Andrew Shumate was born 1814,
Hickman County, Tennessee, son of
Pvt.Edmund Shumate and Frances
"Fanny" Marsh.
He married in 1839 Elizabeth Philips.
They had eight children.
1)Pvt Thomas J. (1840-died during
Civil War after Aug 1862, patient
in Camp Price Hospital, Jacksonport
Arkansas.)
2)Pvt Edmon (b. 4 Aug 1841 - died
bef 1883, DeKalb, Bowie County,TX.
married 24 Dec 1862 in Healing
Springs, Independence Co. Arkansas
Mary Ellie Mauldin. They had
4 children.
3)Nancy Jane (b. 1843 - died aft
1868. married Lewis Coffman
8 Dec 1868, Independence Co. Ark.
4)Pvt Benjamin H.(b. 1844 -
died 3 Jan 1865, a POW of Union
Army, in Union Prison Barracks,
Rock Island, IL. Grave#1189,
Rock Island Cemetery, IL.
5)Jesse (1845 - died aft 1910
Cedar Twp, Eureka Springs,
Carroll County, Ark. He and
wife Mary A. adopted
Minnie B. Shumate, born 1881,
Cedar Twp, Eureka Springs.
(they did not have biological
children)
6)Mary Frances (1847 - died aft
1880, Liberty Twp, Independence,
Arkansas. Married 13 Aug 1865,
White, Marion County, Arkansas
Hugh "Huk" Mac Waters. They had
3 children.
7)Cennie Emiline (1848 - died
aft 13 Mar 1883, Cleburne County,
Arkansas. (Her sister, Hannah,
married on that date in nearby
Brownsville. Hannah was living
in their home.)
Married 23 Aug 1867, Independence,
Ark. John A. Knight, born 1837,
Healing Springs, Independence Ark
died 10 Dec 1899, Ida, Cleburne
County, Arkansas.
They had 7 children.
8)Hannah Philips (b. 27 Nov 1852,
Pinewood, Hickman County, TN.
After death of her mother she
went to live with her spinster
aunt, Liddy Shumate, who was
managing Edmund Shumate's farm
in Hickman County, TN.
(Hannah said she had to work
on the farm after slaves were
set free.)
Hannah was visiting family
in Independence Co. Arkansas
when she met Jacob Smiley
Aleshire, a 7th Day Baptist
minister, who was holding a
revival at Jacksonport.
They married 13 Mar 1883,
Brownsville, Cleburne County,
Arkansas. Hannah was living
there with her sister, Cennie
Emiline Knight.
Jacob and Hannah had 4 children.
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Andrew's father, Edmund Shumate,
was born 1791, Fauquier, Virginia,
son of Benjamin Shumate and
Winifred "Winney" Gregory. They
married 31 Mar 1790, Fauquier
County, Virginia. Winney, born
1767 Bristol Parish,Prince
George, Virginia, descended from
Andrew Mac Gregorie, her great-
great grandfather, who was
baptized 1640 in St. Nicholas,
Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Edmund's father, Benjamin,
was son of William Shumate
and Ann McCormick.
William was son of John De La
Chaumette (John Shumate) and
Judith Bailey.
John De La Chaumette was born
1702 and baptized in the French
Huguenot Church, Threadneedle
St. London, England, son of
Jean De La Chaumette and
Elizabeth Bourgeois Bouvet,
widow of Henry Bouvet.
Jean De La Chaumette was born
1660/1664, Rocheouard, Poitou
Province, France.

Edmund Shumate married
Frances"Fanny" Marsh
24 Feb 1813
Hickman County,Tennessee.
(marriage record: "Shoemate")

They had 7 children, including
William Minor Shumatte, a doctor,
who moved to Palestine, Anderson
County, Texas where he died
8 Nov 1901. (b. 8 Sep 1820).

[In early Tennessee records the
Shumate name was variously spelled,
including Shoemate and Shumake.]

Edmund Shumate served in the War
of 1812. He volunteered for service
in West Tennessee Militia which was
sent to New Orleans November 1814.
After the Battle of New Orleans,
Edmund was mustered out. He and
wife Fanny settled on a farm in
Williams Hollow, on Beaver Creek,
Hickman County, Tennessee.
Edmund died 1840. His estate was
probated about 1883, probably after
death of his wife, Fanny.
Fanny may have died that year.
The last record found for Fanny
Shumate was 7 Jun 1870 Census,
Pinewood, Dist. 6, Hickman TN.
She applied for a widow's
military pension after Edmund
died. Unknown if it was granted.
Their daughter, Liddy, a spinster,
managed the farm. Liddy died
between 1880-1887.
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Frances "Fanny" Marsh was born
1793, Franklin(Jackson) County,
Georgia, daughter of Pvt.Gilbert
Marsh and Lidia (surname unknown).
Gilbert was son of Minor Marsh
and Ann (surname unknown)
whose Apr 1825, Dickson County,
TN will left assets to her
granddaughter Fanny.
Gilbert's father, John Marsh
was born abt 1720, Bath, North
Carolina. (Marche surname
changed to Marsh in Virginia)
John Marsh parents:
*Jean Marche
*Sara Catharine Billot
(French Huguenots (Protestants)
who immigrated, sailing on the
"Mary & Anne". Capt. George
Hawes, 13 weeks out of
Gravesend,England, cast anchor
23 Jul 1700, Hampton, Virginia.
---
*Jean Marche, son of Jacques
Marche and Renee de la Pine
was baptized 21 Nov 1686 in
French Huguenot church,
Threadneedle St, London, Eng.
*Sara Catherine Billot,
daughter of Claude Billot
and Susanne Sauvage, was
baptized 23 Mar 1684 in
French Huguenot church,
Threadneedle St, London, Eng.
---
John and Sara Catherine Marsh
did not remain in Manakintown,
Virginia Colony (1702). They
left with their pastor, Claude
Phillipe de Richbourgh, who
moved to the Carolinas.
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[Biographical sketch compiled by
Thala June.]
Sources:
Rocheouard, Poitou Province, France,
historical and church records,
French Huguenots in London, England,
colonial Virginia records, U.S.
Census records, books, including
"History Of The Shumate Family,
Kentucky Pioneers"
author: Col.(Ret.)Robert Riley,
a Shumate descendant.]
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