David P. Shook and wife Sarah Haynes Shook

David P. Shook and wife Sarah Haynes Shook

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This portrait of David P. Shook (1786-1882) and his wife Sarah Haynes Shook (1789-1860) was taken by J. D. Owen of Clyde, N.C. David P. Shook is the son of Jacob Shook (1749-1839) and Isabella Weitzell Shook (1749-1834). After serving in the American Revolutionary War, Jacob Shook and his wife bought land and settled along the Pigeon River in what is now Clyde, N.C. Shook built the earliest known frame dwelling in the area which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Shook-Welch-Smathers House. After serving in the American Revolutionary War, Jacob Shook and his wife bought land and settled along the Pigeon River in what is now Clyde, N.C. Shook built the earliest known frame dwelling in the area which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Shook-Welch-Smathers House.

Owen, J. D.

Shook Family Photographs

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Clyde (N.C.)

Haywood County (N.C.)

6.75" x 4.5"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia