Marcissia Rebecca N Shackleford

Brief Life History of Marcissia Rebecca N

Marcissia Rebecca N Shackleford was born on 5 December 1841, in Georgia, United States. She married William Jackson Thomas on 27 March 1859, in Bossier, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Roane Township, Lafayette, Arkansas, United States in 1860 and Ward Three, Bossier, Louisiana, United States in 1870. She died on 7 March 1898, in Bossier, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Bossier, Louisiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Jackson Thomas
1826–1893
Marcissia Rebecca N Shackleford
1841–1898
Marriage: 27 March 1859
John Quitman A Thomas
1860–1937
Ruth Emma Thomas
1862–1938
Mary Francis Thomas
1863–1953
Ether Lenora Thomas
1866–1882
Robert Edward Thomas
1867–1936
Willis R Thomas
1869–1936
Anna Minerva Thomas
1871–1954
Catharine N. Thomas
1873–1959
William M. Thomas
1875–
George Wesley Thomas
1876–1958
Matilda Thomas
1878–
Elisha Jackson Thomas
1879–1952
Miss Thomas
1880–
Bertha Thomas
1881–
Arthur Thomas
1882–
Archibald Clyde Thomas
1884–1961

Sources (17)

  • Rebecca Thomas in household of Jack Thomas, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Rebecca Schakelford, "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • Rebecca Sarkelford, "Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954"

World Events (7)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1861

Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.

1861

Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Shackelford .

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

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