Schackelford, Macfarland

Title

Last Name

Schackelford

First and Middle Name

Macfarland

Biographical Text

One of the VPI graduating class of 1920, Macfarland Shackelford was sent over to Europe to fight in WWI. He survived the war, was married and had one child before dying in 1990. H was from South Carolina.

Nicknames or Other Names

Gun

Hometown

Charleston Ward 2

County and/or State

Charleston, South Carolina

Birth Date

2.4.1899

Birthplace

South Carolina

Death Date

3.6.1990

Parents

Father: W. W. Shackelford - born 4.27.1858, died 10.10.1941
Mother: Susan M. Shackelford - born 8.30.1867, died 8.81948

Siblings

Brother: Randolph Shackelford - born 6.6.1890, death unknown
Brother: Willis W. Shackelford - born 4.19.1893, died 8.1984
Brother: Stephen F. Shackelfod - born 1.12.1896, died 8.28.1962

Spouse(s)

Mary Adelaide Shackelford - born 8.24.1902, died 2.18.1925

Children

Macfarland Shackelford Jr. - born 1929, died 1993

VPI Graduating Class

1920

Service Branch

Reserve Officers

Unit

Coast Artillery

Rank

Second Lieutenant

Postwar Life

He returned to Virginia Tech, as he appears in the 1919 Bugle

Additional Notes

When the death record for Mary Adelaide was discovered she was listed as Macfarla Shackelford, wife to Macfarland Shackelford

Contributing Researchers

Liv Wisnewski

Bibliography

Virginia Tech 1919 Bugle
1910 United States Census
United States World War I Draft Registration Card
South Carolina Death Record
Social Security Claims and Index
Find a Grave Index

Collection

VPI Class of 1920

Citation

“Schackelford, Macfarland,” VPI in World War I, accessed March 4, 2025, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/860.

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