When Samuel Shook was born in March 1815, in Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jacob D Shook, was 44 and his mother, Susanna Kern, was 42. He married Magdalene Creek in 1841, in Tunkhannock, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Overfield Township, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. He died on 30 May 1903, at the age of 88.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Historical Boundaries: 1842: Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States
Americanized form of German Schuck or Schuch .
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