Robert Carter Shackelford
Birth: <1836>, Albermarle Co., Virginia, USA
- Married Lucy Catherine Hodges on 21 Apr 1859 at Upshur Co., West Virginia, USA
Notes: BIOGRAPHY: JOHN N. SHACKLEFORD, whose death occurred February 18, 1922, resided at Glenville , judicial center of Gilmer
County. He was a citizen of distinctive loyalty and progressiveness. and the estimate place d upon him in his native
state was indicated by the fact that in the election of 1920 he was chosen a member of the St ate Senate, as representative of the Tenth Senatorial District, which comprises the countie s of Braxton, Gilmer, Pocahontas, Webster and Calhoun.
BIOGRAPHY: Senator Shackleford was born in Upshur County, West Virginia, February 18, 1860 , a son of Robert C. and Lucy
C. (Hodges) Shackleford, both natives of Virginia, where the former was born in Albemarle Cou nty and the latter in
Orange County. The father's early educational advantages were limited, but his strong and ale rt mind and determined
ambition enabled him effectually to overcome this youthful handicap and to become a man of br oad information and
mature judgment. Both he and his wife were young at the time of the removal of their respecti ve families to what is
now Upshur County, West Virginia, where they were reared to adult age and where their marriag e was solemnized.
Robert C. Shackleford settled on a farm near the present Lorentz Railroad station in Upshur C ounty, where he developed and improved a productive homestead of 134 acres and became one o f the successful exponents of farm industry in that county. He was a staunch democrat, and, w hile never a seeker of public office, his civic loyalty was signally shown in his effective s ervice as a member of the Board of Education of the Buckhannon, or county-seat. District. H e and his wife were zealous members of the Methodist Protestant Church. Of their eleven child ren the Hon. John N., of this review, was the eldest; Martha E. is the wife of George L. Crit es, of Buckhannon, Upshur County; Lucy E. is the wife of Wayne Meredith, of Fairmont, Mario n County; Lettie is the wife of Lawrence Haymond, of Cincinnati, Ohio; O. F. resides at Buckh annon, TJpshur County; Isa M. is the wife of Arthur K. Hinkle, of airmont; Sarah E. is the wi fe of Ira Smith, of Fairmont;
and Sidney R. resides on the old homestead farm in Upshur County. The remaining three are dec eased.
BIOGRAPHY: John N. Shackleford early gained practical lessons of enduring value through his y outhful association with the
varied activities of the home farm, and after having profited by the advantages of the commo n schools he attended the
West Virginia State Normal School at Glenville. He taught eleven terms of school, with mark ed success, and in connection with business enterprise he early began to deal in live stock a nd coal lands. For twelve years he was a traveling commercial salesman, and in connection wit h his various productive activities he gained substantial success and secure standing as a re liable and progressive man of affairs.
BIOGRAPHY: Senator Shackleford was ever a staunch advocate of the principles of the democrati c party, and was influential in
the local councils and campaign activities of the party. In November, 1920, he was elected t o the State Senate, and
in the general assembly of the West Virginia Legislature for 1920-21 he was a member of the f inance committee of
the Senate and loyally supported appropriations for the benefit of the various institutions o f the state, especially
those of educational order. Through his influence was made an appropriation for the construc tion and equipping
of a boys dormitory at the State Normal School in his home city of Glenville. He served als o on the conference com-
mittee of the Senate, and it is uniformly conceded that he did much to gain and retain the re quisite appropriations
for the colleges and schools of the state. As a member of the Senate he gave to the new stat e road from Charles-
ton to the Pennsylvania line the name of Morgan Highway.
BIOGRAPHY: Senator Shackleford was the owner of the old homestead farm upon which he was bor n and reared, in Upshur County,
and aside from its intrinsic value he placed high estimate upon the property by reason of th e gracious memories and associations which it represented. He was liberal and progressive a s a citizen and an active member of the Baptist Church, as was also his wife, whose death occ urred February 16, 1919, no children having been born to them. The maiden name of Mrs. Shackl eford was Gertrude Bell, and she was a daughter of William W. and Sarah A. (Brannon) Bell, o f Gilmer County.
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