Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameMargaret STUMP 527
Birth Date15 Apr 1812
Death Date4 Feb 1862 Age: 49
Burial PlaceRusset, Calhoun County, West Virginia
MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Mother_____ _____ (?-)
Spouses
Birth Date12 Apr 1813
Birth PlaceNicholas County, West Virginia
Death Date3 May 1878 Age: 65
Death PlaceWest Virginia
Burial PlaceRusset, Calhoun County, West Virginia, Shock Cemetery #2
MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
FatherJacob SHOCK Sr. (1789-1876)
MotherMary Elizabeth GREEN (1792-1854)
Family ID7026
Marr Date28 Dec 1837
Marr PlaceLewis County, West Virginia
Marr MemoVirginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850
ChildrenJacob J. (1837-1916)
 Louisa (1840-1856)
 Elizabeth (1841-1856)
 Telitha (1843-1875)
 Mary “Polly” (1845-1940)
 Cynthia “Sintha” (1847-1856)
 Jane (1849-1874)
 Michael (Died as Child) (1851-1856)
 Lemuel (1853-1926)
 Archibald (1856-1950)
Notes for Margaret STUMP
Daughter of Michael Stump IV and Elizabeth Bush Stump. She married Robert Shock, son of Jacob Shock and Mary Green, on December 28, 1837.

Children of Robert Shock and Margaret Stump Shock.
1. Jacob G. Or J. Shock b. 13 Dec 1837.
2. Louisa Shock b. 12 Feb 1840, VA, d. 17 Jul 1856, Calhoun County WV.
3. Elizabeth Shock b. 20 Aug 1841, VA, d. 12 July 1856.
4. Talitha Shock b. 4 Jul 1843.
5. Mary "Polly" Shock b. 7 Jul 1846.
6. Cynthia Shock b. 24 Jun 1847, VA, d. 22 Jul 1856, Calhoun County, WV.
7. Jane Shock b. 4 Mar 1849, Gilmer County, WV, d. 24 Apr 1874.
8. Michael Shock b. 23 Jun 1851, Calhoun County, WV, d. 16 Jul 1856, Calhoun County, WV.
9. Lemuel Shock b. 21 Apr 1853.
10.Archibald Shock b. 21 Apr 1857, Calhoun Co., WV, occupation, farmer, m. 15 Feb 1880, in Calhoun County, WV, Laura D. McDonald, b. 1864, Barbour Co., WV, (daughter of Moses McDonald and
Darcy ?). Archibald died 1 May 1950.

On Find A Grave.


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I will now give my recollection of Jacob Shock, who married Mary, a daughter of Benjamin Green, who lived about the mouth of Laurel creek on Elk river above Sutton. Jacob Shock came to Steer Creek and settled at the mouth of what is known as Shock's Mill run, where Rosedale now is, about the year of 1825, whose children were Robert who married Margaret Stump a daughter of Michael Stump Jr., Elizabeth, Sarah who married Archie Boggs, a son of James Boggs of Elk river, a son of the old original Charley Boggs, referred to in the onset of this narration. Alexander, whore wife was Eliza Stamp, a daughter of Absolom Stump Sr. Mary married Miller Jake Stump, a son of Absolom Stump Sr. Rachael who was Melville Stump's second wife, he being a son of Jacob Stump Sr. Eli whose wife was Suzannar, Jacob Stump Sr's second (daughter. Mariah married Alexander Meadows. Jacob who married Jemima Boggs, a sister to my first wife. Talitha who married Warren Bourn and Perry who married Druzilla Stout, a daughter of Samuel Stout of Harrison County.

From page 25 of D.S. Dewees’ “Recollections of a Life Time” 1974 reprint of 1904 original0 showing family of Jacob & Mary (Green) Shock. Posted on Ancestry by sgtrauf.

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Notes for Robert “Robbin” (Spouse 1)
Son of Jacob Shock and Mary Green Shock. He married Margaret Stump, daughter of Michael Stump IV and Elizabeth Bush Stump, on December 28, 1837.

Children of Robert Shock and Margaret Stump Shock.
1. Jacob G. Or J. Shock b. 13 Dec 1837.
2. Louisa Shock b. 12 Feb 1840, VA, d. 17 Jul 1856, Calhoun County WV.
3. Elizabeth Shock b. 20 Aug 1841, VA, d. 12 July 1856.
4. Talitha Shock b. 4 Jul 1843.
5. Mary "Polly" Shock b. 7 Jul 1846.
6. Cynthia Shock b. 24 Jun 1847, VA, d. 22 Jul 1856, Calhoun County, WV.
7. Jane Shock b. 4 Mar 1849, Gilmer County, WV, d. 24 Apr 1874.
8. Michael Shock b. 23 Jun 1851, Calhoun County, WV, d. 16 Jul 1856, Calhoun County, WV.
9. Lemuel Shock b. 21 Apr 1853.
10.Archibald Shock b. 21 Apr 1857, Calhoun Co., WV, occupation, farmer, m. 15 Feb 1880, in Calhoun County, WV, Laura D. McDonald, b. 1864, Barbour Co., WV, (daughter of Moses McDonald and
Darcy ?). Archibald died 1 May 1950.

Robbin married Elizabeth Cokeley November 30, 1865 in Ritchie County. Elizabeth survived to the 1880 Census, though it is unknown when she died and where she was buried.

On Find A Grave.


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I will now give my recollection of Jacob Shock, who married Mary, a daughter of Benjamin Green, who lived about the mouth of Laurel creek on Elk river above Sutton. Jacob Shock came to Steer Creek and settled at the mouth of what is known as Shock's Mill run, where Rosedale now is, about the year of 1825, whose children were Robert who married Margaret Stump a daughter of Michael Stump Jr., Elizabeth, Sarah who married Archie Boggs, a son of James Boggs of Elk river, a son of the old original Charley Boggs, referred to in the onset of this narration. Alexander, whore wife was Eliza Stamp, a daughter of Absolom Stump Sr. Mary married Miller Jake Stump, a son of Absolom Stump Sr. Rachael who was Melville Stump's second wife, he being a son of Jacob Stump Sr. Eli whose wife was Suzannar, Jacob Stump Sr's second (daughter. Mariah married Alexander Meadows. Jacob who married Jemima Boggs, a sister to my first wife. Talitha who married Warren Bourn and Perry who married Druzilla Stout, a daughter of Samuel Stout of Harrison County.

From page 25 of D.S. Dewees’ “Recollections of a Life Time” 1974 reprint of 1904 original0 showing family of Jacob & Mary (Green) Shock. Posted on Ancestry by sgtrauf.

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