Surname	Shook
Given Name	Moses Carson
Gender	Male
Born	09-APR-1845 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi
Died	07-JAN-1937 in Kaufman County, Texas (Certificate 3682)
Buried	Oakland Memorial Park, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas
Father	Wiley Alexander SHOOK (27-NOV-1824 TN - 29-SEP-1887 TX)
Mother	Mary Gipson WITHERSPOON (04-APR-1825 AL - 23-JUN-1913 TX)

Family Line

Moses Carson Shook-> Wiley Alexander Shook (f)-> Solomon Shook (i) (gf)-> Johanne George Shook (g-gf)-> Johanne Hans George Shook (Schuck) (gg-gf)-> Johannes Shook (Schuck) (ggg-gf).

Marriage

04-JUN-1868 in Kaufman County, Texas to Clarinda Isabell GOSS; born: 19-JUL-1849 in Rockwall County, Texas; died: 17-JUL-1939 in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas; father: Reverend Ephraim GOSS (12-AUG-1816 NC - 20-APR-1904 TX); mother: Rebecca JOHNSON (04-JAN-1820 IN - 15-JAN-1884 TX); buried: Oakland Memorial Park, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas.

Children

• Millie SHOOK (~1869 TX - ~1869 TX)
• Mary Laura SHOOK (30-NOV-1870 TX - 20-JAN-1969 TX)
• Lula Rebecca SHOOK (09-NOV-1873 TX - 27-AUG-1952 TX)
• Nina Demosthenes SHOOK (13-DEC-1875 TX - 06-FEB-1955 TX)
• Katherine C. "Kate" SHOOK (27-JAN-1877 TX - 26-APR-1968 TX)
• Willie Maud SHOOK (12-FEB-1880 TX - 15-APR-1970 TX)
• Presley Anderson SHOOK (12-OCT-1882 TX - 22-DEC-1906 TX)
• Leda Oma SHOOK (28-JUN-1885 TX - 17-JAN-1960 TX)

Story

SHOOK FAMILY

If we look back to the 1930's, we can see Grandpa Shook using his walking stick in order to get around: for he was getting along in years and his eyesight had failed. That didn't bother him too much, though, because he could still listen to "Amos and Andy" on the radio and enjoy the sound of the voices of his six daughters when they gathered around the piano to sing the old hymns.

He had always been known for his religious piety. God and the Methodist Church came first in his life. Maybe that was because he grew up under the influence of a father who was a Methodist circuit rider.

Grandpa Moses Carson Shook, the eldest of the seven children of The Reverend Wiley Anderson Shook and his wife, Mary Witherspoon, had come to Texas from Missouri in 1855. He was only ten years old when the family settled in Sulphur Springs.

In 1868 he married Clara Isabel Goss, the daughter of The Reverend Ephraim Goss and Rebecca Johns Goss, of Rockwall, Texas. They settled in Sulphur Springs where the first ? of their eight children were born.

About ten years later the Shooks, along with several other Sulphur Springs families, decided to move to Terrell. They lived at 703 Johnson Street and M. C., as he was called, worked in various businesses in Terrell including D.M. Purvine Grocery and Anthony Hardware Store.

Of Grandma and Grandma Shook's eight children, two died young: the first child, Millie, and their only son, Pressley Anderson.

Mary Laura, their second born, married ... sity of Tennessee and S.M.U. Miss Willie taught many prominent Texas citizens over the years.

When Leda Oma, the youngest, married Edgar N. Phillips, also of Terrell, everybody said she married him for his good looking rig. Ed loved horses and owned the most handsome horse and buggy in town. Leda was dearly loved by all of her friends and customers who knew her when she worked at McCords and then at Martin-Jarvis department stores. When not working, she could usually be found engaging in her favorite pastime, fishing. She loved to catch fish but refused to eat them, so she gave away everything she caught.

The Shook sisters were all active members of the Methodist Church and the accompanying photograph was taken in 1952 when the First Methodist Church of Terrell had a special dinner in their honor. The sisters are: Top Left to Right: Willie Shook, Nina Shook and Lula Shook Bonner, Bottom Row: Leda Shook Phillips, Kate Shook Hardin and Laura Shook Purvine.

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