Mary Elizabeth Hively is the daughter of Joseph A. Hively and Sophia Jane Tannehill. She was born 3 March 1869 in Whitley county, Indiana. She died 26 February 1954 at age 84 in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan. She is buried at South Park Cemetery, Whitley, Indiana.

• On 4 August 1887, she married George Valentine Shook in Columbia City, Whitley, Indiana. He was born 16 October 1864 in Whitley county, Indiana. He died in 1951 at age 86. He is buried at South Park Cemetery, Whitley, Indiana.

Children of Mary Elizabeth Hively and George Valentine Shook:

1. Alta Shook was born in August 1888 in Indiana.
2. Ralph Shook was born 13 January 1890 in White Cloud, Newaygo, Michigan.
   • He married Myrtle. She was born about 1891 in Indiana.

Sources

Mary:

• Marriage from the Whitley County, IN Marriage Index [SHOOK, George V to Mary E HIVELY on August 4, 1887 - Book 4:248].

Ralph:

• Birth from his WWI draft card [Name: Ralph Shoak; County: Kosciusko; State: Indiana; Birthplace: Michigan; Birth Date: 13 Jan 1890; Race: Caucasian (White); FHL Roll Number: 1613151; DraftBoard: 0].
• Birth from his WWII draft card [Name: Ralph Shook; Birth Date: 13 Jan 1890; Birth Place: Newaygo; Residence: Fort Wayne, Indiana; Race: White; Roll: WW2_2370299; Nearest Relative: Myrtle Shook].

Census Listings

The individuals in this family appear in the following census listings.

• Mary: 1870 census. Richland, Whitley, IN p. 29.
• Mary: 1880 census. Richland, Whitley, IN p. 25.
• 1900 census. Richland, Whitley, IN p. 8.
• 1920 census. Noble, Noble, IN p. 1.