Abraham Shockey III (abt. 1842 - 1868)

Born about 1842 in Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died Oct 1868 at about age 26 in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA

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Biography

This profile is part of the Shockey Name Study.

Abraham Shockey III died young.

Abraham Shockey was born in 1842 in Pennsylvania, United States, son of Abraham Shockey (1813–1887) and Mary Jane Sexton (1819–1886).

His siblings were:

1. John W. Shockey (~1840–1881)
2. Phebe Ann Shockey (1844–1907)
3. Thomas Campbell Shockey (1846–1902)
4. Henry Clay Shockey (1848–1920)

Abraham died in 1868, probably in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA, about aged 26. He was a carpenter and fell from a building

Name

Name: Abraham /Shockey/^[1][2][3]

Birth

Birth:

Date: ABT 1842^[4]

Birth:

Date: 1842

Place: Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States^[5]

Birth:

Date: 1842

Place: Pennsylvania, USA^[6]

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using ABT 1842

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1860

Place: Pequea, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States^[7]

Residence:

Date: 1850

Place: Borough, Beaver, Pennsylvania^[8]

Death

Death:

Date: OCT 1868

Place: St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA^[9]

Death: Age: about 26

Date: 03 JAN 1853^[10]

Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 03 JAN 1853Array

The date of his death has inconsistencies. According to the obituary of this Abraham’s father (1887), Abraham, III, had died “many years previous … falling from a lofty building.” According to Find a Grave [now fixed], he died 3 Jan 1853 and was buried “at Weslyan” and removed to Bellefontaine 17 Oct 1868. Several items seem amiss, however. Indeed, several other Sexton grandchildren were buried at Wesleyan in the 1850s and removed to Bellefontaine later (probably 1953). The cemetery was moved three times in 1851, 1878, and 1952/53. In 1878 several burials were moved to the new Wesleyan location; in 1952 or 1953 (almost a century after the supposed burial and removal) about 950 were moved once again with about 150 of these to the Bellefontaine Cemetery because the Cemetery Association had run low on funds.

However, he seems to have been alive and well in St. Louis in 1860 working as a carpenter. In 1863 he was shown as working for the railroad (and, even though his age is off by 4 years in the draft registration, he was still shown as living in the same neighborhood). Also, in 1867 this Abraham was shown as living at 803 W. Mound (his father and brother Thomas are listed next to him) and working as a carpenter. Then in 1868 he was living at 831 Brooklyn which is the same block on which his father’s family was living on the 1880 census. In 1869, there were two Abrahams (a watchman and a tailor) listed at the same address, but both are probably the father as we know he had worked in both professions; in 1870 there is only one listing.

It is more likely that Abraham III died in October 1868 and was buried the first time on 17 Oct 1868. The 1853 burial is probably a reference to a different relative of the Sexton or Shockey families. Perhaps someone only knew he had died young and assumed he had been buried with his cousins. Whatever the case, it is unlikely that the family would exhume their 11-year-old son after 15 years in order to bury him with his grandparents (the Sextons) who had been buried 2 and 5 years earlier.

Burial

Burial:

Place: Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA^[11]

Burial:

Place: Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri^[12]

Notes

Note N11885The Shockey Chronicles Biographical Annals of The Shockey Family Volume II by

Lt. Col. Donald E. Shockey, AUS Ret. and Thelma I. (Peterson) Shockey.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S116 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Mary Jane Sexton
2. ↑ Source: #S116 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Mary Jane Sexton
3. ↑ Source: #S462 Data: Text: Record for Abraham Shockey
4. ↑ Source: #S462 Data: Text: Record for Abraham Shockey
5. ↑ Source: #S116 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Mary Jane Sexton
6. ↑ Source: #S116 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Mary Jane Sexton
7. ↑ Source: #S116 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Mary Jane Sexton
8. ↑ Source: #S116 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Mary Jane Sexton
9. ↑ Source: #S116 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Mary Jane Sexton
10. ↑ Source: #S462 Data: Text: Record for Abraham Shockey
11. ↑ Source: #S116 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Mary Jane Sexton
12. ↑ Source: #S462 Data: Text: Record for Abraham Shockey

• Source: S116 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R3
• Repository: R3 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S462 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R7 NOTEFind A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.
• Repository: R7 Name: Ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #30504051

Acknowledgements

• Shockey-272 was created by Kaylene Silvester through the import of Silvester Kimberling 2013_2014-11-18 arthur silvester ancestors and desc 10 gen.ged on Nov 18, 2014.
• Shockey-268 was created by Kaylene Silvester through the import of Silvester Kimberling 2013_2014-11-18 arthur silvester ancestors and desc 10 gen.ged on Nov 18, 2014.

Notes

Note N6797The Shockey Chronicles Biographical Annals of The Shockey Family Volume II by

Lt. Col. Donald E. Shockey, AUS Ret. and Thelma I. (Peterson) Shockey.