Charles Arthur Shackelford

Brief Life History of Charles Arthur

When Charles Arthur Shackelford was born on 4 March 1879, in Mississippi, United States, his father, James Elliott Shackelford, was 24 and his mother, Mary Josephine Ryan, was 21. He married Mary Alice Brunson on 25 December 1899, in Tallahatchie, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Beat 3, Tallahatchie, Mississippi, United States in 1910 and Cascilla, Tallahatchie, Mississippi, United States in 1950. He died in March 1966, at the age of 87, and was buried in Cascilla, Tallahatchie, Mississippi, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Arthur Shackelford
1879–1966
Mary Alice Brunson
1880–1960
Marriage: 25 December 1899
Hattie Rae Shackleford
1900–1985
William Shackleford
1905–
Mary Gladys Shakelford
1907–1963
Opal Elizabeth Shackelford
1908–1996
Velma Loyce Shackleford
1914–1992

Sources (11)

  • Charley Shackleford, "United States, Census, 1900"
  • C. A. Shackelford, "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911"
  • Charlie Arthur Shackelford, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

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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