Family Line

Clarence Juan Shook-> John Wesley Shook, Sr. (f)-> Nathaniel Shook (gf)-> Jacob Shook (g-gf)-> Johanne Jacob Shook (gg-gf)-> Johanne Hans George Shook (Schuck) (ggg-gf)-> Johannes Shook (Schuck) (gggg-gf).

Marriage

1895 to Ida WILLIAMSON; born: 08-DEC-1876 in Coryell County, Texas; died: 01-DEC-1963 in Lubbock , Lubbock County, Texas (Certificate 79020); father: Daniel Martin "Dan" WILLIAMSON (1832 AR - 1888 TX); mother: Rachel BLACKMON (1856 TX - 1879 TX); buried: Pearl Cemetery, Pearl, Coryell County, Texas; SSN: 451-60-4694; Last residence: Texas.

Children

• Ouida Merle SHOOK; born: 21-SEP-1896 in Texas; died: 15-SEP-1990 in Riverside, California; married Daniel David "Dan" JONES, Rev. (17-MAY-1892 TX - 29-OCT-1968 TX); SSN: 554-21-3805
• Gordon Clarence SHOOK; born: 26-DEC-1904 in Pearl, Coryell County, Texas; died: 14-FEB-1980 in Fort Sam Houston, Bexar County, Texas (Certificate 23624); married: 06-NOV-1923 to Myra Murl ADAMS (18-MAR-1903 TX - 31-OCT-1988 TX); buried: Pearl Cemetery, Pearl, Coryell County, Texas; SSN: 455-03-0107; Last residence: Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas

Story

Seven children survived to adulthood. Joshua (1871-1927) married Sarah Cox; their children: Frankie, Frieda, Lucian, Lorraine, Leon, J. H., Clarence, and Jack. Clarence (1873-1951) and Ida Williamson were married in 1895 and had two children: Ouida, who married Dan Jones, and Gordon, who married Myra Merle Adams of Meridian. Carrie (1874-1962) married Wesley Cooper in 1879 [sic]. Their children were Gladys, Gladyne, Garland, and Graydon. Bessie (1876-1966) and Will (1880-1952) never married. Mary Ted (1882-1974) married Will Andrew and had seven offspring: Shook, Shannon, Dorothy, Vivian, W.G., Katherine, and Winifred. John Wesley Jr. "Dick" (1884-1962) married Etta Roberts. Roger and Shirley were their children.

Clarence, "C. J." Shook spent most of his life in the Pearl community. He ran a grocery store, bought cotton, hunted Indian artifacts, and led the singing at the Methodist Church. Will stayed on the farm until his death in 1952, exerting his quiet, steady influence in the community. From 1927 Ted and her orphans lived with him. Bessie began teaching in her teens, riding horseback across the "mountains" to her first school. Her long and distinguished career as an English teacher ended after World War II. The three other children also left the county. Josh is buried in Stephensville, Carrie in the Pearl Cemetery, and Dick in Bentonville, Arkansas, where he retired after long residence in Canyon, Texas. [Note that Ted moved in with William Andrew rather than Clarence.]