The above photo is of the Shoemate Reunion held south of Pikeville in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
Before coming from South Carolina to Tennessee the Shoemates spelled their name Shoemake.
The above photo was taken some where around 1930

It is said that Arminta Smith married John Wesley Shoemate, Bledsoe Co.Tn.
See John Wesley and Arminta Smith Shoemate
For John Wesley Click Here
Click here for Arminta Shoemate

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