James Shumake

M, b. circa 1799
     James Shumake was born circa 1799 in Tennessee.1 He married Nancy Baird, daughter of Isham Harrison Baird and Clarissa Bushnell, circa 1817 in Tennessee..2 James Shumake lived in Conway County, Arkansas, on 17 January 1833.3
The census of 1840 in Welborn Township, Conway County, Arkansas, listed James Shoemake as a head-of-household with tallies 1101101-1130001 which indicates:
A male of 40 and under 50 years of age, probably James.4
A female of 40 and under 50 years of age, probably his wife Nancy.4
A male of 20 and under 30 years of age, probably his son Jessee.4
A male of 15 and under 20 years of age, probably his son William.4
A female of 10 and under 15 years of age, probably his daughter.4
A female of 10 and under 15 years of age, probably his daughter.4
A female of 10 and under 15 years of age, probably his daughter Elizabeth C.4
A male of 5 and under 10 years of age, probably his son Benjamin J.4
A female of 5 and under 10 years of age, probably his daughter.4
A female under 5 years of age, probably his daughter Harriet.4
A male under 5 years of age, probably his son James M.4


The census of 1 June 1850 enumerated on 22 October 1850 in Washington Township, Conway County, Arkansas, listed the following:
James Shumake, 51-year-old head of household, a farmer.1
Nancy "Shumake", 51-year-old.1
Benjamin "Shumake", 18-year-old.1
Harriet "Shumake", 14-year-old.1
Nancy "Shumake", 6-year-old.1

Children of James Shumake and Nancy Baird

Citations

  1. [S302] 1850 U.S. Census, Conway County, Arkansas, page 237 line 18 dwelling 122 family 122.
  2. [S326] Mary Mason Bostian Family Records.
  3. [S322] Territorial Papers of the U.S.
  4. [S274] 1840 U.S. Census, Conway County, Arkansas, page 54 line 11.
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