Noah Ernest Shackelford

Brief Life History of Noah Ernest

When Noah Ernest Shackelford was born on 30 September 1892, in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, his father, George David Shackelford, was 35 and his mother, Martha Ellen Hickman, was 30. He married Jennie Betty Davis in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Knox, Tennessee, United States in 1935 and Magisterial District 6, Kenton, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 6 December 1973, in Decatur, Meigs, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Decatur Cemetery, Decatur, Meigs, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Noah Ernest Shackelford
1892–1973
Jennie Betty Davis
1895–1984
Marriage:
Chester Ernest Shackelford
1914–2000
Kenneth K Shackelford
1916–1991
Martha Bernice Shackelford
1918–2008
Beulah Elaine Shackelford
1920–2007

Sources (17)

  • Ernest Shackford, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Noah Enerst Shackelford, "Kentucky, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
  • Noah Ernest Shackelford, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1900 · Governor Shot

On January 30, 1900 Governor William Goebel of Kentucky was assassinated. He took a bullet to the chest, outside the Old State Capitol. He died on February 3, 1900.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Shackleford in Godalming or Shackleford in Woking (both Surrey). The placename may derive from Old English sceacol ‘shackle’ or an element related to dialect shackle ‘loose’ (derived from sceacan ‘to shake’) + ford ‘ford’. This surname is now rare in Britain.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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