Obituary James Shackelford Death at County Jail From Research Conducted at the Nicholas P. Sims Library, Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas September 20, 2003 by Debbi Rodgers   Waxahachie Daily Light, Feb. 23, 1904 Shackelford, a lunatic, died yesterday afternoon in the hospital ward at the county jail. Shackelford was formerly a farmer in the Templeton neighborhood. Some few months ago, he became insane and on Feb. 6 was brought to Waxahachie for trial on a writ of lunacy. A jury adjudged him to be of unsound mind and recommended that he be sent to one of the state insane asylums. He was placed in the county jail to await a vacancy in one of the asylums and soon thereafter was taken ill. His condition continued to grow worse until death came to his relief yesterday. Members of his family were with him when he breathed his last. The body was immediately prepared for burial and was taken to the Boren grave yard late yesterday evening for interment.   Copyright © 2003-2017, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Thursday, 01-Jul-2021 13:21:06 MDT