Shook, Benjamin Dryden

Surname Shook
Given Name Benjamin Dryden
Alias Ben
Gender Male
Born 07-NOV-1882 in Marshfield, Webster County, Missouri
Died 11-MAY-1959 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas (Certificate 29878)
Buried Highland Cemetery, Iowa Park, Wichita County, Texas
Father Benjamin L. "Ben" SHOOK (01-DEC-1850 MO - DEC-1932 TX)
Mother Nancy Elizabeth "Betty" GOOD (19-DEC-1852 MO - 09-MAR-1940 TX)

Family Line

Benjamin Dryden "Ben" Shook-> Benjamin L. "Ben" Shook (f)-> William Buford Shook (gf)-> Abraham Shook (ii) (g-gf).

Marriage

~1909 to Lucy Laphelia ROSS; born: 03-JUN-1889 in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas; died: 15-OCT-1977 in Iowa Park, Wichita County, Texas (Certificate 80685); father: William J. ROSS (11-SEP-1861 TX - 03-MAY-1895); mother: Ruth Alice DENNIS (18-MAR-1866 TX - 29-JUL-1939 TX); married: Albert KLUVER (28-MAR-1888 NB - 15-OCT-1974 TX); buried: Highland Cemetery, Iowa Park, Wichita County, Texas; SSN: 456-17-3308.

Children

  • William Ross SHOOK (04-AUG-1911 TX - 26-MAR-2005 TX)
  • Winfred Benjamin "Wink" SHOOK (15-JAN-1913 TX - 15-AUG-2009 TX)
  • Alice Elizabeth "Liz" SHOOK; born: 10-JAN-1920 in Hunt County, Texas (Certificate 33310); died: 23-AUG-1985; married: Vernon Thomas CARR (1908 - )
  • Lucy Ruth SHOOK; born: 11-JUL-1923 in Thalia, Foard County, Texas (Certificate 39236); died: 24-AUG-2002 in Eureka, Saint Louis County, Missouri; SSN: 451-32-1750; Last residence: Eureka, Saint Louis County, Missouri
  • Leta Fay SHOOK: born: 11-NOV-1926 in Texas; 29-MAY-2012 in Arizona; married: 05-DEC-1947 in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma to Hershel Lloyd WARD (09-APR-1921 OK - 24-JUL-2010 AZ); buried: Green Valley Mortuary and Memorial Gardens, Green Valley, Pima County, Arizona

Death Notice

B. D. Shook's Services Set

Funeral services for B. D. Shook,76, retired farmer and former resident of the Five-in-One community, are scheduled in the Methodist Church in Iowa Park at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and burial will be in Iowa Park Cemetery.

Mr. Shook died unexpectedly in a Wichita Falls hospital Monday. He had been in bad health for some time and was hospitalized Sunday.

Mrs. Shook, a resident of Iowa Park, farmed in the Five-in-One community for a number of years.

Mrs. Shook, the former Miss Lucy Ross, is a sister of Mrs. H. G. Price and James Ross of the Five-in-One community.

Also surviving are three daughters and two sons, Ross Shook of Denver City, Texas and W. B. Shook of Iowa Park.


1 1900 United States Census->Texas->Rockwall County->Justice Precinct 3->Image 28/33 (Ancestry.com) Image ...

Name Age Sex Race Relation Marital Status Birthplace Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Occupation
Shook, Benjamin 49 Male White Head Married Missouri Tennessee Tennessee Farmer
Shook, Nancy E. 47 Female White Wife Married Missouri Unknown North Carolina  
Shook, Joseph B. 20 Male White Son Single Missouri Missouri Missouri Farmer
Shook, Benjamin D. 17 Male White Son Single Missouri Missouri Missouri At school
Shook, Daisy F. 14 Female White Daughter Single Missouri Missouri Missouri At school
Shook, Philip T. 14 Male White Son Single Missouri Missouri Missouri At school
Shook, John M. 8 Male White Son Single Missouri Missouri Missouri  
Shook, Sarah E. 7 Female White Daughter Single Missouri Missouri Missouri  

2 1910 United States Census->Texas->Rockwall County->Justice Precinct 3->District 180->Image 7/26 (Ancestry.com) Image ...

Name Age Sex Race Relation Marital Status Birthplace Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Occupation Industry
Shook, Ben D. 27 Male White Head Married Missouri Missouri Missouri Farmer General farm
Shook, Lucy L. 20 Female White Wife Married Texas Texas Texas    

3 1918 WWI Draft (Ancestry.com) Image ...

4 1920 United States Census->Texas->Hunt County->Justice Precinct 7->District 146->Image 45/50 (Ancestry.com) Image ...

Name Age Sex Race Relation Marital Status Birthplace Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Occupation Industry
Shook, Ben D. 37 Male White Head Married Missouri Missouri Missouri Farmer General farm
Shook, Lucy L. 30 Female White Wife Married Texas Texas Texas    
Shook, William R. 8 Male White Son Single Texas Missouri Texas    
Shook, Winford B. 7 Male White Son Single Texas Missouri Texas    
Williams, Roda A. 53 Female White Mother-in-law Widowed Texas Tennessee Alabama    
Ross, Jessie J. 25 Male White Brother-in-law Single Texas Tennessee Texas Laborer Home farm

5 1930 United States Census->Texas->Wilbarger County->Precinct 2->District 9->Image 20/52 (Ancestry.com) Image ...

Name Age Sex Race Relation Marital Status Birthplace Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Occupation Industry
Shook, Ben D. 47 Male White Head Married Missouri Missouri Missouri Farmer General
Shook, Lucy 40 Female White Wife Married Texas Texas Texas    
Shook, William R. 18 Male White Son Single Texas Missouri Texas Laborer Farm
Shook, Winfred B. 17 Male White Son Single Texas Missouri Texas    
Shook, Elizabeth A. 10 Female White Daughter Single Texas Missouri Texas    
Shook, Lucy R. 6 Female White Daughter Single Texas Missouri Texas    
Shook, Leta Fay 3 Female White Daughter Single Texas Missouri Texas    

5 1940 United States Census->Texas->Wilbarger County->Other Places->District 244-14->Image 18/46 (Ancestry.com) Image ...

Name Age Sex Race Relation Marital Status Birthplace Occupation Industry
Shaak, Ben D. 57 Male White Head Married Missouri Farmer Farm
Shaak, Lucy 50 Female White Wife Married Texas    
Shaak, Lucy Ruth 16 Female White Daughter Single Texas    
Shaak, Leta Fay 13 Female White Daughter Single Texas    

7 1942 WWII Draft (Ancestry.com) Image ...

8 1959 Texas Death Index (Ancestry.com) Image ...

9 1959 Texas Death Certificate 29878 (Ancestry.com) Image ...

10 Headstone, Highland Cemetery, Iowa Park, Wichita County, Texas (findagrave.com) Image ...