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James Shoemake (Shoemate)
James Shoemake, age 30, born in TN, page 374. This is believed to be the
James born in 1820, a brother to John Fletcher Shoemake, according to
Morris K. Shoemake. He became the father of John Wesley Shoemate. In the
1850 census he is listed as James Shumake. He is listed as being 30 years
of age and his wife Avis, 29 years of age.
In 1850 The following were found living in his household:
>>>>1. James Shoemake, 30, head
of household
>>>>2. Avis, age 30 ( Wife )
>>>>3. Sarah R., age 5
>>>>4. Margaret, age 4
>>>>5. Mary E., age 2
>>>>6.
John W., age 4 months (Believed to be the father of Annice. His
grave
--------- stone reads , J. W. Shoemate, born
in 1850, died in 1916.
---------- He had a son, John W., Jr.
>>>>7. Margaret KESSEY, age 21
(Kessey the family name)
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Descendantes of Arminta
Smith
And John Wesley Shoemate
Generation No. 1
1. JOHN WESLEY1 SHOEMATE was born 07 May 1850, and died
10 Apr 1916. He married ARMINTA SMITH, daughter of CALICO SMITH and ELIZABETH
SMITH. She was born 14 Jun 1865 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, and died
12 Sep 1945.
Children of JOHN W. SHOEMATE and ARMINTA SMITH are:
---i. JOHN W. (2) SHOEMATE, (Jr.) m. HARRIET MUDET.
---ii. ELIZABETH SHOEMATE.
---iii. JOE SHOEMATE.
---2. iv. WALTER SHOEMATE, b. 10 Oct 1883; d. 20 Jun 1940.
---3. v. JAMES BLAINE ''JIM'' SHOEMATE, b. Abt. 1885, Bledsoe County,
Tennessee; d. 17 Mar 1957,
--- ----Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
---4. vi. JERRY BAXTER SHOEMATE, b. 10 Apr 1888, Bledsoe County, Tennessee;
d. 02 Feb 1927,
-------- Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
---5. vii. EUNICE SHOEMATE, b. 01 Jan 1894; d. 14 Jun 1955.
-----viii. ANNICE B. SHOEMATE, b. 14 Aug 1896; d. 15
Nov 1988; m. JESSIE LEE SHOEMATE; b. 22 Aug -----------1887; d. 11 Dec
1947.
More About ANNICE B. SHOEMATE:
Burial: Humble Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
More About JESSIE LEE SHOEMATE:
Burial: Humble Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
-----ix. THOMAS ''TOM'' SHOEMATE, b. 28 Aug 1898; d. Jul 1966.
Notes for THOMAS ''TOM'' SHOEMATE: Never Married
---6. x. CHARLES WESLEY SHOEMATE, b. 31 Oct 1901; d. 17 Apr 1945.
-----xi. IDA LEE SHOEMATE, b. 1904; d. 28 Feb 1939; m. JACK BURNETT.
---7. xii. GEORGE SHOEMATE, b. 18 Oct 1907; d. 05 Jul 1966.
Descendants of George Shoemate
Generation No. 1
1. GEORGE2 SHOEMATE (JOHN WESLEY1) was born 18 Oct 1907, and died 05 Jul
1966. He married IDA M.
BOLTON. She was born 30 Dec 1910.
Burial: Humble Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
Children of GEORGE SHOEMATE and IDA BOLTON are:
---2. i. DELORISE3 SHOEMATE, b. 02 May 1937.
-----ii. WAYNARD SHOEMATE, b. 09 Mar 1939.
-----iii. CARL DEAN SHOEMATE, b. 16 Oct 1940; d. 05 Mar 1941.
---------More About CARL DEAN SHOEMATE:
---------Burial: Humble Cemetery, Bledsoe Co. Tn.
----iv. RONALD DEAN SHOEMATE, b. 28 Jun 1942.
Generation No. 2
2. DELORISE3 SHOEMATE (GEORGE2, JOHN WESLEY1) was born 02 May 1937. She
married RANDELL BUNCH, son
of BERT BUNCH and CLEO SULLIVAN. He was born 19 Jun 1936. Child of DELORISE
SHOEMATE and RANDELL BUNCH is:
----3. i. ROBERT LEE4 BUNCH, b. 19 Aug 1975.
Generation No. 3
3. ROBERT LEE4 BUNCH (DELORISE3 SHOEMATE, GEORGE2, JOHN WESLEY1) was born
19 Aug 1975.
Children of ROBERT LEE BUNCH are:
----i. DECODA EUGENE5 BUNCH, b. 01 Jun 1993.
----ii. ROBERT LEE BUNCH, JR., b. 04 Jun 1998.
In Arminta's immediate family in Bledsoe
Co.Tn. were:
Margaret Smith b. Jan 1855 d. Jan 10,1926. Bledsoe Co.TN.
Arminta Smith b. June 14, 1865 d. September 12, 1845. Bledsoe Co.TN.
Anna Smith b. 1868 Bledsoe Co.Tn.
William Brocklin Smith b. 1860 Bledsoe Co.Tn. |
(The name Shoemake took on many different spellings on the census and
other documents. Therefore, you will note the different spellings in this
report. The information here was gleaned from posted information on the
Internet).
1850 Census Bledsoe County, Tennessee
James Shumake (Shoemake) B. 1820, TN, age 30
Avis Shuemake (wife) age 29. Children of this union:
---1. Sarah, age 5, B 1845, TN.
---2. Margaret Shuemake,
age 4, B. 1846, TN.
--------Margaret married Charles Ferguson
* See below:
---3. Mary, age 2, B. 1848, TN.
---4. John W. Shumake, age 11 months, TN.
(Father of Annice who was born in 1896 and died in 1888)
---5. Margaret Kessey (?)
| Margaret (Shuemake,Shoemake, Shomate)
Ferguson, B. 1846, D. 1915 Bledsoe County, Tennessee,
Margaret Shumake and Charles Ferguson married November 6, 1872,
Bledsoe County, TN. Charles was born on October 28, 1840. He died
on November 23, 1904, Bledsoe County, Tennessee. The couple are buried
in the Humble Cemetery,.South of Pikeville, TN, Bledsoe County, |
Children of Margaret and Charles Ferguson:
---1. Walter Scott Ferguson
-------Walter married Margaret Keener, daughter
of Waymon Keener and Martha
-------"Angeline" Smith, a sister
to Arminta Smith Shoemate
-----------( Waymon Keener is a brother to
Shirley Wentworth's great grandmother,
-----------Nancy Keener, and Rachel Ruth
Graham of Bledsoe County, Tennessee).
-----------Note: Waymon and Martha Angeline
Smith Keener migrated to Fannin
-----------County, Texas in 1907 from Bledsoe
County, TN.
-----------Walter Scott Ferguson, son of
Charles Ferguson, also migrated out to
----------- Fannin County Texas. It was here
that he married his wife,
----------- Margaret Keener
---2. John Thomas Ferguson (Migrated to Texas)
---3. Mary Ann Ferguson
---4. Hallie May Fergusion
---5. Maggie Ferguson
Margaret Shoemake Ferguson
Special Note: It is reported that Charles (Charley)
Ferguson served as a 2nd. Lt. in the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
In Bledsoe County, TN., he was known as a colorful character. He was a
Justice of the Peace, a Squire. He always bragged and told everyone that…he
had married hundreds of couples and that none of them he married ever
got a divorce. When asked why none of them ever got a divorce, he replied,
"Because when I married them, I always omitted the "obey"
part of the ceremony….so it made the marriage set better."
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