When Henry Clay Shiflett was born on 19 January 1860, in Fayette, Howard, Missouri, United States, his father, William Alfred Shiflett, was 22 and his mother, Margaret Ann Powell, was 24. He married Mary Thomas Lusby on 5 June 1884, in Howard, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Howard, Missouri, United States in 1876 and Prairie Township, Howard, Missouri, United States for about 50 years. He died on 21 November 1949, in Armstrong, Howard, Missouri, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Hackley Cemetery, Prairie Township, Howard, Missouri, United States.
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Variant of Shifflett , a surname of French origin.
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