Looking for Mary Holmes parents and more precise birthdates of their children. Joanne Shackford Parkes Descendants of Horatio H. Shackford Generation No. 1 1. Horatio H.7 Shackford (Seth6, Josiah5, Samuel4, William3, Samuel2, William1) was born 18321, and died Dec 5, 1901 in Barnstead, Belknap, NH1,2. He married Mary Holmes. Notes for Horatio H. Shackford: Served in the Civil War (Merrill's Barnstead Early Families per Joan and Don Melvin, [email protected]) Merrill says that Horatio "lived by the Cem. in the Center.......Buried in the Munsey cemetery up beyond the Pitman Corner on the right". The Center refers to Center Barnstead. There were several little communities in the town, Barnstead Parade, the Center, North barnstead, South Barnstead and there was a region called Shackford's Corner. (Don Melvin, [email protected]) Children of Horatio Shackford and Mary Holmes are: 2 i. Abbie8 Shackford, born 18653; died 19543. + 3 ii. Edith M. Shackford, born 1872. 4 iii. Maud E. Shackford, born 18754. She married Frank W. Gray Nov 24, 18944. Generation No. 2 3. Edith M.8 Shackford (Horatio H.7, Seth6, Josiah5, Samuel4, William3, Samuel2, William1) was born 18724. She married George W. Dow Nov 27, 1890 in Barnstead, Belknap, NH4, son of John Dow and Mary _______. Children of Edith Shackford and George Dow are: 5 i. Frederick9 Dow, born Aug 12, 1859 in Barnstead, Belknap, NH5. 6 ii. William H. Dow, born Sep 20, 1892 in Barnstead, Belknap, NH5; died Feb 13, 1895 in Barnstead, Belknap, NH. 7 iii. Mary Edith Dow, born Mar 10, 1896 in Barnstead, Belknap, NH5. Endnotes 1. Merrill's Barnstead Early Families per Joan and Don Melvin, [email protected] 2. Notes, Doris Shackford, April 1998. 3. Merrill, Barnstead Early Families per Joan and Don Melvin, [email protected] 4. Notes, Doris Shackford, April 1998. 5. http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/e/c/Dale--Claire--DeCecco/GENE4-0011. html. Joanne Shackford Parkes PSC 78 Box 2223 APO AP 96326 011-81-31175-78718 [email protected] ( [email protected] (e-mail address only good while stationed in Japan, approx May 2000)