John Wesley Shook

John Wesley Shook

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John Wesley Shook (1866-1946), the son of David Parker Shook and Parthany Joyce Shook, is posing in uniform. On the reverse of this photograph is written Havana, Cuba. John Wesley Shook served in the Spanish-American War, served as mayor and postmaster of Clyde, and was a Mason. He is the great grandson 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. The photograph is on the cardstock of Asheville Photo Co., 32 Patton Avenue, Asheville, N.C.

Asheville Photo Co.

Shook Family Photographs

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64122

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Haywood County (N.C.)

6.5" x 4.5"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia