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View Tree for Samuel Shook, Jr.Samuel Shook, Jr. (b. Abt. 1820, d. 05 Sep 1854)

Samuel Shook, Jr. (son of Samuel Shook) was born Abt. 1820 in Turkey Hill St. Clair Co. Il., and died 05 Sep 1854. He married Mary Ann Wilderman on 14 Mar 1844 in St. Clair County IL, daughter of James Wilderman.

 Includes NotesNotes for Samuel Shook, Jr.:
Samuel Shook was named after his father, and is the 8th child and 7th son of Samuel and Susannah Hinkle Shook. Samuel was born about 1820 at the family farm in St. Clair Co., Il. He married, in a double ceremony with his brother, Sidney, to Mary Ann Margaret Wilderman on 14 April, 1844; two Shook brothers, married two Wilderman sisters. This marriage is recorded in Book D, # 1302 in the St. Clair County records.
The approximate years of birth for both Samuel and Mary Ann are taken from the 1850 US Census for St. Clair County. This is the first US Census that lists the names and all the family members living in the household, and gives their age. Mary Ann was listed as “28”, so would have been born about 1822; Samuel was listed as age “30” Mary Ann was a widow by 1855, and still living, as hown in a legal claim for a portion of her deceased husband’s estate to be granted to their daughter Margaret.
On 15 Oct. 1846, Samuel gave his interest in his father’s estate to his brother Sidney (Book M, page 59 St Clair Co.) Samuel died 5 Sep 1854

From: "The Family Of Cleveland Eldred Shook. H.Earl Close Author. 2nd Edition January 1996 Page 99


More About Samuel Shook, Jr. and Mary Ann Wilderman:
Marriage: 14 Mar 1844, St. Clair County IL.

Children of Samuel Shook, Jr. and Mary Ann Wilderman are:
  1. Margaret Melissa Shook, b. 1846, d. date unknown.
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