984) – Naval Reserve 1937, served Dec 17, 1941 to March 19, 1946 – gravestone says also served in WWI
LESTER BORDON SHACKFORD (1893-1971) – he enlisted May 27, 1919, per gravestone served as Hospital Sgt, US Army, WWI
ROLAND ALFRED SHACKFORD (1901-1961) – enlisted Nov 9, 1919, stationed in Niedermendig, Germany
SAMUEL BURNHAM SHACKFORD (1888-1949) – enlisted in Pennsylvania on May 18, 1917
THOMAS LEON SHACKFORD (1892-1959) – enlisted in Marine Corp May 27, 1917, commissioned Dec 16, 1918, discharged about Jan 20, 1920, has living children
WILLIAM WALLACE SHACKFORD (1897-1973) – Georgia Sgt US Army World War I
Also these Shackford families grieved the loss of a child during WWI
LESTER HARLOW HICKS, son of Joseph Waldo and Bertha Ann (Shackford) Hicks – contracted pneumonia while aboard the Battleship Maine and died June 23, 1917.
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US Department of Veteran’s Affairs – History of Veteran’s Day
We know of seventy seven SHACKFORD descendants of the immigrant William Shackford who served in the military. We’d love to hear about any details of the military service of these or other Shackford veterans who may be missing from this list. (Note: We do not write about living Shackfords unless they give permission or comment directly on the WEB page)
ABNER R SHACKFORD(1827-1900) – 11th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry, Co K
ALONZO C SHACKFORD (1879-1947) – 23rd Infantry in China, 1916, WWI, Pvt 24th Infantry, Sgt QMC 328th, at Fort Riley, Kansas in 1920
BARTLETT CHAUNCY SHACKFORD (1895-1984) – Naval Reserve 1937, served Dec 17, 1941 to March 19, 1946 – gravestone says also served in WWI
CARY RICHARD SHACKFORD (1941-2017) – per his obituary, he was an US Army Veteran, discharged in 1965
CHARLES ALBERT SHACKFORD(1848-1903) – 61st Regiment, Illinois Infantry, survived Andersonville Prison Camp
CHARLES AUGUSTUS SHACKFORD(1922-2013) – son of Charles Augustus Shackford and Alice May Short enlisted at age 19 in Boston, Mass on June 27, 1942.
CHARLES FREDERICK SHACKFORD(1883-1965) – 2nd Lt, Fifteenth Regiment Infantry Regiment, commissioned July 22, 1919
CHARLES J SHACKFORD (1834-1894) – Sixth Regiment Infantry Co D, Lowell, April 7, 1857
CHARLES LEE SHACKFORD (1919-2006) – son of Charles Lee Shackford and Katherine Howard Gay enlisted on 31 August 1943 at age 24. He served in Europe in the 16th Armored Division, was transferred to the 1st Infantry Division, saw duty in Bamberg, Hammelburg and Deggendorf. He has living children.
CHAUNCEY SHACKFORD (1877-1964) – Spanish American War, Naval Aide under President Roosevelt, WWI Navy Cross Recipient, WWII, retired Naval Captain
HENRY FRANCIS SHACKFORD (1928-2006) – son of Henry David Shackford and Frances Riley enlisted at age 17 at Fort Banks, Boston, Massachusetts on Feb 7, 1946.
HIRAM SHACKFORD (1829-1892) – 1st Regiment, New Hampshire Heavy Artillery, Civil War
HORATIO H SHACKFORD (1834-1901) – 18th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Civil War
JAMES ATKINS SHACKFORD (1912-1957), son of John Walter Shackford and Love Branner Atkins enlisted at the age of 30 on January 17, 1942. From his obituary we know that he served as a chaplain and then as editor-in-chief in the Army’s Atlanta headquarters., WWII
JOANNE SHACKFORD PARKES (living) – served 26 years in the USAF retiring in 2006 as a LtCol. Served as a Medical Support Squadron Commander in Japan and Korea
JOHN SHACKFORD (abt 1678-1738) – Served in 1708 in Her Majesty’s Fort William and Mary in the Province of New Hampshire
JOHN SHACKFORD (abt 1698-1786) – Served in Expedition against the French Forts in 1755
JOHN SHACKFORD (1753-1840) – enlisted July 17, 1775. When John Shackford died in Eastport, Maine, the New York Spectator published his obituary stating that he was a “soldier of the revolution, accompanied Arnold in his expedition to Quebec”, and was taken prisoner in that city. It also said that his “discharge from the Army bore the signature of Washington and he treasured it as a precious relic.”
JOHN E SHACKFORD (1825-1873) – 3rd Regiment, Missouri Infantry, Civil War
JOHN TYLER SHACKFORD(1841-1910) – 44th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry, Civil War
JOSEPH AARON SHACKFORD (1919-2003) – son of Jessie Elmer Shackford and Pauline Hurd. enlisted at age 22 in Manchester, New Hampshire on April 2, 1941., WWII
JOSIAH SHACKFORD(1747-1829) – Josiah served as a 3rd Lieutenant on the “Raleigh” in 1776.
LESLIE THEODORE SHACKFORD (1913-1968) – son of Edwin Augusta Shackford and Bessie Littlefield enlisted at age of 28 in Manchester, NH on Jan 27, 1942. WWII
LESTER BORDON SHACKFORD (1893-1971) – he enlisted May 27, 1919, per gravestone served as Hospital Sgt, US Army, WWI
LEVI SHACKFORD (1766-1833) – Kilby’s Eastport and Passamaquoddy: A Collection of Historical and Background Sketches states that Levi who was a brother of John, was wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill, however, we can not find any other documentation of this and based on Levi’s death record he was 67 when he died in 1833 and therefore would have been about eight years old when the battle of Bunker Hill occurred.
LOREN BROUGHTON SHACKFORD (1920-1984) – Enlisted May 27, 1942, served aboard the U.S.S. Salamonie
MOSES AUSTIN CARTLAND SHACKFORD (1873-1944) – served Aug 1900 at Fort Douglas, Utah
PAUL SHACKFORD(1702-1786) – A Miss Maria Louise Grouard references Paul Shackford in her Daughters of the American Revolution application stating that “Paul Shackford, who had served in the early wars, was a patriot of the Revolution. He was born in Portsmouth, N.H.; died in 1787 in Newburyport, Mass.” The Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War states that he was a Private in Capt Tobias Lord’s Co, marching Jan 29, 1776 and that he served for 9 months and 28 days defending the seacoast at Falmouth.
PAUL SHACKFORD (abt 1720-????) – served 1755-1760 in French-Indian War
PAUL SHACKFORD (abt 1750-abt 1840) -Appears with rank of Private on Muster and Pay Roll of Capt Tobias Lords York Co
RICHARD LEWIS SHACKFORD (1914-1974) – son of Irwin Lewis Shackford and Annette Mabel Parsons enlisted at age 27 in Springfield, Mass on August 7, 1942. WWII
RICHMOND IRVING SHACKFORD (1925-1997), son of Richmond I Shackford and Josephine E Severance enlisted at age 18 on January 13, 1944. WWII
ROBERT LEWELLYN SHACKFORD (1926-2010) – served about 1945 in Navy Seabees, also the USAF Reserves, WWII
ROBERT SMITH SHACKFORD (1916-2008) – son of Robert Smith Shackford and Carolyn Hildegard Payne enlisted at age 26 in Los Angeles, California on April 10, 1943, WWII
ROBERT WALTON SHACKFORD (1918-1987) – World War II Ace, a VF-2 F6F pilot, buried at Fort Rosencrans National Cemetery, San Diego
ROLAND ALFRED SHACKFORD (1901-1961) – enlisted Nov 9, 1919, stationed in Niedermendig, Germany
SAMUEL SHACKFORD (1728-1812) – Mrs Martha Shackford Meserve Jordan references Samuel Shackford in her Daughters of the American Revolution application stating that he served in the Burgoyne and Rhode Island Campaigns. Also John Shackford Meserve mentions that he served in Langdon’s New Hampshire Light Horse Volunteers. His service is also documented in the American Series of Popular Biographies. We also know that on April 12, 1776, he signed the Declaration by the Inhabitants of New Hampshire.
SAMUEL SHACKFORD (1761-1844) – Samuel Shackford of Sanford received a pension for his service in the Revolutionary War and is listed in the June 1, 1840 York County list of Pensioners where he is recorded as living with his son Christopher Shackford. His gravestone is visible at FindAGrave, Memorial# 41683165.
SAMUEL SHACKFORD (1840-1909) – 1st Regiment1840-19 California Calvary
SAMUEL ADAMS SHACKFORD (1810-1864) – Commissioned by Gov. Edward Everett brigade inspector, First Brigade, Fourth Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
SAMUEL BURNHAM SHACKFORD (1888-1949) – enlisted in Pennsylvania on May 18, 1917, WWI
SAMUEL GARLAND SHACKFORD(1818-1885) – 8th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry, Company G, Civil War
SETH RING SHACKFORD(1754-1777) – Private Seth Ring Shackford was killed in action at Saratoga on October 7, 1777. American Revolution
THOMAS LEON SHACKFORD (1892-1959) – enlisted in Marine Corp May 27, 1917, commissioned Dec 16, 1918, discharged about Jan 20, 1920, has living children
WALTER EMORY SHACKFORD (1847-1865) – 5th Regiment, Virginia Calvary. Mortally wounded April 1, 1865 at Five Forks, Virginia
WILLIAM SHACKFORD(abt 1641-1720) – soldier in the militia, called Captain, fought Indians at Breakfast Hill
WILLIAM SHACKFORD (1706-1773) – Invasion of Canda 1746, Capt at Fort Drumner 1750
WILLIAM SHACKFORD (1753-????) – Private Wm Shackford marched with Capt Moses Nowell (Newell?) from Newburyport, April 19, 1775 against the British troops. The Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War also documents that he served in Capt Ezra Lunt’s company, Col Moses Litttle’s regiment.
WILLIAM SHACKFORD (1830-1900) – Served 1864-1865 aboard USS Home, Nahant,
WILLIAM WALLACE SHACKFORD (1897-1973) – Georgia Sgt US Army World War I
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SOURCES (see individual articles):
Copyright 2018 Joanne Shackford Parkes (sharing a link to this post is appreciated but please do not copy this material and paste it elsewhere)
The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) is an incredible Treasure Chest itself. It’s in a great part of Boston in a beautiful building full of very helpful staff, genealogists, archivists, volunteers, and researchers. The collections are vast – an extensive book collection, an incredible archive of special collections and donated genealogical material, a major digital collection, and probably much more. Fortunately I’d read and watched videos from many genealogy bloggers who described how to prepare for such a trip – it’s most important to know what you want to look for before you arrive and know where it is located,. They also advised that one call ahead to be sure the material is available and read the organizations Website so you know if and how you can copy materials and other important site guidelines.
Description of Samuel Burnham Shackford’s Donation from NEGHS Website
We were only going to be in Boston for one day and I knew that I would spend that time
looking at the items that Samuel Burnham Shackford had donated, a goal that I’d had written about in Feb 2014. I reviewed the collection description and discovered the collection listed as SG SHA 5, called Shackford collection, [manuscript] and wrote to the archivist to ensure the materials would be available.
Even though I’d reviewed the NEHGS collection description, had read the, newspaper article describing his donation, and had reviewed many newspaper articles where S.B.S. asked for input on his research, I had no idea of the vast size of Samuel’s donation. I also didn’t realize that seeing and touching Samuel’s research would have such an emotional impact on me!
I spent nine hours reviewing just a few of the boxes of the collection SG SHA, titled Shackford collection, [manuscript]. Here’s a bit of what I learned:
Samuel B Shackford’s work shows that he had goal of connecting all the Shackfords, interestingly a goal that I also had when I got stuck determining my own Shackford ancestry.
Samuel reviewed all the published material that existed on Shackford’s that he could find which was probably a lot as he was on the NEHGS Committee on Collection of Records. He then documented his research on Shackford families; keeping an alphabetical list of each Shackford he discovered along with the sources he could find relating to that.
He wrote to many vital records offices asking them for the cost of obtaining copies, then often purchasing copies of the records of the vital records from each person. The vital records copies that he received are included in his collection. (Interestingly, this is how I started my research)
Samuel published lists of questions related to research he couldn’t resolve in the Genealogy Sections of newspapers and articles. Usually these were posted under S.B.S., his initials (I posted many questions on genealogy research boards)
He wrote general letters to every Shackford or person who knew about Shackfords that he could find telling them he was researching Shackford genealogy and asking for general information about their family lines. Those letters and the replies to the letters are in this collection! I found letters that he received from my grandfather and great grandfather written on company letterhead that gives me insight about my own relatives that I didn’t have. The collection even includes the returned mail! (I started writing to Shackford’s around 1998 but did not keep copies of the letters that I wrote but I did keep many of the hard copies of letters that were returned.)
Samuel then replied to many Shackford’s with a list of detailed questions that were very personalized focused on obtaining specific information he wanted to complete his genealogy quest. Many people hand wrote the answers to the questions on the letter he sent and returned the letters.
He shared the results of his genealogy research with people who wrote to him. (I’ve done this too)
People with whom he started to correspond sent him clippings, photographs, wedding invitations, funeral notices and more. Some people sent letters they had saved from their correspondence with other researchers including Samuel Shackford of Chicago/Winnetka. This collection of letters is in itself a gem! I only had time to review one box of the letters which had been opened, flattened and placed in manila folders but believe there are more boxes that have not yet been organized (very understandable as this library receives huge amounts of donations of genealogical material!!).
Samuel tried hard to identify the ancestors of William Shackford, the immigrant ancestor and kept extensive notes of this research but decided that he could not resolve that question.
He handwrote a genealogy descendency of William Shackford with some biographical information of some of the descendants – focusing on the positive items people had shared and choosing to not include negative newspaper articles or information that he’d received. He typed and updated his manuscript and shared all or parts of the typewritten versions with individuals looking for their input and critique. The letters box includes some critical responses and other responses thanking him and asking for a copy of the final document. It’s probable that there were multiple versions of the typewritten manuscript. The final edition has some handwritten notes which may be from him or someone else. Some pages and notes that appear to be added by his brother Moses A.C. Shackford. The sources in the manuscript often refer to a person who sent him a letter, a published material, include the word Conjecture, or in some cases are missing.
Samuel appears to be hoping to publish this or another manuscript as he kept copies of letters which included the cost breakouts for publishing a manuscript. He did donate it to NEGHS but stipulated the he would have access to his donation.
I knew that Samuel B. researched Shackfords thoroughly but had no idea that he had compiled such a comprehensive manuscript. Many of the Shackford family connection puzzles that I’ve worked out would have been solved had I had a copy of this manuscript but then again, doing that research independently 80 years later has taught me a lot about research and forced me to find sources that independently verify the research.
It will take months if not a year or two to sort out the information I learned from my short review of this enormous collection. I’m already trying to visualize how I can spend 4-6 months in Boston in the future volunteering at the Society to help sort through, organize and review more of Samuel B Shackford’s donation but that’s also a question to think through after this year’s genealogy/sightseeing RV trip is over in October 2016.
I’d encourage anyone with Shackford ancestry to make the time to look at Samuel’s collection, especially the correspondence boxes as they may contain letters that your direct ancestors sent to Samuel. Be sure to call ahead as and it takes 7-10 days for the archivists to pull the materials from their offsite location. I’d love to hear from anyone else who has reviewed this collection to learn about your perspectives!
I wish to thank Judy Lucey, the archivist who helped guide me to the boxes I might find most helpful, pulled some other boxes for me during my visit and ensured I was able to maximize my time during my short visit. I hope that someday I can meet her again in the future and stay longer!
Lastly I just have to add that I’m in awe with the amount of research Samuel B Shackford created sometime between 1900-1925 with pen and paper, letter writing, a lot of collaboration, and a typewriter (thank goodness as his handwriting is sometimes difficult to read). I am very thankful that he kept so much of his material and donated it to the New England Historic Genealogy Society. I hope by describing the importance of this collection to others interested in Shackford Family History, I’m helping to meet Samuel’s desire to “have the fullest use made of it.”
SOURCES
Shackford Samuel Burnham 1871-1934, “Shackford Collection, SG SGG 5, R Stanton Avery Special Sollections,”; SGA SHA 7, New England Historic Genealogy Society, Boston, Massachusetts. (only reviewed a small part of this immense collection)
SHACKFORD Family History 