Biographical Sketch of Oliver W. Shockley, Pulaski County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
 Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, Published 1889, Goodspeed
 Publishing Company.

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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Oliver W. Shockley, farmer, was born in Gasconade County, MO., June
22, 1841, the son of Owen and Elizabeth (Briggs) Shockley.  Owen 
was born in Tennessee, near Nashville, December 3, 1801, and was
there reared to manhood on a farm, receiving a common school educa-
tion.  On November 30, 1874, he was married to Miss Briggs, who
was born in Tennessee, November 10, 1809, and for several years
after his marriage resided in Davidson County.  He then came to
Gasconade County, MO., but at the end of about three years returned
to Tennessee, where he lived one year.  From that time until his
death, which occurred April 22, 1855, he resided in Gasconade 
County.  He was a farmer throughout life, and a minister of the
Methodist Episcopal Church for thirty years.  Three of his nine
children are living:  Sarah, Oliver W. and Mahala.  Those deceased
are Andrew J., Samuel J., James M.H., Matilda, Malinda and Nellie.
Mrs. Shockley died in Gasconade County on the 12th of August, 1869.
The grandfather, Richard Shockley, was born in Virginia, and both
he and wife died in Tennessee.  The maternal grandparents were also
Virginians, and settled in Tennessee at an early day, the grand-
father dying in Arkansas and the grandmother in Tennessee.  They 
were of German descent.  Oliver W. Shockley received a common
school education in his boyhood days, was reared on a farm, and 
after the death of his father assisted in supporting the family, 
remaining with his mother until twenty-six years of age, when he
was married, May 12, 1869, to Elizabeth J. Lewis, the daughter of
John and Lotta (Perkins) Lewis.  After residing in Gasconade County
for three years after their marriage, they moved to Pulaski County,
where he has since been engaged in farming, and now owns 500 acres
of land, with 200 acres under cultivation, being also quite exten-
sively engaged in stock raising.  In 1861 he enlisted in the Federal
Army, and served four years in Company M, Fifth Iowa Cavalry, being
a participant in numerous bloody battles.  He was wounded at Duck
River, and was discharged at Camp Dennison, Ohio.  He is now the
father of five living children:  Robert F., Cora, Elizabeth, Isaac,
and Emmet.  Those deceased are Charlotte, John O., Oliver and Ollie.
Mr. Shockley is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is a Repub-
lican politically.  Mrs. Shockley's father was born in Tennessee, 
was a farmer by occupation, and previous to his marriage came to
Gasconade County, MO., where he resided until his death.  His wife
was born in Osage County, MO., and became the mother of nine child-
ren four of whom are living:  Elizabeth, Mary I., Emma A. and Louisa
V.  Those deceased are Tabitha, Samuel W., Sarah C., Hiram and
Rebecca T.  Mr. Lewis died in Gasconade County in 1865, and his wife
in 1879.  Both the paternal and maternal grandparents were born in
Tennessee.

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