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Lester Sylvester Shook (1889 - 1952)

Lester Sylvester Shook
Born in Iredell, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Died at age 63 in Iredell, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Biography

Born Lester Sylvester Shook in 1889 to Philo Shook and Susan Benfield in Iredell County, North Carolina. He married Della Mae Wilson. He was a textile worker at Dixie Cotton Mills in Mooresville (Iredell County). He died in 1952 at age 62 and is buried in Willow Valley Cemetery, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina.

Timeline

Marriage: 1913 to Della Mae Wilson in Iredell County, North Carolina. [1]

Draft Registration WWI: 1917, Iredell County, North Carolina.[2] Employed "running frames" at Dixie Cotton Mill in Mooresville; married with one child and is described as of medium height, slender build, with black hair and blue eyes.

"United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X332-4VQ : accessed 8 April 2016), Ruth Shook in entry for Lester Shook, 1930.

Death: 1952, age 62, in Iredell County, North Carolina.[3]

Burial: Willow Valley Cemetery, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina.[4]

Additional References: cited with spouse Wilson in birth of female child (1923);[5] son Grover Glenn Shook (1915).[6] Cited with spouse Delia Shook in marriage record of daughter Edith Shook (1946); [7] Cited with spouse Delia Wilson in death record of daughter Ruth Elizabeth Shook (1935).[8]

Sources

  1. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJS-KVBM : accessed 7 April 2016), L S Shook and Delia Wilson, 1913.
  2. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZD9-B8F : accessed 7 April 2016), Lester Sylvanis Shook, 1917-1918; citing Iredell County, North Carolina, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,765,683.
  3. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPC9-B9D : accessed 7 April 2016), Lester Sylvester Shook, 25 Nov 1952; citing Coddle Creek, Mooresville, Iredell, North Carolina, cn 27161, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,926,912.
  4. ↑ Find a Grave Lester Sylvester Shook
  5. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHLN-8XK : accessed 7 April 2016), Lester S Shook in entry for Shook, 29 Jul 1923; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 9, p. 450, Iredell, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
  6. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHLN-2SP : accessed 7 April 2016), Lester S Shook in entry for Grover Glenn Shook, 27 Oct 1915; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 2, p. 171, Iredell, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
  7. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-LYRT : accessed 7 April 2016), Lester Shook in entry for J W Hager and Edith Shook, 1946.
  8. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPDJ-YSS : accessed 7 April 2016), L. S. Shook in entry for Ruth Elizabeth Shook, 29 Oct 1935; citing Mooresville, Iredell, North Carolina, fn 1827 cn 114, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,108.
  • "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJS-KVBM : accessed 7 April 2016), L S Shook and Delia Wilson, 1913.
  • "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZD9-B8F : accessed 7 April 2016), Lester Sylvanis Shook, 1917-1918; citing Iredell County, North Carolina, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,765,683.
  • "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPC9-B9D : accessed 7 April 2016), Lester Sylvester Shook, 25 Nov 1952; citing Coddle Creek, Mooresville, Iredell, North Carolina, cn 27161, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,926,912.
  • Find a Grave Lester Sylvester Shook




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