Rebecca Jane (Nicholson) Shook (abt. 1814 - 1897)

Born about 1814 in South Carolina, United States

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Died 12 Jun 1897 at about age 83 in Rabun County, Georgia, USA

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Biography

Rebecca Jane Nicholson was born in 1814, in South Carolina, a daughter of Isaac Nicholson, Jr. and Rebecca (Penry) Nicholson. Jane married John Bascombe Shook, a son of Peter Shook and Mahala (Evans) Shook. Children of Jane and John are:

• Rebecca (Faith?) Shook, born circa 1831

• Mary Ann Shook, born January 1, 1833, died June 7, 1890, in Macon county, North Carolina

• Nicholas Mack Shook, born 1838, in Hartsville, Trousdale, Tennessee, died June 1863, in Vicksburg, Mississippi

• Reverend Alexander Shook, born May 5, 1840, in Union, Townes county, Georgia, died March 8, 1931, buried in Boyd's Chapel Cemtery, Upper Hightower, Townes county, Georgia, married Tennessee Cantrell, a daughter of Lanceford Cantrell and Martha "Patsy" (Cantwell) Cantrell ^[1]

• W. Lafayette Shook, born circa 1842, in Union county, Georgia, died June 17, 1862, in Atlanta, Georgia, buried in the Oakland Cemetery, in Gwinnett, Georgia

• John Hawkins Shook, born December 24, 1845, in Union county, Georgia, died June 1, 1915, in Benton county, Arkansas, married Minerva Catherine Fincannon, on November 5, 1863, in Rabun county, Georgia ^[2]

• Nancy Ellen Shook, twin, born April 15, 1848, in Union, Townes, Georgia, married N.N. Singleton, on May 22, 1865, in Rabun county, Georgia ^[3]

• Sarah Ann Shook, born April 15,1848, in Union, Townes, Georgia, married Albert Cragg, on October 5, 1865, in Rabun county, Georgia ^[4]

• Margaret Shook, born circa 1850, in Georgia

• Amanda Ree Shook, born October 6, 1856, in Georgia

John Shook died in 1889 and was buried in Shook Family Cemetery, Rabun County, Georgia. Rebecca died June 12, 1897 and was buried with him.

Researcher's Notes

Rebecca's Find A Grave memorial has her first name as Rebecca Jane and her middle name as Nicholson. A suggestion has been sent to the memorial manager that the name Nicholson be moved to the Maiden Name field, which will facilitate finding it. Also suggested that the sate of birth be changed from Kentucky to South Carolina. ^[5]

Two additional children, Claburn Hankins (1843–1888) and George Hankins (1860–1947) are attributed to Rebecca Jane on her Find A Grave memorial. Clearly, she is not their mother and did not have time to marry Alexander Hankins, since she was having children with John Shook at the time of the birth of the Hankins children, and her first husband did not die until 1889

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16368595/alexander-shook
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13483399/john-hawkins-shook
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109063903/nancy-j_-singleton
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20675662/sarah_ann-shook-cragg
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20674948/rebecca_jane-nicholson-shook

• 1870 Federal Census of Georgia