SHACKELFORD, Emily (Shackelford)

Date of birth:  3 Jun 1826 – Kentucky
Date of death: 19 Dec 1890 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, December 26, 1890,
Volume XXXI Number 27, page 3 column 3

Mrs. Emily Shackelford, mother of Mrs. John Jackson, who came here from Sanford, Ky., to visit her daughter a few weeks ago, died on Friday night of consumption, aged sixty-two years. The remains were taken to Kentucky for burial.

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Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, Kentucky,
Tuesday, December 23, 1890, Page 3

Deaths Doings.

Mrs. Emily Shackleford, of this place, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Jackson, in Indiana, Friday, of pneumonia, aged 67. Mrs. Shackelford was the widow of Mr. James Shackelford, who died about 20 years ago, leaving her quite a large family, but of them only three daughters survive, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Hartford Veach, and Mrs. John A. Allen. On receiving a dispatch of her serious ill­ness, Mrs. Allen, accompanied by Mr. Wm. Daugherty, took the early train Friday for the bedside of her mother, but a delayed train prevented her arriving in time to look once more on her loved face in life, death having occurred about 1 1/2 hour before her arrival. The deceased was for many years a devoted member of the Baptist church and she was sustained in the dying hour by a firm faith in a glorious resurrection. The remains were brought here and after a short service at Mr. Allen’s by Rev. George Hunt they were followed to the grave by the sorrowing children and many sympathizing fri­ends.
(Kentuckiana Digital Library, posted by Joyce Tinsley)

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Link to Emily (Shackelford) Shackelford’s grave

Notes:  The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882-1920, page 181, referencing Book H-16, page 22, records that Emily Shackeford [sic], a 67 year old white female, died 19 Dec 1890 in Franklin.
Lincoln County Kentucky Marriages records that James Shackelford married Emily Shackelford on 21 Jun 1847.
Note on Emily Schackelford’ memorial on Find A Grave by Joyce Tinsley states that
“Her three daughters mentioned above [in the second obit are]:
1. Sallie E. (married John A. Allen 12 Mar 1874)
2. Samantha (married Hartford Veach 30 Apr 1878)
3. Mary Elizabeth (married John Jackson 20 Dec 1888) ”

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson