Trying to Discover Who Wrote the Book “Shackford’s Connections” and where a Copy can be Found (Blog 512)

Note: This blog was updated at Thanks to the Library of Congress we Know More About “Shackford’s Connections” (more appropriately called Shuckford’s Connections”)! (Blog 514)

While searching for newspaper articles about Shackfords in early newspapers, we ran across multiple references to a book called “Shackford’s Connections” which appears to have been published in three volumes. We’re not sure who was the author and after some research believe it was most likely published in 1728 as it was listed in the Bibliotheca Curiosa & Elegans: A Catalogue of Near Twelve Thousand Volumes.. Which Will be Sold on Tuesday, August 1, 1758.

The book is also used as a source to a section about St. Jerome in Thomas Stackhouse’s 1787 “An History of the Holy Bible: From the Beginning of the World to the Establishment of Christianity: with Answers to Most of the Controverted Questions, Dissertations Upon the Most Remarkable Passages, and a Connection of Profane History Throughout.

An article published in the Vermont Intelligencer on Sept 28, 1818 stated that a Mrs. Susanna Rowson who was working on a complete History of the Bible used this book as one of many authorities for her book – other authorities included stackhouse’s History of the Bible, Poole’s Annotations, Calmet’s Dictionary, and dissertations.

Also in 1846 and 1847, a J. Creath, Jr posted an article in the newspaper that stated that he lost a copy of the first volume of Shackford’s Connection while traveling between St Louis and Marion City.

We can’t find any copies of this book in the digitized book collections that we often use for research — Library of Congress, WorldCat, Hathi Trust, Project Gutenberg, FamilySearch Books, or Google Books although we did find a reference to the book that says that on May 17, 1837, the Michigan State Librarian purchased a copy of the book Shackford’s Connections, 2 vols from Collins, Keese & Co for $4.50. We did look at the Library of Michigan’s website but don’t find any reference to this book however the library does have a Rare Book Room – we’ll be giving them a call to see if they still have this copy of the book.

We also discovered that in July 29, 1843, The Athenaeum include an article stating that James Taylor & Co in Brighton was selling a copy of Shackford’s Connection of Sacred and Profane History, 4 vol and in 1852, the Oregon Territorial Librarian included their copy of Shackford’s Connections in a list of books they owned.

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SOURCES:

Books on Sale, by James Taylor & Co, 22 Pavilion-street, Brighton. The Athenaeum Journal of English and Foreign Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts, London, Saturday, July 29, 1843, p. 682

Documents accompanying the Journal of the Senate of the State of Michigan at the Annual Session in 1838, Detroit, John S. Bagg, State Printer, 1838, p 379-380, https://babel.hathitrust.org/

Journal of the House of Representatives of the Territory of Oregon, Being the Third Regular Session of the Legislative Assembly, Begun and Held at Salem, December 1, 1851. In the Seventy-Sixth Year of the Independence of the U.S., Oregon; Asahel Bush, Territorial Printer, 1852, Appendix page 10

Nasan, Elias, A Memoir of Mrs. Susanna Rowson, with Elegant and Illustrative Extracts From her Writings in Prose and Poetry, Albany, N.Y., Joel Munsell, 1870

NOTICE, The Weekly Courier Post, 24 Dec 1846, newspapers.com

Mrs. Rowson nearly ready to publish History of the Bible, Vermont Intelligencer, 28 Sept 1818

Stackhouse, Thomas, An History of the Holy Bible: From the Beginning of the World to the Establishment of Christianity: with Answers to Most of the Controverted Questions, Dissertations Upon the Most Remarkable Passages, and a Connection of Profane History Throughout, London, L Garner, 1787, p 21 968 pages

Whiston John and Benjamin White, Bibliotheca Curiosa & Elegans: A Catalogue of Near Twelve Thousand Volumes, in All Arts, Sciences, and [every] Branch of Polite Literature, Many on Royal Paper, and in Morocco, …Including the Libraries of the Revd. Williams Gibbon, … and John Hand,… Which Will be Sold…on Tuesday, August 1, 1758. 1758, 188 pages

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Robert Smith Shackford Called Out by a Brookline Newspaper for Missing WWI Draft Physical Examination (Blog 511)

WWI Draft Registration Robert Smith Shackford

After the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917 and President Wilson proclaimed conscription in May 1917, Robert S Shackford competed his World War I Draft Registration Card on June 5, 1917. He stated that he was born on January 3, 1889 in Aquascalienuteo, Aguas, Mexico and a United States citizen (both his parents were United States citizens). He said he was employed by Elliot Fisher Company and asked for an exemption as he was supporting a wife and two children.

As the war developed, Brookline wrote multiple articles describing the details of the town’s draft. The Brookline Townsman’s July 21,1917 article listed the resident’s Red Ink Numbers which included #437, Robert S Shackford. The local newspapers continued to follow the draft status including this article published on August 25, 1917 which pointed out that Robert Shackford had not had a draft physical examination but had received a passport and traveled to Mexico.

The Brookline Townsman, July 21, 1917

“Brookline is not a town of shurkers, judging from the record of missing registrants  In the first quota of 240, there were first reported as not having shown up in Brookline for physical examination, forty two men, but the investigation of the board has shown that all but a very few of those men are in some branch of the service.  There are less than half a dozen men actually unaccounted for
 Of those who failed to report to the board, one man, Jesse Serverson is dead, and two other men are serving jail sentences.  Robert Shackford of 3 Verndale Street, as far as the board can learn, has had no physical examination under the draft, nor has any request arrived from any foreign board for his physical examination elsewhere  Mr Shackford received passports from the government on July 17 and is reported to be in Mexico.”

We don’t know if Robert or his family ever saw this newspaper article which seemed to infer he was a shirker but we do know that the same newspaper did publish his name on September 1, 1917 in a list of people who had received an exemption from the draft.

So why did Robert go to Mexico during WWI and the Mexican Revolution?

Robert, the son of Charles Edwin and Elizabeth Rebecca (Kennedy) Shackford was born in Mexico on January 3, 1889. His family had moved there when his father took a job as a master mechanic for the railroad. Robert’s father died of a fever when he was only eight and his mother married Daniel Baker Smith six months later. Thus Robert had grown up in Mexico except for a few years of education in the Boston and New Hampshire area. Robert’s mother, now known as Lizzie R Smith who had lived in Mexico since about 1885 had returned from Mexico City to the United States about 1912 sometime after the death of her second husband. She had not dealt with her second husband’s estate which included a stockholder role in the Conejo Blanco Mine which was trying to schedule a stockholder’s meeting in Mexico City in July 1917. She also had been asked to sort out her taxes, mining company shareholder responsibilities, and some titles for land in Irapusto and other locations. Lizzie tried to obtain a passport around July 7, 1917 but had been turned down by the United States passport office because the United States believed it was unsafe for it’s citizens to travel to Mexico due to the ongoing Mexican Revolution.

Passport photo, Robert S Shackford 1917

Robert requested a passport on July 13, 1917 to help his mother or to go in her place (am not sure). He included a letter from Conejo Blanco Mining Company dated June 25, 1917 asking him to have his mother sort out her issues regarding the mining company and land titles.Robert’s passport request was signed by the War Department stating that he had satisfied the War Department by registering for the draft and a General Crowder had agreed to his travel to Mexico City.

We don’t know how long Robert remained in Mexico but we know his passport was cancelled at some point during his trip or after he returned. He did have an exemption from the draft or perhaps by then it had been retracted but on October 10, 1918 he joined the Navy Reserves and was assigned the position of Quartermaster. He was discharged a little over a month later on November 15, 1918 right after the war ended. Robert received Veteran’s Administration benefits – his death certificated says he was treated at the Veterans Administration Hospital at Wilshire & Sawtelle Boulevard before he died, and he was buried at the Los Angeles National Cemetery with a stone that mentions his service with the CH QMC US NAVY – WORLD WAR I.

Passport photo, Robert S Shackford 1921

After the war, Robert applied for a new passport on November 12, 1921 stating that his last passport which had been issued in July 1917 had been cancelled. The purpose for his new passport was to travel to arrange a paper mill connection for the importation of paper related to paper. He asked for the passport to be sent to the Export Corporation of West Broadway, New York but stated that he had an office in New York.

Will share more about Robert’s life sometime in the future.

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Robert S Shackford is my sixth cousin 2x removed.

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SOURCES:

“Brookline’s Complete Draft Quota,” The Chronicle (Brookline, Massachusetts), 1 September 1917, Robert S Shackford; digital images, Brookline Public Library (https://brookline.advantage-preservation.com/ : accessed 15 April 2023).

“DRAFT QUOTA STILL UNFILLED FORTY-FOUR MEN NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE LIST Among Deliquents One is Dead and Two are in Jail,” The Chronicle (Brookline, Massachusetts), 25 August 1917, Robert Shackford; digital images, Brookline Public Library (https://brookline.advantage-preservation.com/ : accessed 8 February 2021).

“Draft Registration List RESIDENTS GET THEIR “RED INK” NUMBERS,” The Brookline Townsman (Brookline, Massachusetts), 21 July 1917; (https://brookline.advantage-preservation.com/ : accessed 15 April 2023).

Find a Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 1 August 2014), Robert Smith Shackford, Find A Grave Memorial# 3751382.

Robert Smith SHACKFORD, death certificate XC-9817742 R-282 379 GH-2 519 (1953), County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County.

“TOWN FILLS QUOTA, WITH RESERVE OF 34 MEN,” The Brookline Townsman (Brookline, Massachusetts), 1 September 1917; (https://brookline.advantage-preservation.com/ : accessed 15 April 2023).

“United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 31 December 2013), Robert Smith Shackford.

U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, , Robert S Smith, ; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 December 2013).

, U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, , Robert S Shackford, 12 November 1921; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 December 2013).

“U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007,” database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 April 2023), Robert Smith Shackford.

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Nathaniel Cooper Shackford (1769-1852) of Newington and Wakefield NH Kept a Bible with Family Records – Was it Preserved? (Blog 510)

Nathaniel Cooper Shackford, the son of Capt Samuel and Elizabeth (Ring) Shackford was born in Newington, New Hampshire on April 11, 1769 and was baptized in the same town on April 23, 1769. He was 29 when he married Phebe Nutter, the daughter of Matthais and Martha (Perkins) Nutter on April 15, 1798.

According to Samuel Burnham Shackford, Nathaniel C Shackford “lived on the old farm in Newington until he moved to Wakefield and sold out to James Hoyt”. We have found a deed showing that on May 22, 1816 Nathaniel Cooper Shackford, Husbandman, sold land he inherited from his father (his ninth of that property along the Piscatagua River) to his uncle, Seth R Shackford for one hundred and ten dollars and a second deed showing the sale of eight acres of land and buildings to James Hoit for four hundred and fifty dollars on Oct 8, 1825. We presume that after the 1825 land sale, he moved to Wakefield, New Hampshire as we find him there in the 1830 census.

Phoebe died in Wakefield on August 11, 1849. Her obituary was published in The Exeter News-Letter on Sept 10th. “In Wakefield, Mrs PHEBE SHACKFORD, wife of Mr Nath’l C. Shackford, formerly of Newington, aged 72.”

Sometime thereafter, Nathaniel moved in with his daughter Mary Jane and son-in-law, Charles Dorr (or Dore) who also lived in Wakefield. He died at age 83 on April 27, 1852. We haven’t found an obituary or any probate records yet.

Nathaniel’s Bible is referred to multiple times in Samuel Burnham Shackford’s Shackford Genealogy Manuscript which is stored at the New England Historical and Genealogical Society in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the only source of exact birth dates for many of the Shackfords who are directly related to or descend from Nathaniel. Samuel’s documentation states “Family Bible per Mary E J Dow. [Dorr?]. We suspect that he is referring to Mary Etta Dorr, the grandchild of Mary Jane Dorr via their son Francis A and Calista Dorr. Mary Etta was born on June 1, 1885 and lived in Woburn, Massachusetts. We do not believe she married.

While we are unsure if Nathaniel Cooper Shackford’s Bible was preserved, we do know that a transcription of the Bible and one of Samuel Shackford’s Bible was made by the Daughters of the American Revolution. A copy of this typed transcript is also available at the New England Historical and Genealogy Society in Boston, Massachusetts which has sourced this document extremely well and lets us know that Nathaniel purchased this Bible after 1811. We are hoping to return to Boston for another visit at the New England Historical and Genealogy Society within the next year and are starting a list of research to accomplish there – reviewing this transcript will be on the list.

CHILDREN:

Elizabeth Ring Shackford (1799-1881) – married Horatio G Dearborn

Nathaniel Shackford (1800-1873) – married Abigail Coleman

James Nutter Shackford (1802-____) – married Charlotte Burnham, Elizabeth Keniston, Rebeca Bickford – have not yet found information about his later life – also may have missed a page about him in Samuel Burnham Shackford’s manuscript

William Shackford (1805-1843) twin of Mary, married Sarah Dearborn or Polly Rand

Mary Jane Shackford (1805-1891) twin of William, married Phineas Graves Hanson and Charles W Dorr

Ephraim F Shackford (1810-1849) – married Mary A Newton, then Abigail Earl

Martha Ann Shackford (1812-1884) – married David D Smith

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Research Still to Do:

1. Research newspapers to find reference to Nathaniel — any obituaries?
2. Visit NEHGS to find transcript of Nathaniel’s Bible.

SOURCES:

1800 United States Federal Census, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, population schedule, , Nathl C Shackford; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 February 2023).

1810 United States Federal Census, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Newington, Nathl Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 February 2023).

1830 United States Federal Census, Strafford County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Wakefield, Nathl Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 February 2023).

1840 United States Federal Census, Strafford County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Wakefield, Nathaniel C Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 February 2023).

1850 United States Federal Census, Carroll County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Wakefield, page 315 (handwritten), 158 (stamped), dwelling 6, family 6, Charles Dore; digital images, Family Search (http://familysearch.org : accessed 24 October 2017).

Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution Library Catalog (https://librarycatalog.dar.org/library2 : accessed 5 February 2023), Nathaniel Cooper Shackford Bible.

“Deaths,” The Exeter News-Letter (Exeter, New Hampshire), 10 September 1849; digital images, (https://exeter.advantage-preservation.com/ : accessed 4 February 2023).

“New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 November 2013), Nathaniel C Shackford m Phebe Nutter 15 Apr 1798.

New Hampshire, New Hampshire, Birth Records, 1659-1900, , Nathaniel C Shackford, before 11 April 1769; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 November 2013); “New Hampshire, Birth Records, through 1900.” Online index and digital images. New England Historical Genealogical Society. Citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire.

Newington Church Records, p. 157

Rockingham, New Hampshire, Vol 212: Page 26, Image 274 of 802, Nathaniel Cooper Shackford sold land inherited from father to Seth R Shackford; FHL microfilm 16248 8204309.

Rockingham, New Hampshire, Deeds, v. 244-246 1825-1826, Vol 244: Page 173, Image 91 of 699, Nathaniel C Shackford sold property to James Hoit; FHL microfilm 16295 8291351.

Shackford Samuel Burnham, “Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” #78 Nathaniel Cooper Shackford; SG SHA 5, Folder (56) William Shackford, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

Shackford Samuel Burnham, “Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” #154 William Shackford b Apr 25 1805; SG SHA 5, Folder (56) William Shackford, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

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FIANCE PROVES TO BE HUSBAND – Harry Francis Shackford (1897-1958) (Blog 509)

Daily Evening Item, Lynn, Massachusetts, 15 Sept 1920

FIANCE PROVES TO BE HUSBAND

Friends of Ethel E. daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter S Gay 82 Farragut road Swampscott who surprised her on Monday evening by giving her a miscellaneous shower at her home with a presentation speech in which her approaching marriage was a subject alluded to in a happy vein were in turn surprised by the hostess of the evening who at an opportune moment presented her supposed fiance, Harry F Shackford of Somerville as her husband
After the guests had in a measure recovered from their surprise, the parents of the young woman announced that her daughter and Mr Shackford were married quietly on April 7th it, having been the desire of the young folks to fool their friends.
Congratulations followed and the balance of the evening was pleasantly spent with games and refreshments with Mr and Mrs Shackford proving to be the best of entertainers.
The place of the wedding and name of the officiating clergyman have not yet been announced and the marriage license and returns at Swampscott and Somerville do not show according in the clerks any record of the Shackford-Day marriage. Friends of the couple believe that they slipped quietly out of the state where no laws are permitted on the statute books which might interfere in any way with the efforts of the ever active and far-sighted Daniel Cupid
Mr and Mrs Shackford are making their home at 82 Farragut road

Harry Francis Shackford, the son of William Bell and Hannah (Haley) Shackford was born on 14 October 1897 in Reading, Massachusetts. He lived with his parents at 101 Lincoln St in Cambridge, Sagamore Avenue in Chelsea, and then 71 Prentiss Street in Somerville where at the age of 19 he started working as a chauffer with Cobb Bates & Yerxa Company, a grocery retailer. Harry was 21 when he met Ethel Elizabeth Gay, the daughter of Walter Scott and Elizabeth (Stafford) Gay. The couple was married on August 26, 1920 in Claremont, New Hampshire. The record includes the statement “by ORDER OF THE COURT.” We haven’t found any court records but assume this was due to the situation that Harry and Ethel’s son, Harry Francis Shackford was born on 11 January 1921. Sadly Harry only lived six hours – the death certificate states premature birth. (Perhaps this is why the nosy author of the above article unnecessarily mentioned her/his unsuccessful research for the actual date of their marriage.)

We assume that Harry and Ethel divorced soon after their son died as Harry was recorded in the directory as living with his mother at 91 Prentiss Street by 1925 and Ethel married Mariner John Downing on November 6, 1926.

Harry continued living with his mother at 91 Prentiss St in Somerville continuing to work as a chauffer. He then married Margaret Elizabeth Curran, the daughter of William Lynch and Lucy May (Farnum) Curran on September 9, 1931 in Nashua, New Hampshire. Harry’s name is spelled Schackford on that marriage record and he stated this was his first marriage. Harry and Margaret remained in Somerville and had a daughter Joan Elizabeth Shackford, born on October 3, 1931 in Boston. Harry died suddenly in Cambridge, Mass on 24 Sept 1958 again making the news. We’re not sure what the police discovered regarding the cash that was found on his body. Here’s a copy of the newspaper article publicizing his death.

$7100 Found on Dead Man; Probe Ordered

A 59-year-old Somerville man’s sudden death in Cambridge was under police investigaton today after it was discovered he had more than $7100 in cash in his pockets.
Police said Harry Shackford, of 33 Cedar st., Somerville, who works in a Boston hospital, collapsed on Tremont st, Cambridge last night. He was dead on arrival at the Cambridge City Hospital.
Shackford had $7100 in hundred dollar bills in his pocket and an additional $127 in smaller bills in his wallet.
Medical Examiner David C. Dow said Shackford appeared to have died on natural causes.

Harry’s wife Margaret lived to the age of 69 and died in Lexington, Massachusetts. Her obituary was published in The Lexington Minute-Men on August 24, 1978.

CHILDREN:

with Ethel:

Harry Francis Shackford (1921-1921) – lived six hours

with Margaret

Joan Elizabeth Shackford (1931-2009) – married Robert Wilson

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SOURCES:

1900 United States Federal Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Cambridge, enumeration district (ED) 682, Sheet No 7, dwelling 63, family 147, William B Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 June 2017).

1910 United States Federal Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Somerville, enumeration district (ED) 1009, Sheet No 5B, 71 Prentiss St, dwelling 53, family 93, William Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 January 2023).

“Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924,” database with images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 27 January 2021), Harry Francis Shackford b 11 Jan 1921.

“Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970,” database with images, Ancestry (https://ancestry.com : accessed 14 January 2023), Ethel Elizabeth Gay.

“Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1901-1980,” database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 January 2023), Harry Shackford.

Massachusetts, Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915, , Harry Francis Shackford, b, 14 October 1897; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 June 2017).

New Hampshire, New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947, , Harry F Shackford m Ethel Elizabeth Gay, 26 August 1920; index and images, Family Search (http://familysearch.org : accessed 21 August 2014); Fillm 004243164.

“Shackford,” The Lexington Minute-Men (Lexington, Massachusetts), 24 August 1978, Margaret (Curran) Shackford; digtal images, Cary Memorial Library (https://lexingtonpl.advantage-preservation.com : accessed 8 February 2021). [Margaret Curran Shackford]

“U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995,” database, Ancestry.com (www/ancestry.com : accessed 15 January 2023), Harry F Shackford.

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Mary (Pinkham) Shackford (1856-1894), Wife of George Alonzo Shackford, Died age 37 (Blog 508)

Mary Pinkham was born on August 20 1856 in Gloucester to the fisherman family of Robert and Eliza (Collins) Pinkham. She lived with her family in Gloucester. In 1873 she worked as a clerk at Pattillos, a dry goods firm. Sometime before 1876 she met George Alonzo Shackford who had been working in the bridge building business, the wholesale boot and shoe business, and the retail grocery business. They married in Gloucester on October 31, 1876.

The family lived at 76 Saratoga Street in East Boston where Mary gave birth to a son, Alonzo Crosby Shackford in 1879 and a daughter Rutha Shackford in 1887. George worked for a collections firm and then as a clerk. The family then moved to Ash Street in Reading, Massachusetts where George became very active in the Masons and Mary became active in Rebecca Lodge.

In January 1894, Mary had a stomach complication and died of septicemia in Gloucester on January 30, 1894. She apparently also had cancer that led to the blood issues. Mary left a fourteen year old son and a seven year old daughter. Funeral services were held at her parents home in Gloucester. This obituary honoring Mary was published in the Reading Chronicle on February 3, 1894.

OBITUARY.

MARY (PINKHAM) SHACKFORD.

On Tuesday last the spirit of Mrs. Mary (Pinkham) Shackford, wife of George A. Shackford, forsook the mortal clay and passed into the immortal life beyond. Her illness was of nine days’ duration. Until the last three or four days it was not apprehended that a fatal termination would reult. She suffered from hemorrhage of the stomach and blood poisoning, the latter complaint resulting from a cancer. her age was 37 yrs. 5 mos 10 days.
Mrs. Shackford was the daughter of Robert and Elilza Pinkham of Gloucester, at which place she was born. She was married to Mr. Shackford Oct. 31, 1876. They have resided 16 Reading three years and a half.
Her husband and two children – a son of 14 years and a daughter of seven-are left in deep bereavement.
The deceased was one to whom the love of home appealed strongly. It was there she found her paradise. But she was not unappreciative of social enjoyments, being a valued member of Rebecca Lodge, I. O O. F. her many womanly qualities and virtues made her beloved by all who knew her.
Prayers were held at the residence, Ash street on Wednesday afternoon. The remains were then taken to the home of her parents at Gloucester, where the funeral services were held on Thursday.

Nine months after Mary’s death, George married Alice Blaker Pote on Sept 26, 1894. He was then elected to the Board of Selectman and remained active in the Masons. Alice died on October 23, 1924 in Sharon, Massachusetts at the age of 68. George lived to the age of 87 and died on April 8, 1942 in Sharon, Massachusetts.

CHILDREN:

Alonzo Crosby Shackford (1879-1947) – married Effie Belle Knights, then Margaret H Barber, served in WWI

Rutha Shackford (1887-1956) – married George Lawrence Cook

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SOURCES:

1860 United States Federal Census, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Gloucester, Page No 117, dwelling 810, family 1024, Robert Pinkham; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 January 2023).

1865 Massachusetts State Census, Essex County, population schedule, Gloucester, Robt Pinkham; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 2 January 2023).

1870 United States Federal Census, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Gloucester, Page No 84, dwelling 508, family 723, Robert Pinkham; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 February 2023).

1880 United States Federal Census, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, population census, Boston, enumeration district (ED) 578, Page No 37, Saratoga St, dwelling 221, family 335, George Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 January 2023).

“OBITUARY. Mary (Pinkham) Shackford,” The Reading Chronicle (Reading, Massachusetts), 3 February 1894; digital images, (https://reading.advantage-preservation.com/ : accessed 10 December 2022).

Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE City of Gloucester for the year eighteen hundred and seventy six, , ; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 September 2013).

“Massachusetts, U.S., Birth Records, 1840-1915,” digital images, Ancestry (https://ancestry.com : accessed 2 January 2023), Mary Pinkham.

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Just A Little World of Two – Words and Music by Chas Shackford (Blog 507)

This week the sheet music title Just a Little World of Two showed up for sale on e-Bay. It caught my attention as it was the first time I’d seen this title written by Charles Winthrop Marston Shackford, the baritone singer who published music between about 1891 and 1910. I went hunting to see if I could find any other sources for this sheet music and it does appear that a copy is at the UW-Madison Library however they don’t have a digital copy of the front cover on their website. I did, however find a copy of the romantic words in George Thompson’s Twentieth Century SONG BOOK which we are sharing below.

JUST A LITTLE WORLD OF TWO.
Words and Music by Chas. Shackford.

I saw two sweethearts standing in the moon
beams golden light.
Down by a little cottage long ago,
The hour had come for parting, ere they said the
last good night
I heard the boyish lover whisper low;
If you always love me. I know what we’ll do;
We’ll play this world belongs to you and me.
The brown eyes of the maiden gazed into her
sweetheart’s face.
And softly asked him will it always be?

CHORUS.

Just a little world of two
Where the skies are always blue,
Where the sunbeams seem to whisper of my love
for you.
Where two hearts are always true.
In a home where tears are few,
Where the old love’s ever new,
That’s a little world of two.

Long years ave passed, yet fancy brings a
picture back once more
Of that same little cot now old and gray,
And gazing o’er the meadows thro’ the latticed
vine-clad door.
I see those same brown eyes of bygone days
Watching for her sweetheart just at close of day.
With open arms she greets him just the same;
For true love never faltered but grew stronger
day by day
And filled their world with sunshine to the
end.
-Chorus

A partial biography of Charles is included in a post about his song Let Bygones Be Bygones written in 2017.

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SOURCES:

e-Bay Listing Just a Little World of Two by Chas Shackford

Twentieth Century SONG BOOK (George W. Thompson, n.d.), ; digital images, (https://www.classic-banjo.com/files/JOURNALS_AND_ALBUMS/G_W_Thompson_Twentieth_Century_Song_Book.pdf : accessed .

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Mary Bailey (Shackford) Emerson of Allenstown, New Hampshire (1827-1904) (Blog 506)

Mary Bailey Shackford, the daughter of Nathaniel H and Abigail (Bailey) Shackford was born on November 22, 1827 in Allenstown, New Hampshire. She was living at home with her parents and three siblings, Charlotte, Charles H, and Ellen in August 1850 when that year’s census was taken and married Charles Runlett Emerson, a carpenter in Merrimack, New Hampshire the next year on January 1, 1851.

In 1860 when the census was taken Mary was living in Pembroke working as a factory girl and living with her mother who was working as a boarding housekeeper. Her siblings, Charlotte and Ellen were also living in the same home – we’re not sure where Charles was at the time. In 1870 Mary was living in Pembroke with Charles who was working as a carpenter and had personal property valued at $200. Mary’s mother and sister are living with them but are incorrectly listed with the last name of Emerson in that census record.

We haven’t found Mary or Charles in the 1880 census but they are back in Allenstown in the 1900 census where Charles was working as an overseer of some sort of yard.

Mary died in Allenstown on April 6, 1906 from “La Grippe” but also had suffered from an abdominal tumor for at least three years. She was buried in the Head Cemetery in Hookset, New Hampshire. Mary’s husband Charles was the administrator and executor of her will.

Charles died three years later on January 17, 1907.

Mary, Charles, and Mary’s mother Abigail are buried together in the Head Cemetery in Hookset, New Hampshire. We have permission from the photographer of their gravestone, AuntieJ to share the photograph she has posted of this gravestone on FindAGrave.

We wish we had some personal information to share about Mary but as usual it’s hard to find out about women who lived during this timeframe.

CHILDREN:

None

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SOURCES:

1850 United States Federal Census, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Allenstown, page number crossed out, dwelling 474, family 479, Nathaniel Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 27 November 2013).

1860 United States Federal Census, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Pembroke, Page No 133, dwelling 1071, family 1114, Abby Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 February 2014).

1870 United States Federal Census, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Pembroke, Page No 19, dwelling 116, family 135, Charles R Emerson; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 February 2014).

1900 United States Federal Census, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Allenstown, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District 139, Sheet No 1 and 2, dwelling 24, family 25, Charles R Emerson; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 25 February 2014).

Find a Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 August 2014), Mary Shackford Emerson, Find A Grave Memorial# 100238741.

“New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982,” database, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 23 April 2022), Mary Emerson; Merrimack>Probate Records, Vol 109-112, 19093-1925, page 54, Image 497 of 946.

Shackford, Samuel Burnham to New England Historical and Genealogical Society Boston, Massachusetts. SG SGA 5, 13 October 1925. (56) William Shackford, Shackford Genealogy Manuscript, #355 Mary Bailey Shackford. Shackford collection. [manuscript]. New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Leonard Shackford (1825-1899) Cambridge, Massachusetts OmniBus Conductor and Policeman (Blog 505)

Leonard Shackford was born Nov 12, 1825 in Allenstown, New Hampshire to Nathaniel Shackford and Abigail Bailey.   He was the first child to his parents and the fourth great grandson of WILLIAM SHACKFORD (Nathaniel-6, Theodore-5, Theodore-4, John-3, Samuel-2, WILLIAM-1).  

Leonard moved from New Hampshire to Cambridge, Massachusetts before 1850 and was working as a teamster upon his arrival. In 1855 he was working as an Omnibus Driver (horse railroad) and living in the home of Lydia Gove (his future mother in law) who was operating a boarding house.  He became a conductor on before marrying Lydia on January 5, 1858 and must have had a great relationship with his fellow conductors who serenaded the newly married couple at midnight at their home at 20 Shepard Street.

Cambridge Chronicle, 16 January 1858

SERENADE – The Conductors on the Union Railroad, on Thursday night, gave a serenade in honor of Mr. Leonard Shackford, one of their corps, who has recently committed matrimony.  Like everything in which they have a hand, the thing was carried out in great shape.  Mr. Stiles, the Superintendent of the road, placed a car at their disposal, and, with ten pieces of the Brigade Band, they reached Mr. Shackford’s house on Shepard street, about midnight.  The music was worthy of the occasion, and so was the entertainment to which Mr. S. invited them.  On their return they felt bound to report themselves to Mr. Stiles, and regaled him with a taste of the music.  Nothing can be done better than by the Railroad folks-and we trust they may live a thousand years.

Degou David J, Cambridge Police Department, page 76

About thirteen years later (around March 1867), Leonard changed career fields to work as a Cambridge Police Office where he worked at Station One. He worked as a patrolman, a truant officer, and at City Hall. Leonard was included in this photograph of the police force in 1877 found by the Cambridge Historical Society. Beards and mustaches seem very popular amid this group of policemen

Leonard became seriously ill with stomach issues in early 1899 – but by Jul 1899 he became so ill that he was restricted to his home and took a family trip to Shirley Hill in New Hampshire with this family. He died at his home on Sept 2, 1899 of pancreatic cancer. One of many honorary obituaries is shared here: A second is shared below:

Cambridge Tribune, 2 September 1899, Volume XXII, Number 27

DEATH OF PATROLMAN SHACKFORD.
One of the Oldest Officers on the Police Force Dies of Stomach Trouble.
Leonard Shackford, for several years special officer at City hall, died at his home on Shepard street Thursday morning. He had been ill since last May, when he was compelled to give up his duties temporarily, but it was thought that he would be able to return to his work. He did improve, and was able to be out on the streets, but he suffered several relapses, and finally was obligated to keep to his bed. His sickness was due to stomach trouble and his death does not come as a very great surprise.
He was born in Pembroke, N. H., in 1830, attended the public schools there, and about 50 years ago came to this city and went to work in Boston. he was interested in several traded for a period of about ten years. When the horse railroad between Cambridge and Boston was started, he went on as a conductor. This occupation he followed for 13 years and then in March, 1867, was appointed patrolman on the Cambridge police force. He has been an officer of Station One during the entire term of his service. He was stationed at City hall about five years ago, and was constant in attendance to his duties there until his sickness in May. Mr Shackford has not been a well man for the last three years.
Mr Shackford has been a resident of this city for all of forty years, and during this time has lived at 20 Shepard street.
His wife was Lydia Gove, who with one daughter survives him.

Leonard’s wife Lydia was appointed administrix of his estate. She lived another twenty years and died at age 88 on January 2, 1900. Her wonderful obituary can be seen here:

CHILDREN

Louise K Shackford (1862-????)- keeper of boarding house

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SOURCES 

1850 United States Federal Census, Middlesex, New Hampshire, population schedule, Cambridge, page 67 (penned), 34 (stamped), Dwelling 470, Family 529, Leonard Shackford; digital image, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 27 July 2013).

1855 Massachusetts Census, Middlesex, Cambridge, population schedule, Ward 2, Dwelling 563, Family 647, Leonard Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 4 June 2013) 

“Cambridge loses one of its old-time policemen,” Cambridge Chronicle (Cambridge, Massachusetts), 2 September 1899; digital images, Cambridge Public Library (http://cambridge.dlconsulting.com : accessed 27 July 2013).

Carter N. F., Rev, History of Pembroke, N. H. 1730-1895: In Two Volumes, Vol. II.-Genealogical (Concord, N. H.: Republican Press Association, 1895), page 295; digital images, Hathi Trust (http://babel.hathitrust.org/ : accessed 17 March 2016.

“CITY AFFAIRS. MAYOR AND ALDERMAN,” Cambridge Chronicle (Cambridge, Massachusetts), 26 January 1867; digital images, Cambridge Public Library (http://cambridge.dlconsulting.com : accessed 12 January 2014).

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1858; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 4 June 2013)

“DEATH OF PATROLMAN SHACKFORD, One of the Oldest Officers on the Police Force Dies of Stomach Trouble.,” Cambridge Tribune, 2 September 1899, Volume XXII, Number 27,; Cambridge Public Library (http://cambridge.dlconsulting.com : accessed 2 June 2013).

Degou David J, Cambridge Police Department (Arcadia Publishing, 1 April 2009), page 76; digital image, Google eBooks (http://books.google.com: accessed 28 July 2013

Find a Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 July 2018), Leonard Shackford, Find A Grave Memorial# 191155651.

“Leonard Shackford Quite Ill,” Cambridge Chronicle (Cambridge, Massachusetts), 22 July 1899; digital images, Cambridge Public Library (http://cambridge.dlconsulting.com : accessed 17 May 2017).

Massachusetts, , “,” Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1871-1909 (Part A-K) (www.ancestry.com: accessed 13 July 2014), Leonard Shackford.

“OLD CAMBRIDGE, Patrolman Shackford Gone,” Cambridge Chronicle (Cambridge, Massachusetts), 2 September 1899; digital images, Cambridge Public Library (http://cambridge.dlconsulting.com : accessed 27 July 2013).

Samuel Burnham Shackford to New England Historical and Genealogical Society Boston, Massachusetts, sg sga 5, 13 October 1925; (56) William Shackford, Shackford Genealogy Manuscript, #354 Leonard Shackford, Shackford collection. [manuscript], New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

CHILDREN

Louise K Shackford (1862-1955)- keeper of boarding house

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Charles H Shackford of Pembroke, NH and Cambridge, MA (1838-1911) (Blog 504)

Charles H Shackford, the son of Nathaniel H Shackford and Abigail Bailey (or Bayley) was born 23 Feb 1838 in Pembroke, New Hampshire. In 1850 he was 11 years old and living in Allenstown with his parents with siblings Mary, Charlotte, and Ellen. When he turned 19 he moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts where he worked as a driver for Union Railroad. He registered for the draft in childhood county of Merrimack, New Hampshire in June 1863 at the age of 25 but we don’t believe he served in the Civil War.

On October 14, 1865, Charles married Minerva E Dow the daughter of Josiah and Sarah (Peaslee) Dow in Cambridge, Mass. Shortly thereafter, Charles was working at a teamster/driver at 85 Popular St in Boston. The families lived in multiple residences in Boston – 7 Spring Street, 407 Charles St, 89 Popular St, 383 Charles Street, and 57 Broadway St. He worked as a driver, teamster, and lastly as a furniture packer.

Charles died of endocarditis at the age of 73 on May 25, 1911 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A funeral was held in Boston and he was buried in Weare, New Hampshire. His obituary was published on May 26, 1911 in the Boston Daily Globe and the Cambridge Tribune. On June 1, 1911 this tribute was published in the Hillsborough Messenger:

Hillsborough Messenger, June 1, 1911

Charles Shackford of Boston was brought here for burial at Weare Centre on Friday of last week. Mr. Shackford is survived by his widow, formerly Minerva Dow, daughter of the late Josiah and Sarah Dow, and two sons, Willlie and Albion C. All the bereaved have the sympathy of many friends in this town.

Minerva moved to 30 Broadway where she resided with her son, Albion. She died in Cambridge at age 81 on December 28, 1928 and was also buried in Weare, New Hampshire.

CHILDREN:

Nellie S Shackford (1866-1868)

William Josiah Shackford (1871-1958) – married Alice Bessie Wright, worked as a tool maker at an iron foundry

Albion Clark Shackford (1874-1931) – worked as a clerk and a teamster

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SOURCES:

1850 United States Federal Census, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Allenstown, page number crossed out, dwelling 474, family 479, Nathaniel Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 27 November 2013).

1870 United States Federal Census, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Boston, Page No 31, dwelling 204, family 745, Charles Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 10 August 2017).

1880 United States Federal Census, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, population census, Boston, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 636, Page No 24, dwelling 272, Charles Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 November 2015).

1900 United States Federal Census, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Boston, enumeration district (ED) 1269, Sheet No 10A, dwelling 74, family 203, Charles H Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 20 June 2017).

1910 United States Federal Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Cambridge City, enumeration district (ED) 751, Sheet No 28B & 29A, dwelling 297, family 619, Chas H Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 June 2017).

The Boston Directory Containing the City Record A Directory of the Citizens Business Directory and Street Directory with Map No XCIX for the Year Commencing July 1 1903 (Boston: Sampson, Murdock & Company, 1904), page 1558, Charles H Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 June 2017).

The Cambridge Directory for 1857, Embracing a List of the City Officers, A General Directory of the Citizens, and a Business Directory (Cambridge: John Ford, 1857), 11/24/2013, Shackford Charles, driver Union R. R. bds 2 Lambert Avenue n Porter’s Station; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 November 2013).

The Cambridge Directory, for 1860; Containing a Directory of the Citizens, a Business Directory, and a List of the City Officers, Religious and other Societies, &c., &c (Cambridge: Thurston, Miles, & Pritchett, Chronicle Office, 1860), page 175, Shackford Charles, driver Union R. R. Lambert Avenue n Porter’s Station; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 November 2013).

Carter N. F., Rev, History of Pembroke, N. H. 1730-1895: In Two Volumes, Vol. II.-Genealogical (Concord, N. H.: Republican Press Association, 1895), page 295; digital images, Hathi Trust (http://babel.hathitrust.org/ : accessed 17 March 2016.

“DEATHS.,” Boston Daily Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 26 May 1911; digital images, ProQuest Obituaries (http://obituaries.proquest.com : accessed 13 January 2015).

“DEATHS.,” Cambridge Tribune, 12 January 2014; Cambridge Public Library (http://cambridge.dlconsulting.com : accessed 12 January 2014).

Little William, The History of Weare, New Hampshire 1735-1888 (Lowell, Mass: S. W. Huse & Co, 1888), page 820; digital images, HathiTrust (http://babel.hathitrust.org/ : accessed 24 November 2015.

Massachusetts, Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, , Charles H Shackford, 25 May 1911; digital images, Family Search (http://familysearch.org : accessed 27 July 2013).

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“Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” 13 October 1925; SG SGA 5; Shackford collection by Samuel Burnham Shackford; New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. (56) William Shackford, Shackford Genealogy Manuscript, #359 Charles H Shackford.

“U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865,” digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 April 2022), Charles H Shackford; citing .

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Callie Evelyn (McLelland) Shackford’s Obituary (1864 – 1941) (Blog 503)

Callie Evelyn McLelland, the daughter of Hezekiah Enoch George and Margaret (Fraser) McLelland was born May 31 1864 in Montgomery, Alabama, the same month her father died in the Civil War. She was 19 when she married Dr William H Shackford, a physician from Virginia on December 12, 1883 – William most likely met Callie through his mother Martha Cole McLelland.

Callie and William returned to Virginia where William continued his practice in Walkerton and Stevensville where they raised three children. They moved to Roanoke about 1902 where William took a job providing medical care to a group of organized shopmen. In 1906, William died at the age of 50 when a bale of hay was accidentally dropped on him from the third floor of a building. After William’s death, Callie moved to Richmond where she lived with her daughter’s family and became involved in the Monument Methodist Church.

Callie died at the age of 77 of heart disease on December 16, 1941 in Richmond after a short illness. This obituary was published in the Times Dispatch on Dec 17th prior funeral which was conducted by the Rev Joseph S Johnston of Warrenton. She was buried at Riverview Cemetery.

SHACKFORD – Entered into rest after a brief illness Tuesday, December 16, 1941, at 7:30 P.M., at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Robert L. Saville Sr., 3028 Kensington Avenue, Mrs. Callie Evelyn Shackford, wife of the late Dr. W. H. Shackford. Besides her daughter she is survived by one son, Samuel B. Shackford of Oil City, Pa.; also two grandchildren, Robert L. Saville Jr. and Miss Ethel S. Saville. The remains will rest at Woody’s Funeral Home until Thursday morning, then at the above residence, where the
services will be conducted at 3 
o’clock. Interment in Riverview. 

CHILDREN:

Female Shackford (1885-1885)

Ethel Fraser Shackford (1887-1946)

Samuel Burnham Shackford (1888-1949)

Callie B Shackford (1891-1910)

SOURCES:

1880 United States Federal Census, Montgomery County, Alabama, population schedule, Montgomery, 6th Ward, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 131, Supervisor’s District No 4, Page No 7, Dwelling 14, Family 37, E G Frazier; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 September 2013).

1900 United States Federal Census, King and Queen County, Virginia, population schedule, Stevensville District, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 41, Supervisor’s District No 1, Sheet No 4 (B), dwelling 51, family 51, William H Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 22 September 2013).

1910 United States Federal Census, Prince Edward, Virginia, population schedule, Farmville, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District 101, Supervisor’s District No 4, Sheet No 10A, dwelling 174, family 194, Callie E Shackford; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 September 2013).

1920 United States Federal Census, Richmond County, Virginia, population schedule, Richmond City, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 114, Supervisor’s District No 3, sheet no 9B, dwellling 149, family 185, Carrie E Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 September 2013).

1930 United States Federal Census, Richmond County, Virginia, population schedule, Clay, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 116-31, Supervisor’s District No. 6, Sheet 24A, dwelling 372, family 435, Robert L Saville; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 September 2013).

1940 United States Federal Census, Richmond County, Virginia, population schedule, Clay Ward, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 118-20, Supervisor’s District No 3, sheet no 7A, house no 3028, household 174, Robert Saville; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 2 September 2013).

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Gallard E. S., A.M., M.D., LL.D, editor and proprietor, “Medical News.,” Gaillard’s Medical Journal NoS I. to VL: page 228, William Shackford.

Greater Richmond Virginia Directory, 1907: Containing a General, Business, Street, and House Directory of the Enlarged City and Manchester, together with Other Useful Information Classified in Miscellaneous (Richmond, Virginia: Hill Directory Co, 1907), p. 755, Shackford Callie B, Callie E, Ethel, Samuel B; digital image, Ancestry.com(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 May 2013).

“SHACKFORD,” The Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia), 17 December 1941, Mrs Callie Evelyn Shackford; digital image, Newspapers.com (Newspapers.com : accessed 11 December 2020).

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