COL. SAMUEL ADAMS SHACKFORD, merchant, son of Seth R. and Martha Shackford, was born in New Market, N. H. in 1811. He came to Chicopee Falls about the year 1834, and was for many years a prominent merchant. August 30, 1838, he was commissioned by Gov. Edward Everett brigade inspector, First Brigade, Fourth Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia; discharged April 24, 1840. In 1844 he formed a partnership with George S. Taylor, under the firm name of Shackford & Taylor, and engaged in the general merchandise business until 1863. He was a member of the House of Representatives from Chicopee in 1853-54.
He died in Chicopee Falls February 3, 1864, aged 53 years, 6 months.
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Chapin Charles Wells, Sketches of the Old Inhabitants and Other Citizens of Old Springfield of the Present Century, and Its Historic Mansions of "Ye Olden Tyme" (Springfield, Mass: Press of Springfield, Mass, 1893), page 329; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 15 February 2014
Chapman Jacob, Rev., and Rev. James H. Fitts, Lane Genealogies. Volume I. William Lane of Boston, Mass., 1648, Including the Records of Edmund J. Lane and James P. Lane (Exeter, N. H.: John Templeton, 1891), page 67; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 16 February 2014
"Deaths.," New Hampshire Statesman and Concord (New Hampshire) Register, 25 March 1864; digital images, Godfred Memorial (http://godfrey.org : accessed 27 August 2013), 19th Century Newspapers.