Biography:

Educator; college president. Born– Feb. 1, 1863, at Pintlala, Ala. Parents– Madison and Sophronia (Ledbetter) Shackelford. Married– Rosa Lee Brantley, Feb. 1, 1886. Children–8. Married– Julia Wilson Jernigan, June 8, 1918. Education– University of Alabama, A.B., A.M., and LL.D. Professor at Troy State Teachers College 1887-1899, president from 1899-1937. Member Phi Beta Kappa and Kappa Delta Pi.  Shackelford Hall at Troy State was named in his honor.  Given the status of President Emeritus on his retirement in 1937.

Source:

Who Was Who in America, Vol. II.

Publication(s):

The First Fifty Years of the State Teachers College at Troy, Alabama, 1887 to 1937. Montgomery, Ala.; Paragon Press, 1937.

George Shackelford and Annette Jeter and Their Descendants. Montgomery, Ala.; Paragon Press, 1941.