I have a Shumake genealogy problem I was hoping you could help me with.

My line is maternal line is as follows: My mother is Charlotte Elizabeth Shafer born August 15, 1955.

Charlotte's paternal line is where Shumake comes in.

Charlotte's grandfather is Alvie Huston Shafer Jr. B. 22 May 1895 in Alabama and died Feb 1966 in Stone Co, Arkansas. Alvie was married to Maggie Lexie Throneberry.

Maggie Lexie Throneberry was born 21 Mar 1899 in Bedford Co, TN and died 1963 in Arkansas.

Maggie's parents were George Washington Throneberry and Charlotte Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shumake. Charlotte was born 05 Oct 1872 in Bedford Co, TN and died 30 Oct 1957 in Huntsville, Madison, AL.

She is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery with the surname Grubbs (a second marriage in her 70s). It is believed that Charlotte's father was Sampson Shumake who was born 1827 in TN and died 15 May 1874 in TN.

His date of death is such that he and Charlotte would have never been on a census together. I believe Sampson's father to be John Fletcher Shumake who was born in 1795 (father of Morris Kane Shumake).

The only census record where I find her not married was the United States Federal Census for 1880 which shows her with a brother F Shoemake as head and the mother listed as widowed. I believe this brother to be William Fletcher Shumake (son of Sampson D. Shumake). I have dug through The Shuemake Journal website for countless hours and still cannot figure this line out. Do you have anything you might be able to add to what I have?

Kindest Regards,
Angela