Sunday's Obituary - Donna Evans Shackford (1865-1908), my great grandmother, some updates (Blog 156)
Donna Evans Shackford was my great grandmother. She was the second wife of my great grandfather, Joseph Edward Shackford, a commercial traveler, who received a divorce from his first wife, Elizabeth Myers in December 1886. The divorce referee granted Joseph an absolute divorce stating that he could remarry and gave him custody of his two older children, William H Shackford (age 10) and Joseph Edward Shackford (age 12).
Donna Evans married Joseph Edward Shackford in October 1887. He was 37 and she was 22. Donna's father was Thomas Evans, a jeweler. Her mother was Jane Kilburn. We know Jane died young, sometime before Donna turned 15 as we find Donna in 1880 living in DuPage, Illinois with her father Thomas, a widow and her sister Maggie. According to the Oak Reporter, Donna had been prominent in social circles in Chicago.
According to the newspaper, the wedding which was held held at the Central Park Congregational Church in Chicago, Illinois was a brilliant social event. There was a reception held at her brother's in law's home after which, the happy couple departed by night train for their future home in Syracuse, New York.
In October 1902 The Syracuse Journal describes a celebration of their fifteenth wedding anniversary with a party of fifty friends, many beautiful gifts and says that whist formed the evening's entertainment. Donna must have gotten ill three years after her anniversary - her death certificate says she suffered from chronic obstruction of common bile duct.
She died at age 43 having cared for two of Joseph's earlier children and leaving three children of her own:
William Henry Shackford (1873-1958) - married Anna Moody
Joseph Edward Shackford (1876-1948) - married May Rowe Chadwick
Arthur Evans Shackford (1889-1965) - married Josephine Clara Essig
Thomas Leon Shackford (1892-1959) - married Ruth Hopkins and Eugenie Edwards (my grandparents)
Donna May Shackford (1896-????) - married William J Brown
HAD BEEN ILL THREE YEARS
Mrs. Donna Evan Shackford Died This
Mrs. Donna Evans Shackford, wife of
J. E. Shackford, died at 4:30 o'clock this
morning at the family home, No. 210
West Beard avenue. She had been in ill
health for the last three years.
Mrs. Shackford was a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Evans and was
born at Owego forty-three years ago.
Her younger life was spent at Chicago,
where she married Mr. Shackford twenty
years ago, coming to this city where
she has since lived. Besides her hus-
band, Mrs. Shackford is survived by
two sons; Arthur E. and Thomas L.
Shackford; by one daughter, Donna May
Shackford; by her father Thomas Evans
of Swift, Ill; by a brother, Arthur E.
Evans of Chicago; and by two sisters
Mrs. Stella Towne of Los Angeles and
Mrs. W. K. Patrick of Swift. The
funeral will probably be held on Thurs-
1880 United States Federal Census, DuPage County, Illinois, population schedule, Township of York, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 250, Page No 16 (D), dwelling 138, family 138, Thomas Evans; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 December 2013
"Brilliant Social Event," Oak Park Reporter, 21 October 1887; Newspaper Archive (http://access.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 29 January 2014).
Donna L Shackford, death certificate Register No. G72/26 (13 July 1908), New York State Departent of Health, County of Onondaga, State of New York A Verified Transcript from the Register of Deaths, County of Onondaga, State of New York, Dated at Syracuse, New York
"FOR ANNIVERSARIES.," The Syracuse Journal, 25 October 1902; Fulton History (http://www.fultonhistory.com : accessed 24 January 2014).
"Mr Shackford's Suit," The Syracuse Herald (Syracuse, New York), 19 December 1886; digital images, Access Newspaper Archive (http://access.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 10 December 2013
"SOCIAL AND PERSONAL," The Post Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.), 23 October 1902; digital images, Fulton History (http://fultonhistory.com/ : accessed 24 January 2014
Sunday's Obituary - Donna Lovilla (Evans) Shackford (1865-1908) My great grandmother (Blog 112)
Donna Evans Shackford died long before I (or my father) was born.
The Post Standard, 14 July 1908
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
The death of Mrs. Donna Evans Shackford, wife of Joseph E. Shackford of No. 210 West Beard avenue, occurred yesterday morning after an illness of three years. She was 43 years old and was born at Owego. Mrs. Shackford was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Evans and spent her younger life in Chicago where she married Mr. Shackford twenty years ago. They had since resided in Syracuse. Besides her husband she is survived by a daughter Miss Donna May Shackford; by two sons, Arthur E. and Thomas L. Shackford; by her father; by a brother Arthur E. Evans of Chicago, and by two sisters, Mrs. Stella Towne of Los Angeles, Cal., and Mrs. W. K. Patrick of Swift. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon at the house, with burial at Morningside Cemetery.
Donna's death certificate states that she died of purpura hemorrhagica due to chronic obstruction of the common bile duck [sic, jsp]. It also lists her father as Thomas Evans, born in England and her mother as Jane Kilburn, born in N Y State.
Her three children were:
Arthur Evans (1889-1965) married Josephine Clara Essig
Thomas Leon Shackford (1892-1959) married 1) Ruth Hopkins 2) Virginia Rogers Edwards (my grandmother)
Donna May Shackford (1896-????) married William J. Brown
She also had two step children who were not mentioned in her obituary (from Joseph's first wife Elizabeth A Myers).
William Henry Shackford (1873-1958) married Anna Mooney
Joseph Edward Shackford (1876-1948) married May Rowe Chadwick
We're eager to learn more about Donna, her parents and her siblings. Ideally we'd love to be able to trace her parents back more generations. If you're connected to this family, we'd love to hear from you!
"DEATHS AND FUNERALS," The Post Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.), 14 July 1908; digital images, Fulton History (http://fultonhistory.com/ : accessed 19 January 2014)
Shopping Saturday - Thomas L. Shackford, Small Instrument Department at Clark's Music Store, Syracuse (Blog 84)
These are the Days to Finally Decide about Musical Gifts
Of Course You Will Decide to Buy at Clarks!
This will be a busy trading point all this week, but enough people will be here to enable you to choose easily and quickly - expert people in every branch to help you choose wisely.
SMALL INSTRUMENT
Charles P Morse, Albert B Bortle, Jonh Revouir, Thomas L. Shackford (These are the Days to Finally Decide About Musical Gifts, "," Marcellus Observer Camillas Enterprise Elbridge Citizen, 20 December 1907; digital images Fulton History (http://www. : accessed 9 November 2013)
Thomas Leon Shackford was born in Syracuse, New York in 1892, to Joseph Edward Shackford and Donna Lovilla Evans. He was 15 years old when he worked in the small instrument department at Clark Music Co on Salina St in Syracuse. He lived at 210 Beard Street so it was probably about a 1 1/2 mile walk to his job.
Thomas was my grandfather who died the year I turned one. My father does not recall hearing about his father's job at Clark's but he remembers hearing his father playing the accordion, organ, piano and other musical instruments very well.
Ron Wray has written about the Clark Music Co on his History of Syracuse Music WEB site and explains that Clark's started in 1859 as a sheet music company, became a popular piano company and closed on August 26, 2012 after being in business for 153 years.
I'm glad that Clark's included the names of their young employees in their 1907 Christmas advertisement as it lets me understand a bit of the life of a grandfather I never knew.
Sunday's Obituary - May Kate Shackford, died in childbirth Nov 28, 1885 (Blog 46)
May Kate Shackford was born around 1846[i][ii], the daughter of William Brown Shackford and Catherine Mullett. She grew up in South Boston with one brother, Joseph Edward Shackford moving to a different residence about every 2-3 years. May was 16 when her father enlisted as a Private with the Massachusetts Company E, 1st Infantry Regiment[iii] and was 20 the year he died of stomach cancer. She was active in her church choir and by 1871 was advertising for positions as a Soprano[iv] She sang in multiple literary and musical performances at public places and churches garnering recognition in multiple publications. [v][vi] By 1874 she was performing with the Cambridge Operatic Society,[vii] as part Pinafore with the Catholic Choir[viii], and with the Chamber Opera.[ix]
May was 38 years old when she married John H Loughrin, a professional singer[x] on October 5, 1884. She died a year later after giving birth to her first child who also died[xi]. While I haven't found any formal notice of her marriage in newspapers yet, her obituary appeared in the Boston Daily Globe[xii], Morning Telegraph[xiii], Decatur Saturday Herald[xiv], Boston Daily Advertiser[xv], and the Plattsburgh Sentinel[xvi] (her husband's home town). The articles mention that she was better known to the public as Miss May Shackford and had been connected with the Boston Ideal Opera Company.
Perhaps a photo or sketch of Miss May Kate Shackford exists in a brochure from the Boston Ideal Opera Company or one of the other operas where she performed.
"In Boston, Dec. 28, 1885, MAY K., wife of J. H. Loughrin. Also, infant child Dec 21. Mr Loughrin being a former resident of Plattsburgh, many will deeply sympathize with him in his affliction. We clip the following from the Boston papers.
Miss May K. Shackford, wife of J. H. Loughrin, died in this city on Saturday. A Boston young lady, formerly a singer in the choir at the Cathedral, and latterly connected with the Boston Ideal Opera Company for three years. Miss Shackford was well known in amusement circles, and her death will be greatly deplored by her many friends. - Daily Globe.
The funeral services over the remains of Mrs. John Loughrin, wife of Mr. Loughrin of the Boston Ideal Opera Company, will be held in the Cathedral to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock. The deceased was better known to musical people and the public by the name of Miss May Shackford. The ceremonies will be attended by many musicians of Boston and vicinity. - Herald.
[i] 1850 United States Federal Census, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, population schedule, Ward 10, Dwelling 662, Family 1057, Wm Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed )
[ii] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Boston, Suffolk, Ward 12, City of Boston County of Suffolk, Dwelling 3324, Family 5397, William Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 14 May 2013).
[iii] "American Civil War Soldiers," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com :accessed 13 May 2013), William Shackford
[iv] Ad, Folio (Boston, Massachusetts), January 1871; digital images, Google eBooks (http://books.google.com : accessed 15 July 2013
[v] "ITEMS.," Folio (Boston, Massachusetts), May 1871; digital images, Google eBooks (http://books.google.com : accessed 15 July 2013)
[vi] "ITEMS.," Folio (Boston, Massachusetts), November 1871; digital images, Google eBooks (http://books.google.com : accessed 15 July 2013).
[vii] Breveties (Cambridge, Massachusetts), 10 April 1874; transcribed, The Harvard Crimson
(http://www.thecrimson.com : accessed 15 July 2013). Miss M. K. Shackford, in the delivery of her principal arias, was admirable both in tone and style
[viii] Smith Dexter, ed., Lorin Fuller Deland, Thomas Tapper, Phillip Hale, Musical Record and Review, Issues 1-52 (n.d.), May 10, 1879 p. 85; digital images, Google eBooks (http://books.google.com : accessed 17 July
[ix] "Chamber Opera at the Casino.," Boston (Massachusetts) Daily Globe, 16 July 1882; Access Newspaper Archives (http://access.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 16 July 2013).
[x] Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, , MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE City
of Boston for the Year eighteen hundred and eight-four, John H Loughrin and Mary K Shackford, 5 October 1884; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 July 2013).
[xi] "The Death of Miss May Shackford," Boston (Massachusetts) Daily Globe, 30 November 1885; Access Newspaper Archives (http://access.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 7 June 2013).
[xii] "The Death of Miss May Shackford," Boston (Massachusetts) Daily Globe, 30 November 1885; Access Newspaper Archives (http://access.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 7 June 2013).
[xiii] Morning Telegram, Deaths, Nov 28, 1885, per Michael Burgess, burgesmj@capital.net
[xiv] "Death of a Singer," Decatur Saturday Herald, 5 December 1885; Newspaper Archive (http://access.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 7 June 2013
[xv] Boston (Massachusetts) Daily Advertiser, 1 December 1885; Genealogy Bank (http://www.genealogy.bank : accessed 15 July 2013
[xvi] "DEATHS.," Plattsburgh Sentinel, unsure; digital images, Northern New York
Historical Newspapers (http://news2.nnyln.net : accessed 17 July 2013).
Amanuensis Monday - Mrs Catherine (Mullett) Shackford at age 87 - Spry as a Girl" (Blog 43)
This newspaper article does a great job helping us understand a bit of Catherine (Mullett) Shackford's life. As mentioned in a previous post, Catherine and her husband William Brown Shackford had a tough life in Boston living on the income of a tailor, moving frequently, having her husband go off to war and then taken prisoner at Gettysburg, and then working as a tailoress after he returned and watching him die from stomach cancer. According to the 1900 census, she gave birth to five children of which two lived. She had a daughter May Kate die in childbirth.
This great article about her birthday celebration describes at age 87 - Full of "life and animation", enjoying time with grandchildren (believe she had five - William Henry, age 26, Joseph Edward, age 23, Arthur Evans, age 10, Thomas Leon, age 7, and Donna May, age 3), still a dancer, and an exceptional traveler - to the world's fair, from Syracuse to San Francisco alone, to Montreal, and that all before 1900!" Sounds like she really lived life to it's fullest!
Spry as a Girl
Mrs Catherine Shackford celebrates her 87th birthday. Mrs Catherine Shackford who lives at the home of her son, Joseph Shackford, No 215 West Beard avenue celebrated her eighty-seventh birthday today and in spite of the years which have passed over her head, she has more life and animation than many of the younger generation. In honor of the occasion a surprise was given her by her son and daughter in the shape of an old fashioned tea party to which had been bidden a number of their mother's old friends. The guests assembled early in the afternoon and at 5 o'clock a bountiful supper will be served, after which the hours will be passed in social enjoyment. Among the guests present are: Mrs Alfred Diehl, Mrs John Moore, Miss Hill, Mrs William Lawler, Mrs Thomas Emery, Mrs James Hunter, Mrs Lacy, Mrs O T Seymour, and Mrs McKeever.
Mrs Shackford is a remarkable women for one of her years. None of her faculties has become dimmed by time and she still loves to dance as well as when a girl. In fact a romp with her grandchildren is of almost daily occurrence and in the current events of the day she takes more than ordinary interest. She is a born traveler and is always ready to accompany her son at a moment's notice. She attended the World's fair and a short time ago made a long visit in San Francisco, taking the trip entirely by herself. This summer she went down the St Lawrence to Montreal and is anticipating accompanying her son on a business trip in the near future. Mrs Shackford was born in Boston in 1813. Her father was of English birth and on her mother's side of Welsh parentage. She is of a family who have lived to a very old age and unless some unforeseen illness should come upon her, Mrs Shackford will doubtless live to be enjoyed by her children and grandchildren for many years to come."
"Spry as a Girl," Evening Herald (Syracuse, New York), 23 October 1899; Fulton History (http:// : accessed 14 July 2013), http://fultonhistory.com.
1900 United States Federal Census, Onondaga County, New York, population schedule, Syracuse City, Ward 19, enumeration district (ED) Supervisors District No 12, Enumeration District No 161, B, Sheet Np 6, House No 210, Dwelling 121, Family 128, Joseph E Shackford head; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 July 2013).
Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915, , DEATHS REGISTERED in the City of Boston for the Year eightteen hundred and eight-five Catherine M Loughin mw Shackford, November 28; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ); Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911.
New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts..
MILITARY MONDAY - WILLIAM BROWN SHACKFORD (1812-1865), Union Prisoner of War at Gettysburg, July 1863 (Blog 39) (Updated 1/8/2017)
William Brown, son of William Shackford, Mercy his wife born August 10th, 1812 (Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Image 297 of 4542, William Brown Shackford, Newburyport, 10 August 1812; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 May 2013).
WILLIAM BROWN SHACKFORD (1812-1865)
According to the Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil war, Volume 1, William B Shackford, my second great grandfather, a Union Soldier in Massachusetts, 1st Infantry Regiment, Company E[i], was taken prisoner at Gettysburg in July 1863. He was transferred from the 1st Infantry Regiment to the Volunteer Reserve Corp on October 1863[ii] but it's unclear if that's where POWs were recorded until their return or if he was somehow released back to the North soon after his capture.
William Brown Shackford (1812-1865) was the third great grandson of WILLIAM SHACKFORD the immigrant ancestor: (William-5, Levi-4, Samuel-3, Joshua-2, WILLIAM-1). He was born on August 10, 1812 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, the oldest son of William Shackford and Mercy Rose. His father died before he was 24 and he became a tailor starting as a partner in the Boston area where he met and married Catherine T Mullett on November 27, 1837 at the age of 25[iii]. They must have had a tough life because they moved every 2-3 years living at Barre Place[iv], 62 Essex[v], 1 Cruft Pl[vi], 74 Atkinson[vii], 15 Ash[viii], 20 Ash[ix], and in 1855 he was living with his wife Catherine, daughter May K, age 9, son Joseph E, age 6, in the same dwelling as his brother Abner Shackford, a sash and blind maker[x]. Soon thereafter he changed his occupation listing in the Boston Directories from tailor to cutter, and moved to 136 Albany[xi] where he was during the 1860 census living in a property valued at $500 with wife Catherine, daughter Mary K, age 14, and son Joseph E, age 10[xii].
William continued to move frequently, living at 326 Bartlett[xiii], and 87 Broadway[xiv] before he enlisted as a private with the Massachusetts 1st Regiment, Company E[xv]. He may have lied about his age when he enlisted stating that he was 42 when he may have been just shy of 50. As mentioned above, a year after enlisting he was taken prisoner at Gettysburg and then transferred to the 3rd Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corp[xvi] before being mustered out on June 10, 1864[xvii].
In 1865, after returning from the war, William continued to work as a tailor/cutter in Boston and his family lived with Thomas Christian, a dry goods merchant. His wife Catherine was working as a tailoress, [xviii], possibly throughout the war just to keep food on the table. On November 19, 1866 they were living at the intersection of K and 5th street when William died from stomach cancer. According to his Massachusetts death record, he was buried at St Augustine's[xix].
William's wife Catherine filed for a civil war pension in December of 1866 and then moved north to Syracuse with her son Joseph around 1885. In 1889 the Syracuse Evening Herald published an article about her titled "Spry as a Girl" stating "she has more life and animation than many of the younger generation."[xx] She lived until the age of 89 and her body was transported via train back to Boston so she could be interred in the Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston.[xxi].
If you know more about this family or Gettysburg Union prisoner's of war, I'd love to hear from you! I am hoping to learn more about William and Catherine from the pension documents and maybe someday to learn about Catherine's Welch heritage which was mentioned in the Syracuse newspaper! Also in a future article I'll include a great photo of her that was published in the Syracuse newspaper.
May Kate Shackford - (1846-1885) - Singer with the Boston Ideal Opera Company for three years, married John Loughrin at the age of 38 and died in Boston in childbirth a year later.
Joseph Edward Shackford (1849-1920) - Commercial Traveler, married first Elizabeth A Myers in 1873 in Boston, moved to Syracuse, NY, granted divorce with custody of two children in 1886, then married Donna Lovilla Evans Oct 1887, had three more children. Remained in Syracuse until his death in 1920 at the age of
Possible son Buchannan Shackford (1849-before 1850)
[i] "American Civil War Soldiers," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 May 2013), William Shackford
[ii] Adjutant General, Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War (Name: Vol I, Norwood, Mass., Printed at the Norwood Press, 1931;).
[iii] Marriages Registered in Boston, "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database, ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accesssed 16 April 2013), William Shackford married Catherine Mullett; Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records.
[iv] Stimson's Boston Directory: Containing the Names of the Inhabitants, Their Occupations, Places of Business, and Dwelling Houses, and the City Register, with Lists of the Streets, Lanes, and Wharves, the City Officers, Public Offices and Banks, and Other Useful Information (Boston: Charles Stimpson, Jr., 1839), p. 354, William B Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 May
[v] Stimpson's Boston Directory;: Containing the Names of the Inhabitants, their Occupations, Places of Business, and Dwelling Houses, and the City Register, with Lists of the Streets, Lanes and Wharves, the City Officers, Public Offices and Banks, and Other Useful Information (Boston: Charles Stimpson, Jr., 1840), p. 368, William B Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 May
[vi] Docema, "Damrell's Fire," database, Damrell's Fire (http://www.damrellsfire.com: accessed 13 May 2013), Boston Directories
[vii] The Boston Directory: Containing The City Record, A General Directory of the Citizens, Special Directory of Trades, Professions, &c. (Boston: George Adams 1849), p. 252, William B Shackford; digital image,
Google eBooks (http://books.google.com : accessed 13 May 2013).
[viii] The Boston Directory for the year 1851: Embracing The City Record, A General Directory of the Citizens, and A Special Directory of Trades, Professions, & c. (Boston: George Adams, 1851), p. 221, Shackford, Wm. B; digital images, Google eBooks (http://books.google.com : accessed 13 May
[ix] The Boston Director For the Year 1852: Embracing The City Record, A General Directory of the Citizens and a Business Directory (Boston: George Adams, 1852), p. 229, Wm B Shackford; digital image, Google
eBooks (http://books.google.com : accessed 13 May 2013
[x] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Boston, Suffolk, Ward 10, p. 30, Dwelling 180, Family 209, William B Shackford; digital images, Family Search (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 13 May 2013).
[xi] Boston Directory For The Year 1856: Embracing the City Record, A General Directory of the Citizens, and A Business Directory (Boston: George Adams, 1 July 1856), p. 801, William Shackford; digital image,
Googe eBooks (http://books.google.com : accessed 13 May 2013)
[xii] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Boston Ward 12, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_525; Page: 185; Image: 186
[xiii] The Boston Directory.: Embracing the City Record, General Directory of the Citizens, and a Business Directory For The Year Commencing July 1, 1861 (Boston: Adams, Sampson, & Company, 1861), , William Shackford; digital image, Google eBooks (http://books.google.com : accessed 13 May 2013
[xiv] The Boston Directory: Embracing the City Record, General Directory of the Citizens and a Business Directory For the Year Commencing July 1,1862 (Boston: Adams, Sampson & Company, 1862), p. 365, William B Shackford; digital image, Google eBooks (http://books.google.com : accessed 13 May
[xv] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 May 2013), William B Shackford 1st Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry; citing M544 roll 36
[xvi] Adjutant General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Schouler, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1864: with Reports from the Quartermaster General, Surgeon-General, and Master of Ordinance for the Year Ending December 31, 1864 (Boston: Wright & Potter, State Printers No 4 Spring Lane, 1865), p. 170; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 May 2013
[xvii] American Civil War Soldiers," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 May 2013), William Shackford
[xviii] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Boston, Suffolk, Ward 12, City of Boston County of Suffolk, Dwelling 3324, Family 5397, William Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 14 May 2013).
[xix] Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, , William Shackford, ;digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 May 2013)
[xx] Evening Herald, Oct 23, 1899
[xxi] "SHACKFORD," Boston Herald, ; Genealogy Bank (http://www.genealogybank.com/ :accessed 16 April 1916)
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