Carroll-Allen County IN Archives Biographies.....Shookman, Ellis E. 1888 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

ELLIS E. SHOOKMAN.

   In every community there are individuals of marked ability, and as the good
standing of the citizenship of any location lies in the honesty, industry and
progressiveness of its representative business men, it is a pleasure to briefly
outline the career of Mr. Shookman, who is one of the prominent and best-known
residents of Burrows. Although the youngest man in his particular line of
business, he has shown an aptitude for executive business ability far beyond the
average man of his age.

   Ellis E. Shookman, cashier, the Farmers State Bank, Burrows, Indiana, was
born on March 17, 1888, near New Hoagland, in Allen county, Indiana, and is a
son of George and Lucretia (Merriam) Shookman. His youth was spent among farm
scenes, and his education was obtained at the public schools, graduating from
the Fort Wayne high school. A short time after completing his education, he was
appointed cashier of the Farmers' State Bank, of which he is also a stockholder.
Politically, Mr. Shookman is an ardent sympathizer with the principles of the
Democratic party, while his religious belief lies with the Methodist Episcopal
church. Fraternally, he belongs to Mt. Olive Lodge No. 48, Free and Accepted
Masons, and the Burrows Lodge No. 495, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

   George Shookman, father of the subject of this sketch, is an agriculturist of
Allen cpunty, Indiana. He was united in marriage with Lucretia Merriam, by whom
he has had five children: M. O. Shookman, a machinist of Fort Wayne, Indiana; C.
O. Shookman, a farmer of Allen county; F. M. Shookman, cashier of the Farmers'
State Bank at Urbana, Indiana; O. S. Shookman, a machinist, living at Fort
Wayne, and Ellis E.

   Ellis E. Shookman was united in marriage on November 15, 1911, with Catherine
L. Small, daughter of M. F. and Emma (Shaffer) Small. Her education was obtained
at the public and high schools at Hoagland, Indiana.

   Mr. Shookman is a young man to whom the business of making friends comes as a
natural gift, which, combined with his advanced progressive ideas and sound
business methods, have won for him the esteem of all who know him.


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BIOGRAPHICAL SECTION
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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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