Blancit married Rachel Ashcraft, daughter of Richard Ashcraft and Elizabeth Carr. Blancit's brother, Benjamin, married Rachel's sister, Elizabeth Ashcraft. Benjamin (1774-1838) and Elizabeth Shacklett are buried in nearby Meadville Cemetery.
During the War of 1812, Blancit Shacklett's brother, Benjamin Shacklett, organized his own militia company and enlisted as a Captain. Blancit, listed as Blanchett Shacklett, was listed as a member his brother's militia unit, Captain Benjamin Shacklett's Company.
Blancit Shacklett's death was the result of typhoid fever. (Source: 1860 U. S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, which asked information on anyone in a household that had passed away in the prior 12 months. Researched by Marcus Payne.)
Blancit married Rachel Ashcraft, daughter of Richard Ashcraft and Elizabeth Carr. Blancit's brother, Benjamin, married Rachel's sister, Elizabeth Ashcraft. Benjamin (1774-1838) and Elizabeth Shacklett are buried in nearby Meadville Cemetery.
During the War of 1812, Blancit Shacklett's brother, Benjamin Shacklett, organized his own militia company and enlisted as a Captain. Blancit, listed as Blanchett Shacklett, was listed as a member his brother's militia unit, Captain Benjamin Shacklett's Company.
Blancit Shacklett's death was the result of typhoid fever. (Source: 1860 U. S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, which asked information on anyone in a household that had passed away in the prior 12 months. Researched by Marcus Payne.)
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General Blancit Shacklett
Family Members
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John Blant Shacklett
1810–1867
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Matilda Shacklett
1812–1818
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Richard A. Shacklette
1814–1865
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Blancit J. Shacklett
1819–1903
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Lucinda Ann Shacklett Rees
1821–1854
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Malinda J. Shacklett
1823–1856
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Mahala Shacklett Shacklett
1824–1865
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Col Absalom Redmond Shacklett
1826–1910
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Rachel Katharine Shacklett Rees
1829–1860
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Sophia Hayden Shacklett Saunders
1831–1916
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