★★★ Shackelford, Benjamin Howard

Benjamin Howard Shackelford

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Born: November 10, 1819

Birthplace: Culpepper County, Virginia

Father: John Shackelford 1772 – 1846

Mother: Lucy Pendleton 1776 – 1846

Wife: Rebecca Beverly Green 1830 – 1918
(Buried: Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Virginia)​

Children:

Jones Green Shackelford 1853 – 1900​
John Howard Shackelford 1855 – 1886​
George Scott Shackelford 1856 – 1918​
(Buried: Graham Cemetery, Orange, Virginia)​
Lucy Shackelford Walker 1859 –​
Anna “Annie” Berry Shackelford Smithey 1863 – 1936
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Muscoe Livingston Shackelford 1865 – 1931​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio)​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Warrenton, Virginia​
Served in the Virginia State Militia rising to rank of Lt.​

Civil War Career:

1861: 1st​ Lt. Company K, 17th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​
1861 – 1862: Captain Company K, 17th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​
1861: Wounded during the Battle of Blackburn's Ford, Virginia​
1865: Colonel & Chief Judge of Valley Cavalry Corps​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1870: Attorney in Warrenton, Virginia​

Died: May 18, 1870

Place of Death: Warrenton, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 50 years old

Burial Place: Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Virginia
 
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