The last name has been spelled as Shackleford and Shackelford. I used the spelling as was used on her parents' tombstone.
Ruth was born on Aug. 4, 1869. [1] [2]
She married James Marshall on Sept. 23 1891, at C. J. Shackelford's in Cooper County, MO. [2] [3]
She lived in Kansas City at the time of her death, Oct. 31, 1926, and is buried in Miller's Chapel Cemetery, Pettis County, MO. [2] [1] [4]
See Also
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DB-CZN : 29 May 2021), Shackelford in entry for C J Shackelford, 1870.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66R-PBR : 14 January 2022), Ruth Shackleford in household of C. J. Shackleford, Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
"United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3D6-58W : 28 January 2022), Ruth Marshall in entry for James M Marshall, 1900.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLMS-7WC : accessed 16 February 2022), Ruth Marshall in household of James M Marshall, Marshall Ward 2, Saline, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 179, sheet 6B, family 158, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 823; FHL microfilm 1,374,836.
"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88Z-SVV : 2 February 2021), Ruth S Marshall in entry for James M Marshall, 1920.
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