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John Jasper Shook Sr.

Birth: Sep 1849
Belmont, Tishomingo County, Mississippi, USA
Death: 1903 (aged 53–54)
Ferndale, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Burial: Pleasant Hills Cemetery

Benton, Saline County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 5110220 View Source

John Jasper Shook, Sr. was the son of William Wiley
Shook and Mahala Jane Armor Shook. He married Leannah
Lucinda Hallmark on Feb 2, 1868 in Alcorn, Co. Miss.
Children: Mahala Elizabeth Shook Grimmett,
Ambrose Shook, John Jasper Shook Jr., and Leanna L.
Shook. (born in May of 1880 was listed in the 1880
census) Wife Leannah and Baby Leannah probably
died in 1880. (no known record) John Jasper Sr.
then married Ruth Montgomery probably in 1881. Their
son, James Houston Shook was born June 22, 1882. Their
other son, W. Rosamund Shook was born on Mar. 14, 1885.
Before this child was born, John Sr., took his three
older children and moved to Arkansas leaving Ruth and
the two boys in Miss. Myrtle Grimmett Carter (grandaughter)
remembered that he died in the Grimmett home at Ferndale, Saline/Pulaski Co Line, after 1903, and was buried in the
Pleasant Hill Cemetary in Saline Co.

John Jasper Shook, Sr. was the son of William Wiley
Shook and Mahala Jane Armor Shook. He married Leannah
Lucinda Hallmark on Feb 2, 1868 in Alcorn, Co. Miss.
Children: Mahala Elizabeth Shook Grimmett,
Ambrose Shook, John Jasper Shook Jr., and Leanna L.
Shook. (born in May of 1880 was listed in the 1880
census) Wife Leannah and Baby Leannah probably
died in 1880. (no known record) John Jasper Sr.
then married Ruth Montgomery probably in 1881. Their
son, James Houston Shook was born June 22, 1882. Their
other son, W. Rosamund Shook was born on Mar. 14, 1885.
Before this child was born, John Sr., took his three
older children and moved to Arkansas leaving Ruth and
the two boys in Miss. Myrtle Grimmett Carter (grandaughter)
remembered that he died in the Grimmett home at Ferndale, Saline/Pulaski Co Line, after 1903, and was buried in the
Pleasant Hill Cemetary in Saline Co.

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1855–1921

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Created by: Sue Black Perry
Added: Dec 9, 2000
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5110220/john_jasper-shook: accessed ), memorial page for John Jasper Shook Sr. (Sep 1849–1903), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5110220, citing Pleasant Hills Cemetery, Benton, Saline County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Sue Black Perry (contributor 46953510).

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