Background
SHOCKLEY, Thomas A. was born on September 8, 1890 in Vienna, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas R. and Sarah Jane (McGee) Shockley.
SHOCKLEY, Thomas A. was born on September 8, 1890 in Vienna, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas R. and Sarah Jane (McGee) Shockley.
Grammar School; High School (in part) studied law at home.
Taught school, Maries Company, Missouri, 1907-1911. Deputy Circuit Clerk and Recorder of Deeds, Maries Company, Missouri, 15. Deputy Company Clerk, Maries Company, 1913.
Assistant Post Master, Dixon, Missouri, 1918. Deputy Company Clerk, Pulaski Company, 24. Licensed to practice law, 1924.
Elected Prosecuting Attorney, Pulaski Company, 1925-1926. Appointed Prosecuting Attorney, Pulaski Company to fill out unexpired term of C. H. Davis, 1927, elected without opposition, 1928-1930. More convictions in law violation cases than there were in the Company during ten years prior to his election.
Member: Independent Order of Odd Fellows. M E. Church South (Sunday School Superintendent, since 1923).
Spouse Olive Irene Coffey, December 23, 1913, Dixon, Missouri.