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 Source:
20th Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning Co., Ohio
and Representative Citizens
Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. -
Chicago, Illinois
1907
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SILAS
SHOOK was born June 11, 1850, on the old
Tod farm, and is a son of Calvin and Julia ( Stambaugh)
Shook, who were well known and prominent farmers of Youngstown
township.
Mr. Shook passed his boyhood days on his
father's farm, and his education was received in the district
schools and the high school of Youngstown. He was the first to
bring Jersey has a strictly up-to-date dairy, using all of the
modern scientific appliances in the business, and keeps on an
average about ninety head of cows, besides a great many valuable
horses. Mr. Shook is a man of great business
ability, and when still quite young, began to appreciate the future
growth of the city of Youngstown, and entered into the real estate
business. He is one of the most prominent real estate men in
the city and besides managing his own large farm and dairy, operates
in partnership with H. H. Stambaugh, between 1,200 and 1,500
acres of land in Trumbull and Mahoning counties. Mr.
Shook's farm is one of the most modern and well improved farms
in the township, with large sanitary barns for his cows and horses.
He has met with severe loss on two occasions when his fine large
barns were struck by lightning and burned, but they were immediately
rebuilt.
Mr. Shook was married, in 1871, to
Catherine O'Connor, and has three children, Mrs. A. E.
Adams, George R. and Raymond C.
Source:
20th Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning Co., Ohio
and Representative Citizens -
Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. -
Chicago, Illinois -
1907 - Page 946 |
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