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Col Absalom Redmond Shacklett

Birth: 7 Dec 1826
Meade County, Kentucky, USA
Death: 27 Aug 1910 (aged 83)
McLean County, Kentucky, USA
Burial: Island Baptist Cemetery

Island, McLean County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 33592731 View Source

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In 1847 he enlisted in the
US Army for service in Mexico
and was wounded.
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Married
Minerva J. Humphrey
January 25, 1849
Meade Co., Ky.
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Col Absalom R. Shacklett
Biographical Sketch - McLean Co., Ky.
History of Kentucky, 1885, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin
Mexican War, Civil War (CSA), Ky. Legislature

Owensboro Area Obituary Index
Daviess County Public Library
The Owensboro Messenger

Name: SHACKLETT, A. R.
Birthdate: 12/7/1826
Deathdate: 8/27/1910
Birth Place: KY Meade County
Death Place: Island, KY McLean County
Age: 84
Cause of Death:
Cemetery: Island Baptist Church KY McLean County
Obit Source: OM 8/28/1910
Survivors: 3 sons; 3 daughters; sister: Sophia Sanders
Comments:
OM - p.1B; soldier - Mexican War & Civil War (CSA,
colonel); KY Legislature 1885-6;
see also 1896: 9/10 p.1 (letter to editor), 1900: 4/15 p.12
(meets with old Confederates in Owensboro)

~
In 1847 he enlisted in the
US Army for service in Mexico
and was wounded.
~
Married
Minerva J. Humphrey
January 25, 1849
Meade Co., Ky.
~
Col Absalom R. Shacklett
Biographical Sketch - McLean Co., Ky.
History of Kentucky, 1885, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin
Mexican War, Civil War (CSA), Ky. Legislature

Owensboro Area Obituary Index
Daviess County Public Library
The Owensboro Messenger

Name: SHACKLETT, A. R.
Birthdate: 12/7/1826
Deathdate: 8/27/1910
Birth Place: KY Meade County
Death Place: Island, KY McLean County
Age: 84
Cause of Death:
Cemetery: Island Baptist Church KY McLean County
Obit Source: OM 8/28/1910
Survivors: 3 sons; 3 daughters; sister: Sophia Sanders
Comments:
OM - p.1B; soldier - Mexican War & Civil War (CSA,
colonel); KY Legislature 1885-6;
see also 1896: 9/10 p.1 (letter to editor), 1900: 4/15 p.12
(meets with old Confederates in Owensboro)

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Minerva Jane Humphrey Shacklett

1827–1883

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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33592731/absalom_redmond-shacklett: accessed ), memorial page for Col Absalom Redmond Shacklett (7 Dec 1826–27 Aug 1910), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33592731, citing Island Baptist Cemetery, Island, McLean County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Mara Jo Miller (contributor 46980265).

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