Wesley Willard Shook

1866 - 1947  (80 years)

• Name	Wesley Willard Shook
  Birth	22 Apr 1866	Versailles, Ripley, Indiana, United States
  Gender	Male
  Residence	21 Jun 1870	Versailles, Ripley, Indiana, United States
  Residence	11 Jun 1880	Johnson Township, Ripley, Indiana
  Death	30 Jan 1947	Bunker Hill, Miami, Indiana, United States
  Burial	Springdale Cemetery, Bunker Hill, Miami, Indiana, United States
  Person ID	I20805	McKelleb
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	David Wesley Shook,   b. 20 Apr 1836, Ripley County, Indiana, United States d. 4 Mar 1917, Windfall, Tipton, Indiana, United States (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Jackson,   b. 12 Nov 1841, Ripley County, Indiana, United States d. 2 May 1934, Tipton County, Indiana, United States (Age 92 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	15 May 1862	Ripley County, Indiana, United States
  Family ID	F3400	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachel A. Huston,   b. 1872, Indiana, United States
  Marriage	24 Mar 1896	Tipton County, Indiana, United States
  Children	1. Carrie Lova Shook,   b. 20 Oct 1900, Tipton County, Indiana, United States d. 14 Feb 1992, Galveston, Cass, Indiana, United States (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Hazel I Shook,   b. Abt 1897, Indiana, United States  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Roscoe R Shook,   b. Abt 1904, Indiana, United States d. 27 Aug 1924 (Age 20 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6239	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

• Notes

  (Research):The Peru Republican carried his obituary as follows: Wesley W. Shook, 81, retired farmer, died at his home in Bunker Hill, Thursday. He had been ill about a year, the immediate cause of his death being a heart block. He was born in Ripley county, April 22, 1866. A son of Mr. and Mrs. David Shook. He was united in marriage with Rachael Hueston March 24,1896 . She preceded him in death several years ago. Mr. Shook had been o (a) resident of Bunker Hill 40 years and was a member of the Baptist church. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs.Hazel Arthur and Mrs. Carrie Mathis of Bunker Hill. A sister, Mrs. Ira Melson and a brother, the Rev Albert Shook, both of Windfall. Ten grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. The body will remain at the Glasier funeral home and may be viewed after 7 p .m. Friday . Services will be held at the Bunker Hill Baptist church at 2 :30 Sunday with the Rev.We. Clark officiating.Interment will be in Springdale cemetery. 2.The Tipton Daily Tribune also carried his obituary as follows: Rites Set Sunday for W.W. Shook, Once of County Funeral services for Willard W. Shook, former resident of Tipton county who died at his home near Bunker Hill Thursday following a heart attack Wednesday, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Baptist church in Bunker Hill. Burial will follow in the Bunker Hill cemetery. Mr . Shook, who was 80, was born near Versailles in Ripley county April 22 1866 to David W.and Sarah (Jackson) Shook. He came to Tipton county with his family in the fall of 1890 and lived here several years . Mr Shook later moved to Greenwood where he resided for about six years and then moved to a farm near Bunker Hill where he had lived for the past 25 years. In 1894, Mr. Shook married Miss Rachel Huston and they were the parents of three children, one of whom, Roscoe is deceased . Survivors are two children, Mr. J. Franklin Arthur, 457 North Main street and Mrs.Carrie Mathis of Bunker Hill; one brother, Albert L. Shook and one Sister, Mrs. Ira Melson, both of Tipton county; 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Author: Bill Mathias