John K. Shackelford

Birth Date

1829-04-15

Death Date

1898-08-17

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Madisonville, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Lincoln County, Kentucky, native. Married to Ellen Shackelford. Father of Eddie Shackelford, Laura Shackelford, Willie Shackelford, Robert Shackelford, and Charley Shackelford. Farmer in Madisonville, Kentucky, in 1864. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Regiment Cavalry (U.S.A.) as a private from September 3, 1864 to September 20, 1865.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins, Madisonville, p. 13.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 405.
"John K. Shackelford (1829-1898)," Find A Grave, Memorial #63724947, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63724947 (accessed April 18, 2018).

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