Surname	Shook
Given Name	Hiram A.
Gender	Male
Born	~1809 in Missouri Territory
Died	Before 1860
Father	Jacob SHOOK (1771-1780 - bef. 07-JAN-1858)
Mother	Elizabeth; born: 1785; died: 1835 in Hempstead County, Arkansas

Family Line

Hiram A. Shook-> Jacob Shook (f)-> Johanne Jacob Shook (gf)-> Johanne Hans George Shook (Schuck) (g-gf)-> Johannes Shook (Schuck) (gg-gf).

Marriage

Sarah UNKNOWN; born: ~1822 in Tennessee

Children

• America A. SHOOK; born: ?
• William M. SHOOK; born: ~1834 in Missouri
• Perry SHOOK; born: ~1836 in Missouri
• Henry W. SHOOK; born: ~1843 in Missouri
• Mary J.C. SHOOK; born: ~1846 in Missouri
• Nancy SHOOK; born: ~1849 in Missouri
• Cornilia A. SHOOK; born: ~1855 in Missouri
• Permina A. SHOOK; born: ~1859 in Missouri

Notes

Hiram was identified by Jacob Shook in his will in which he stated "Item, I give devise and bequeath to my son Hiram Shook the sum of five [dollars] to his heirs in addition to what I have already heretofore given and advanced to him, to be paid by my executors out of my estate." It is possible that the transcribing clerk omitted [dollars to him and] instead of just [dollars], or, maybe Jacob meant to infer that Hiram was already dead when he wrote his will in 1853.

There was an A. H. Shook who came to Texas in November 1839. He received a third class headright grant of 320 acres in Galveston County. The land became conditionally his on December 7, 1839. Jacob's sons Daniel, Nathan, Jefferson, and Jacob Wright first came to east Texas about this time. This man may well have been Jacob's brother Alexander or his son Hiram. A. H. Shook is not listed in the 1850 Texas federal census.

There was a Hiram A. Shook who lived in Pike in Stoddard County, Missouri in 1850. He was born in the Missouri Territory in about 1809 and we know that Jacob Shook was from nearby Madison County. This bit of evidence is quite circumstantial, but it certainly is possible that this Hiram was Jacob's son. If so, he apparently decided to stay in Missouri when Jacob finally moved his family to Arkansas. His household in 1850 consisted of his wife Sarah (28, born in Tennessee) and children (William (16), Perry (14), Henry (7), Mary (4), and Nancy (1). The children were all born in Missouri. Sarah was too young to have been William and Perry's mother if her age was actually 28 in 1850, so she may have been Hiram's second wife. Henry could have been Sarah's son. Mary and Nancy were probably Sarah's children. Hiram named his wife and living children in his will in 1859 thusly; " ... I give to my beloved wife Sarah Shook all my personal property, money, and credits (My land and real Estate excepted) that she may have the means to support and educate our children ... I give my land or real Estate to my children whose names are as follows (to wit) America A. Shook, William M. Shook, Henry W. Shook, Mary J. C. Shook, Cornelia A. Shook, and Permina A. Shook and that I declare the same to be my legal heirs and devise that they share and share alike in their aforementioned real Estate or in the proceeds of said Land when sold. And further more I give to my beloved wife Sarah Shook the control and use of the farm on which I now live during her natural life ..."

Notes

Hiram A. Shook was granted 307 acres of land in Stoddard County, Missouri on 10-MAR-1857.