Jabez Shook
b. 6 June 1805, Maryland
d. 1860, Jackson Township, Keokuk County, Iowa
m. before 1829, perhaps Ripley County, Indiana
Rebecca Ludwich
b. 8 December 1811, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
d. 11 September 1866, Keokuk County, Iowa
Children with Rebecca Ludwich:
- Francis (b. 1829)
- Margaret (b. 1832)
- Peter (b. 1835)
- Alvessa (b. ca. 1836)
- Emaline (b. 1837)
- John (b. ca. 1837)
- Denton (b. ca. 1839)
- Irvin (b. ca. 1847)
- Hezekiah (b. 1850)
- Calvin (b. 1853)
- Mary (b. ca. 1855)
Jabez emigrated from Indiana to Keokuk County, Iowa, about 1855.
Submitted by:
Mrs. Lynne Emmons
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Once a Hoosier...Always a Hoosier 
6/5/2017: We have a Jabez Whitney in our history; Also, a Hezekiah Stout Denham. We did have folks in Keokuk, Iowa, in the Dennis & McDonald Little lines. The Cartwright line had Emmons Tabor in our family; I believe they were from the East Coast, then in Minnesota & Wisconsin.
Rosalie Carey DeMartino
(Edited into lower case.)