When William Henry Shough was born on 30 January 1854, in Fayette, Ohio, United States, his father, David Joseph Shough, was 27 and his mother, Sophronia Mary Hornbeck, was 20. He married Mary Ellen McKinney on 20 September 1877, in Greene, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Fredericktown, Knox, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Morris Township, Knox, Ohio, United States for about 20 years. He died on 17 June 1937, in Mount Vernon, Knox, Ohio, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Mount Vernon, Knox, Ohio, United States.
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Possibly an Americanized form of German Schuch or Schoch , or possibly Schau .
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