Surname	Shook
Given Name	Jefferson Early
Gender	Male
Born	24-AUG-1854 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas
Died	08-MAR-1919 in Mount Pleasant, Titus County, Texas
Buried	Cedar Hill Cemetery, Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas
Father	Jefferson SHOOK (20-MAY-1820 - 20-DEC-1872)
Mother	Mary A. SMITH (21-DEC-1829 - 29-AUG-1890)

Family Line

Jefferson Early Shook, Sr.-> Jefferson Shook (f)-> Jacob Shook (gf)-> Johanne Jacob Shook (g-gf)-> Johanne Hans George Shook (Schuck) (gg-gf)-> Johannes Shook (Schuck) (ggg-gf).

Marriage

13-JUL-1873 in Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas to Martha Baldwin "Mattie" STOUT; born: 14-DEC-1858 in Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas; died: 15-APR-1923 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas (Certificate 13814); father: Harrison Crawford STOUT (24-JUL-1825 TN - AUG-1894 TX); mother: Elizabeth Jane MUNKRES (29-DEC-1832 AR - 26-FEB-1901 TX); buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas

Children

• Jefferson Early SHOOK, Jr. (03-FEB-1875 - 29-SEP-1944)
• William Harrison SHOOK, Sr. (13-JAN-1877 - 01-DEC-1964)
• Johnie SHOOK; born: 1879; died: 1880; buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas (on same marker as mother and father)
• Wyatt Blasingame SHOOK (18-NOV-1882 - 08-JUL-1960)
• Winona SHOOK (26-OCT-1887 - 06-OCT-1952)
• May SHOOK (01-MAY-1889 - 21-OCT-1969)

Notes

Jefferson Early SHOOK was born in AUG-1854 in Nacogdoches, Texas. He died on 08-MAR-1919 in Mount Pleasant, Texas.

Jefferson Early Shook married Martha Baldwin Stout on 13-JUL-1873 in Rusk, Cherokee, Texas. Martha was the daughter of Harrison Crawford Stout and Elizabeth Jane Munkres. She was born 04-DEC-1858 in Rusk and died 15-APR-1923 in Wichita Falls, Texas.

The following biographical information was extracted from the Jefferson Shook Family biography submitted to "Cherokee County History" by A. Ruth Fitts: "... His [Jefferson's] portrait hangs in the courthouse along with one of his son, Jefferson Early Shook, also an attorney and judge. His grandson, William Harrison Shook, was also an attorney.

Jefferson Early and Martha Baldwin Stout Shook had: (1) Blasingaine; (2) William Harrison; (3) Jefferson Early; (4) Winona; (5) May.

Jefferson Early [Jr.] and Sinia Morris Shook and children, Mary and Early, moved to Fort Worth, Tex., after living several years in Rusk. It is recorded that he was a newsdealer in Fort Worth. The son, Early, graduated from Texas A. & M. University as an electrical engineer.

William Harrison served as an attorney many years in Cherokee County, then moved with his wife, Daisy Tittle Shook, to Dallas where he continued to practice law. Their children: (1) Harold; (2) John Lewis, associated with his father in law practice; (3) Virginia; (4) Samuel, in electrical contracting and appliance in business several years in Jacksonville after World War II until moving to Dallas and resuming work as an electrical engineer.

[Wyatt] Blasingame and Olive Montgomery Hardwick Shook moved to Oklahoma to work for the Hollis Post-Herald. Their children, Blasingame, Thomas Early, and Maynard, moved there with them. [Thomas Early Shook was born 22-DEC-1910 in Louisiana, died 23-MAR-1980 in San Diego, California, SSN: 440-01-2788].

Milton Harbison and Winona Shook Harbison and daughter, Katheryne, moved to Dumas, Tex.

May Shook m. Carter Hill Fitts of "Rusk and continued to live there the rest of her life." A biographical sketch of the Carter Hill Fitts family with photographs of Carter, May, and three of their grandchildren is also included in the volume.