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(Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Chicago:
Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884)
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ANDREW SHOCK was born Nov. 10,
1811, in Greenbrier County, Va., a son of Henry and
Mary Shock. His father was born in Virginia
and emigrated to Ross County, Ohio, in 1815, and the
following spring moved to Pike County, where he remained
till his death, which occurred Sept. 30, 1842, aged
sixty seven years, four months. His wife died at
the age of eighty-eight years and nine months.
Andrew Shock was married Nov. 24, 1836, to Amanda
Shoemaker, who was born Oct. 23, 1815.
Their children are - Martha, born Sept. 28, 1837,
and married to I. W. Givens, in the fall of 1861;
John, born Nov. 27, 1838, and died March 12,
1839; Mary Ann, born Nov. 8, 1840, and married
James Raden, in the fall of 1861; Henery,
born April 30, 1843, married to Mahala Armintrout,
in 1871, and died Oct. 17, 1872; Andrew, born
Dec. 23, 1844, and died Aug. 17, 1847; Catherine,
born Nov. 1, 1846, and married Cyrus Givens, in
January, 1880; Elizabeth, born Dec. 1 1848, and
married Coonrod Vallery in the fall of 1872;
Amanda, born Feb. 7, 1851, and married Frank
Rodell in 1876 Frances, born Mar. 14, 1853,
and married David Givens in 1875; Peter,
born April 30, 1855, and died Aug. 5, 1879; Isaac,
born March 19, 1859, and died Aug. 5, 1879, and
William, born Dec. 9, 1862, and died May 15, 1863.
Mr. Shock is of Dutch descent, his
great-grandfather having come from the River Rhine, in
Germany, to the Shenandoah Valley, Va. Mr.
Shock has served three terms of three years each as
County Commissioner. He has also served as Justice
of the Peace, Township Assessor a number of times, Land
Appraiser and other minor offices. Mrs. Shock's
father, Peter Shoemaker, was born in Loudoun
County, Va., and came to Ross County, Ohio, when quite a
boy. He was married in Ross County, and moved to
Pike County, Ohio, in the fall of 1827 or '28, remaining
there till his death, July 11, 1867, at the age of
eighty-three years and eight months. His wife died
Nov. 15, 1870, aged eighty years and six months.
They were of Dutch descent. |
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Creek Twp. - Page 845 -
WILLIAM SHOOP was born Jan. 3,
1837, in Scioto County, Ohio, and is a son of James
and Julia (Scott) Shoop, who were natives of Ohio.
He was reared on the farm and attended the public
schools till he was about twenty years of age, after
which he was engaged boating on the Ohio Canal, from
Portsmouth to Cleveland, for fifteen years. When
the war broke out he enlisted in Company C, First Ohio
Heavy Artillery, as a private, but was soon promoted to
Orderly Sergeant. He served till the close of the
war and was mustered out at Knoxville, Tenn., in August,
1865. He soon after engaged in the mercantile
business, which he still caries on at Coopersville,
Ohio, where he has a large trade. He was married
Mar. 15, 1859, to Mary A., daughter of Lloyd
and Elizabeth (Bradford) Hart, who are natives of
Virginia, of German and Scotch descent. In 1863
our subject's father moved to Kentucky, where his death
occurred in 1882. |
Camp
Creek Twp. - Page 647 -
D. W. STARR, merchant, was born
May 30, 1846, in Camp Creek Township, and is a son of
James and Elizabeth (Lee) Starr; the former a native
of Ohio, and the latter is a descendant of Richard
Henry Lee, one of the signers of the Declaration of
Independence. His parents were among the first
settlers of Southern Ohio, and are yet living in Camp
Creek Township, being the oldest couple in that
vicinity. Our subject, when he grew to manhood,
read medicine under Dr. Penn, of Galena, Ohio,
for two years, after which he learned the
harness-maker's trade, which he followed about five
years. He then followed farming for some time,
after which he engaged in his present mercantile
business. He was married in 1869 to Margaret,
daughter of William and Julia Winterburn, who
were of English descent. They have five children -
Cora L., Mary A., Henry W., Annie F. and Lida
M. In 1876 he was elected Constable, and is at
present Township Clerk. |
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