James Albert Shifflette

M, #361, b. circa Jan, 1895, d. Mar 14, 1938
ChartsShifflette Descendants Chart (#1)
Shifflette Descendants Chart (#2)
Father*Elvis Sturdivant Shifflette b. circa 1862
Mother*Polly Jane Frazier b. Mar 7, 1857, d. Apr 6, 1936

Family

Mary Triplet Shifflette b. Jul 3, 1909, d. Oct 28, 1979

Chronological Events

Marriage* James Albert Shifflette married Mary Triplet Shifflette, daughter of Joseph Zenith Shiflett and Eliza Rachel Shiflett
Birth*circa Jan, 1895 James Albert Shifflette was born circa Jan, 1895 at Crozet, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States
 He was the son of Elvis Sturdivant Shifflette and Polly Jane Frazier
Nicknamecirca Jan, 1895 James was also known by the nickname of Spriggens. 
Death*Mar 14, 1938 He died on Mar 14, 1938 at Charlottesville, Charlottesville County, Virginia, United States, by suicide, from a gunshot wound to the chest.1 
ObituaryMar 15, 1938  OBITUARY: Albert Shiflett, thirty-nine, a farmer residing near Alberene, died at 5:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the University of Virginia Hospital from the effects of gun shot wounds in the chest self inflicted about 10 o'clock last Friday night, following his arrest by ABC officers on a liquor distilling charge. Taken into custody by the officers at his home on Friday, Shiflett made his escape after being permitted to go back into his house for a few personal possessions. He was rushed to the hospital here in a Scottsville ambulance, arriving at 2:30 o'clock Saturday morning and was operated upon at 4:30 that morning. He was a native of Greene County, son of the late Studavin and Polly (Frazier) Shiflett. He married Miss Mary Shiflett, of Alberene, who survives with four children, James, Ruth, Edna and Ralph Shiflett. He also leaves two brothers and three sisters -- Robert Harris Shiflett, of Crozet; Thomas Shiflett, of Baltimore; Mrs. Virgie Frazier, of Morgantown, W. Va; Mrs. Bertha Frazier of Brown's Cove, this county, and Mrs. Gertrude Shiflett, of Schuyler, Nelson County. The funeral will be held at 3:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the Mission Home, this county, near the Greene County line, the service to be conducted by the Rev. W. Roy Mason, D. D. of the Episcopal Church. Interment will be in the family plot at the Mission Home. The funeral party will leave the Hill & Irving Funeral Home at 2:30 o'clock.

Published in The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, VA - 15 March 1938.1
 
Burial*Mar 16, 1938 He was buried on Mar 16, 1938 at Mission Home Cemetery, Swift Run, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 62787362.2 

Citations

  1. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  2. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.