Benjamin Howard Shackelford
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
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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