Person:George Shoop (1)

These graves are listed in Maple Grove Cemetery

    George W. Shoop1835 - 1882
    Adam Shoopdied September 29, 1865 age 16y
    Amanda Shoop1855 - 1879
    Clara Shoop 1867 - 1870
    Henry Shoopburied May 16, 1903

From A Standard History of Erie County, Ohio

ALVIN SHOOP To see how a progressive fruit grower gets the best results from his land and trees it is only necessary to visit the homestead of Alvin Shoop in Vermilion Township, on Rural Route 2 out of Huron postoffice. He carried on fruit farming in the same thorough and systematic manner that a merchant would run a successful store, or a factory owner would operate his machines and his labor.

The name Shoop is one of long standing and honorable associations in Erie County. Alvin Shoop was born on the Dutch Settlement Road in Vermilion Township, April 29, 1858. He grew up and has always lived in this township with the exception of five years spent in Hancock County, Ohio, where he was a general farmer. His home has been at Joppa Corners since 1900, when he bought the Daniel Minkler farm, comprising twenty acres of highly improved land. On this Mr. Shoop conducts a 2-acre vineyard, the average yield of which each year is five tons of grapes, noted for quality, and particularly the high percentage of sugar. He is also an extensive grower of small fruits, and now has an orchard of 700 bearing peach trees and ninety-nine apple trees not yet come into fruitage. He has neglected nothing to make his land productive to the highest degree. Among other things he has tile drained seven acres of his land, having laid about 10,000 tiles. His large barn covers a foundation 24x48 feet, and he has an excellent residence of six rooms and basement, set in the midst of a beautiful lawn.

Mr. Shoop is the eldest of the three children of the late George Shoop and wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Driver. George Shoop was born and reared in Vermilion Township, followed farming there, and died when only twenty-two years of age. His wfie, Sarah Driver Shoop, was born in the State of Delaware, but came to Ohio when a young girl, and is now living with her son, Sherman Shoop, in Vermilion Township. She is now nearly eighty-four years of age.

Mr. Alvin Shoop was married at Joppa Corners to Miss Ellie Lee. She was born in the same township and has spent her life within a brief radius from her birthplace. Her parents are Thomas and Olive (Minkler) Lee, the former a native of Maryland and the latter born and reared on the farm now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Shoop. Mr. and Mrs. Lee after their marriage were prosperous farmers of Erie County until they retired, and they now live at Berlin Heights, being past seventy years of age. Mr. Lee is a republican in politics.

There are four children in the family circle of Mr. and Mrs. Shoop. Elmer, who is a farmer and fruit grower at Ogontz, married Lottie Hill, and they ar the parents of two sons and three daughters. Hattie is the wife of Michael Quinlan, formerly of Cleveland but now living at Elyria, Ohio. Lawson was reared and educated in the Joppa neightborhood, attended the district schools there, and the older children also recieved their education from the same schools. He is now living at home. The youngest child is Lucile, aged sixteen, and she recently completed the public school course. Mr. and Mrs. Shoop attend church at Joppa, and in politics he is a democrat.

SHERMAN E. SHOOP By hard and successful work as a farmer, by good citizenship, by an influence steadily directed towards the betterment of his own family and the community in which he lives, Sherman E. Shoop has played a worthy part in Vermilion Township, where he has spent practically his entire lifetime.

The old Shoop homestead in which he was born November 21, 1869, is located on the Joppa Road in Vermilion Township. He grew up in those surroundings, received his education in the public schools, and has spent all his life in Erie County with the exception of the two years from 1884 to 1886 when he was west in Iowa and Nebraska. Mr. Shoop has a fine farm of 108 acres much of it devoted to general farming purposes, but its special feature is the large vineyard of ten or fifteen acres. Its principal varieties are the Delawares and Ives. The grapes from the Shoop vineyard will meet the highest standards of viticulture along the Lake Erie shore, being particularly esteemed for their fine flavor and the large amount of sugar they contain. Mr. Shoop also has a pear orchard of 150 trees and a number of peach trees. Since he took possession of this land he has improved it in many ways, particularly in the way of buildings, has barns and sheds for his stock, grain and fruit, and has remodeled his home into a very comfortable and attractive eight-room residence. He is one of the practical fruit growers on the southern shore of Lake Erie.

Mr. Shoop was a very small boy when his grandparents died and he has only few memories of those worthy people, who were of Pennsylvania nativity. Mr. Shoop himself is a son of George and Sarah (Driver) Shoop, both of whom were born in Erie County and after their marriage located on what became known as the Shoop homestead on the Joppa Road. There George Shoop died March 21, 1882, at the age of forty-seven. His widow is still living, and on February 26, 1915, she celebrated her eighty-third birthday. She is now quite enfeebled with years, and she lives in the home of her son Sherman.

Sherman E. Shoop is the youngest of the three sons, all of whom are married and have homes of their own. Alvin lives at Joppa Corners in Erie County, while Simon lives in Missouri. Sherman E. Shoop was married at Joppa to Miss Della L. Driver. She was born in the State of Indiana, but when nine years of age came to Erie County and lived with her parents until her marriage. Her parents were Enoch and Amarilla (Minkler) Driver, both natives of Maryland and of English ancestry. They came as young people to Indiana and some years after their marriage moved to Ohio and settled in Vermilion Township of Erie County. Mr. Driver died there and his widow is now a third time a widow and is living with her children in the State of Washington, being about sixty-four years of age.

Mr. and Mrs. Shoop have two children. Grant Dewey, born October 2, 1899, finished the course of the eighth grade in the public schools in 1914 and is now assisting his father on the farm and in the vineyard. Myron was born March 16, 1911. In politics Mr. Shoop is a democrat, and is serving as a member of the school board.

Obituary from the Sandusky Register 30 March 1882

Found Dead George Shoop, of Vermillion township, was found dead on Wednesday, the 22d inst., lying face downward in a ditch near the Lake Shore railroad track, halt (sic.) a mile east of the railway depot at Ceylon. He was very much addicted to the use of liquor and had been drinking freely at Ceylon the day previous to the finding of the body. On Tuesday evening, the 21st inst., he left Ceylon and started to walk home. About eight o'clock that evening Charles Ruggles saw him near the side of the railroad track and asked him if there was anything the matter with him. Shoop replied that there was not, and Ruggles, seeing that he was under the influence of liquor, but supposing that he would be able to get home all right, left him. It is thought that Shoop, while stupified by liquor, rolled down the embankment of the railroad track into the dtich and was drowned. There is ordinarily only an inch of water in the ditch, which is only about two feet in width. Shoop's body filled the ditch up and stopped the flow of water, which consequently rose above the point where he way lying until it nearly covered his head. There were no marks of violence on the body. Deceased owned a good farm in Joppa, and was well liked by the people of that vicinity. His habit of drinking made trouble in his family, and his wife obtained a divorce from him at the February, 1882, term of the Common Pleas Court.

From J.D. and Hetty Bock

Our ancestor was Henry Shoop b 1793 PA d 1859 Erie Co. PA m Mary Barbara Kaler b 1795 PA.

His son was George Shoop b March 14, 1835 d March 21, 1882 Erie Co. OH m Sarah Driver b Feb 26, 1832 MD d June 6, 1920 Erie Co. OH.

Their son was Simon Shoop b Aug 13 1859 Erie Co. Oh d June 25, 1933 St. Clair Co. MO m Mary Belle Loucks b Sep 15, 1858 Erie Co. OH d Aug 26, 1933 St. Clair Co. MO.

Their daughter was Clara May Shoop b May 26, 1892 Crab Orchard NE d Nov. 1997 Adrian, MO. m Louis Frederick Bock b Dec 10. 1887 St. Clair Co. MO d Nov 13, 1962 St. Clair Co MO.

They are the parents of 9 children. JD Bock is one of those children.

1. ↑ Researcher.

   Cindy Sullivan, Kimberly Johnson

2. ↑ Vital Records - Erie County, Ohio
   Marriage Vol 2, p. 249.

   Death Vol. 2, p. 7, #15

3. ↑ Hewson L. Peeke. A Standard History of Erie County, Ohio, Vols. I & II. (The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York 1916)
   p. 1215-1216.
4. ↑ Ancestral File.

   Same sources as mother's

5. ↑ Erie, Ohio, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T9)
   FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8MH-SP8 : 13 September 2017), George Shoop, Vermillion, Erie, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 119, sheet 179A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1013; FHL microfilm 1,255,013. .