Reverend
Meredith
Shockley
Jr.
Born in Carroll County, Virginia, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Meredith Shockley
and Sarah (Worrell) Shockley
Brother of
James Shockley, John Floyd Shockley Sr., Richard Shockley, Amos Shockley, Esau Shockley, William Winfield Shockley, Wesley Shockley, Nancy Mary (Shockley) Farmer, Thomas Vincent Shockley, Charlotte Margaret Matilda Shockley, Elizabeth Shockley and Henry Daniel Shockley
Husband of
Drusilla (DeHaven) Shockley
— married
6 May 1824 in Grayson County, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Harriett Amanda (Shockley) Carter, James G. Shockley, Caswell Phoenix Shockley, Bloomfield Shockley, Charlotte Jane Shockley, Jesse Shockley, William Shockley, Elizabeth Shockley and Juliet C. Shockley
Died after
after age 74
in Maries County, Missouri, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Jul 2011
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Contents |
Biography
Meredith Shockley Jr. was born in Appalachia, in Virginia. See Appalachia Project.
From The History of Gentry and Worth Counties, Missouri, published by the National Historical Company, St Joseph, MO, 1882:
- Page 199: "Meredith Shockley was also from South Missouri, and settled west of the Middle Fork [in Huggins Township, Gentry County, Missouri] where he died. He was a Methodist Preacher."
- Page 200: The Chapel, located at Hugginsville, was erected about 1854, by the M.E. Church society. Meredith Shockley and Herald Jonsson were among its earliest ministers. John Huggins and wife, William Poole and wife, Robert Morris and wife, John Ross, Sr., Mrs. John Armstrong, and others, assisted at its organization.
Marriage
Meredith Shockley Jr. (1806-1880) 6 May 1824 Grayson, Virginia Spouse Drucilla DEHAVEN 1805–1849
Sources
- "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRZH-6VZ : 5 December 2014), Meredith Shockley and Drusilla Dehaven, 06 May 1824; citing Grayson County, Virginia, reference reg 1 p17; FHL microfilm 31,758
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Shockley-69 created through the import of stobie.ged on Jul 2, 2011 by Herbert Wolfe
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Meredith by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Meredith:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Meredith by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Meredith:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
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~3.12%
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~3.12%
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
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~0.78%
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See marriage record in bio.