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Pvt Shadrack Abraham “Shade” Carlton

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Pvt Shadrack Abraham “Shade” Carlton

Birth
Houston County, Texas, USA
Death
1 Aug 1918 (aged 23)
France
Burial
Crockett, Houston County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Shadrack Carlton was the son of Martha Ella Renfro Carlton and J. M. "Matt" Carlton.

TEXAS PVT 47 INF 4 DIV.

He was killed in action in France during World War I. This photo hangs in The Houston County Museum, Crockett, Texas.

When Shade Carlton was buried a Old Shady Grove Cemetery, it is told by neighbors in the surrounding community, Butch Hallmark and Neva Stinson, remember their parents telling you could hear taps being played as it echoed through the countryside.

Shade's father was a deacon and an ordained minister in the Missionary Baptist Church of Arbor, which was first named Rhodes Chappell as listed in Rev. Carlton's ordination papers dated October 17, 1915.
Shadrack Carlton was the son of Martha Ella Renfro Carlton and J. M. "Matt" Carlton.

TEXAS PVT 47 INF 4 DIV.

He was killed in action in France during World War I. This photo hangs in The Houston County Museum, Crockett, Texas.

When Shade Carlton was buried a Old Shady Grove Cemetery, it is told by neighbors in the surrounding community, Butch Hallmark and Neva Stinson, remember their parents telling you could hear taps being played as it echoed through the countryside.

Shade's father was a deacon and an ordained minister in the Missionary Baptist Church of Arbor, which was first named Rhodes Chappell as listed in Rev. Carlton's ordination papers dated October 17, 1915.

Gravesite Details

Killed in France in World War One



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