Joseph
Spencer
(Spencer)
Shook
Born in Yancey County, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Spencer Shook
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Ellen Eliza (Dellinger) Shook
— married
before 1877 in Mitchell County, North Carolina
[children unknown]
Died
at age 69
in Avery County, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Oct 2015
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Biography
Spouse 1: Ellen Eliza Dellinger
Presumably married before the circa 1875-1876 birth of their first known child.
1880 U.S. Census, Toe River Township, Mitchell County, North Carolina, dwelling 160, family 167
J. S. Shook age 27 [c1853]
Wife: Ellen Shook age 26
Son: John W. Shook age 4 [c1876]
Dtr.: Charlott Shook age 2
Dtr.: Sarah C. Shook age four months, born February
Spouse 2: Ida Gemima Dellinger
Burke Co. Marriage License issued 17 December 1897: Joseph S. Shook age 46 to I. M. Dellinger age 22. Married 19 December 1897 by J. N. Wise, J.P. at W. J. Dellinger's. Witnesses: J. S. Smallwood, R. M. Hurt [son-in-law Rufus M. Hurt], J. M. Dellinger. [Married at her father's house, William John Dellinger]
Joseph Spencer Shook is buried at Big Meadows Baptist Church Cemetery at end of Stamey Branch Road, Altamont, Avery County, North Carolina.
J. S. Shook 18 January 1851-8 March 1920.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Martha A. Pyatte, Lest We Forget: Avery County Cemeteries (Newland, North Carolina: Privately printed, 1975), 18.
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