David Hurst Shock, son of John and Mary Shock, was born in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1800, came to Howard County, Missouri, in 1820 and moved on to Boone County in the spring of 1822. He married Cynthia Gibson, daughter of Martin Gibson, in 1823, settled in 1825 on the farm his widow still occupied in 1882, and was for many years a deacon of the Old Rocky Fork Baptist church until his death in 1880. The 1882 sketch of his son Dr. John M. Shock adds that David's father was a Virginian who served three years under "Mad Anthony Wayne." John M. taught school for six years, graduated from Pope's Medical College in St. Louis in 1858 and practiced near Everett, where William Pleasant Via and William R. Cowden studied medicine under him. His brother James Hurst Shock farmed 160 acres on the Columbia and Blackfoot gravel road three miles north of Columbia. Every fact below is cited to a public-domain Boone County history.
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Pioneer farmer; deacon of Old Rocky Fork Baptist church
DAVID HURST SHOCK, DECEASED.
The subject of this sketch was one of the hardy pioneers, of the county, though he was not among the first comers. Mr. Shock, was the son of John and Mary Shock, and was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, October 8th, 1800. He came to Howard county, Missouri, in 1820, and to Boone county, in the spring of 1822. He was married August 7th, 1823, to Miss Cynthia, daughter of Martin Gibson. Thirteen children, eight boys and se girls, were born of this union, named: John M., James H., Hawkins G., William T., David H., George W., Robert L., Walter C, Zerelda A., Martha E., Rebecca, Mary C. and Laura A. Mr. Shock settled in 1825 on the farm occupied at this writing by his widow and two sons, David H. and William T. His death occurred March 18, 1880. He was deacon of the Old Rocky Fork Baptist church for many years, and raised a large and exemplary family. Only one — Mary C. — of these children has died up to this time. All the sons reside in Boone county, but one — Hawkins — who lives in Oregon. Mrs. Shock is a member of the church of which her husband was so long deacon, she having been a communicant of that congregation about 44 years.
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Physician near Everett
JOHN M. SHOCK, M. D.
Dr. John M. Shock is a native of Boone county, Missouri. He is the son of David S. Shock, one of the early and substantial pioneers, a Kentuckian by birth, and a native of Fayette county. The father of David Shock was a Virginian and a soldier under *Mad Anthony Wayne," in his famous campaign against the French and Indians. He remained in the army for three years. The Shocks are of French origin. The father and 2:grandfather of Dr. Shock were members of the regular Baptist church. The subject of this biography was born one and a half miles north of Columbia, August 16th, 1824. He was brought up on the farm and attended the common schools of the country, which in his day were none of the best, but by close application he mastered the studies then taught in our district schools and became a teacher. After six years of diligent labor in the school room, he attended Pope's Medical, College in St. Louis, where he graduated in 1858. Returning from St. Louis, he commenced the practice of his profession in the neighborhood where he now resides. He has had all the practice he could attend to in the last quarter of a century. He is still in the prime of vigorous manhood, and at this writing is equal to the labor of the busiest year of his life. He has prospered in business almost from the start. He owns over five hundred acres of very fine land besides other valuable property. He was married in 1852 to Miss Sallie A. Sheley daughter of Ransom Sheley, of Callaway county, Missouri. One child was born of this marriage. The first wife died three years after marriage and the doctor those for his second wife Miss Catherine Ritchie, of Kentucky. She died in 1860*, leaving one child. He was married the third time to Miss Sallie J. M. Mc- Quitty, daughter of George McQuitty, a prominent farmer of Boone county. They have four children by this marriage, one son and three daughters. Dr. Shock is a zealous and influential member of the Baptist church and a teacher in the Walnut Grove Sunday school. He is a member of the Everett Grange, also a member of the Rocheport lodge of A. F. & A. M. His life has been a success. He is, in the strictest sense of the term, a self-made man.
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Farmer north of Columbia
Daughter of David and Cynthia Shock
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