We can also tell that he received a pension of $12/month as of March 6, 1907, that his death date of April 9, 1910 was reported by E. T. Shackford, and that he lived at 37 Spruce Street in Malden, Massachusetts. Other sources let us know that E. T. Shackford was Ernest Taylor Shackford, his son.
John Tyler Shackford (1841-1910)
John Tyler Shackford, the only son of John and Mary (Gardiner) Shackford was born on April 23, 1841 in Boston, Massachusetts. He lived with his father and his second wife Elizabeth until he enlisted in Company I, 44th Massachusetts Infantry on August 28, 1862. He was discharged 9 months later on June 18, 1863. In 1890 he told the census takers that he was suffering from chills and malaria. According to the National Park Service Civil War WEB site, this unit served in North Carolina and the University of North Carolina Civil War Day by Day WEB site includes transcribed Portions of “Leaves from a Diary Written While Serving in Co. E, 44 Mass., Dep’t of No. Carolina,” an account, written by John Jasper Wyeth of Co. E, of the experiences of the 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. The blog posting on Jan 8, 2013 includes a transcription of the diary describing an apparent outbreak of malaria. The diary also described day to day account of this unit's activities. These experiences must have stayed with John his whole life. After the war, he returned to live with his father, Sarah, a step brother Jacob, and a sister Elizabeth.
John married Sarah A Ayers on May 23, 1867. They lived with her brother Ira Ayers in 1870, then in Malden where John worked as a clerk in a grocery store. John was initiated into the Masons on Nov 1, 1894 and by 1900 was working as an assessor for city hall. He died of congestion of the lungs on April 9, 1910 at his home at 31 Spruce Street in Malden.
CHILDREN:
Ernest Tyler Shackford (1874-1932) - married Lettie Emily Greene
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1850 United States Federal Census, Middlesex, Massachusetts, population schedule, Malden, page 102, dwelling 448, family 576, John Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 November 2013).
1855 Massachusetts State Census, Middlesex, Massachusetts, population schedule, Malden, page 36, dwelling 287, family 293, John Shackford; digital image, FamilySearch(http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 25 November 2013).
1860 United States Federal Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, The Town of Malden, page 93, dwelling 713, family 764, John Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 November 2013).
1865 Massachusetts State Census, Middlesex County, population schedule, Malden, dwelling 1105, family 1414, John Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch(http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 23 October 2013).
1870 US Federal Census, Middlesex County, Malden, Page No. 167, dwelling 1010, family 1363, John T Shackford in home of Ira Ayers; digital images, (: accessed 25 November 2013).
1880 United States Federal Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, That part of Malden called Mapelwood, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 398, Supervisor's Dist. No 60, Page No 27 (penned), 403 stamped), dwelling 275, family 290, John T Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 November 2013).
1890 Special Schedule - Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows, etc., Middlesex County, Massachusetts, special schedule - surviving soldiers, sailors, and marines, and widows, etc., Malden, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District 548, no page number, Index 38.51, No 40, Dwelling 80, family 88, John Tyler Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 November 2013).
"Married," Boston Daily Advertiser (Boston, Massachusetts), 25 May 1867; digital images, Godfrey Memorial(http://godfrey.org : accessed 27 August 2013).
Massachusetts, Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915, MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE Town of Malden for the Year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven page 220, J. Tyler Shackford, 23 May 1867; digital images, FamilySearch(http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 25 November 2013).
"Massachusetts, Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990," digital images, Ancestry.com(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 June 2013), John Tyler Shackford.
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