Spencer S. Shumate
1834 - 1920 (86 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Spencer S. Shumate was born on 22 Feb 1834 in Vermilion County, Illinois (son of John Shumate and Mariah Keith); died on 29 Jun 1920 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried on 2 July 1920 in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Occupation: grocer, merchant
- Census: 1900, Leesburg, Harrison County, Kentucky
- Census: 1910, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
Notes:
obituary from Find a Grave
Lexington Cemetery
Spencer Shumate aged eighty six, died at his home in Lexington Tuesday after a long illness due to infirmities of age. he was formerly engaged in merchandise business in Paris and later at Jacksonville this county. During the Civil War he served in the Illinois regiment in the union army.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nancy Dotson Shumate, of Lexington and by M.M. Shumate, of Little Rock Ark., a son by his first wife, who died several years ago.
The funeral and burial took place in Lexington, Wednesday.
post-The Bourbon news., July 09,1920 Page ,8 Image 8
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 April 2019), memorial page for Spencer S. Shumate (25 Sep 1833-22 Jun 1920), Find A Grave Memorial no. 146875264, citing Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Hank Cox (contributor 47134800)
Spencer Shumate's widow, Nancy, applied for Civil War pension. Spencer served in the A. 125 Ill. Infantry.
Name: Spencer Shumate
Rank: Sergeant
Company: A
Unit: 125th Illinois Infantry
Hair: LIGHT
Eyes: GRAY
Complexion: LIGHT
Marital status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Birth Date: Abt 1834
War: Civil War
War Years: 1861-1865
Service Entry Age: 28
Service Entry Date: 25 Jul 1862
Service Entry Place: Danville, IL
Joined By Whom: C RALSTON
Period: 3 YRS
Muster In Date: 3 Sep 1862
Muster In Place: Danville, IL
Remarks: PRIVATE DISCHARGED MAY 6, 1863 AT NASHVILLE TENN FOR DISABILITY
Residence Place: Danville, Vermilion CO, IL
Record Source: Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
https://www.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilMusterSearch.do?key=231059
Birth:
Find a Grave gives 25 Sep 1833 as birth date.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146875264/spencer-s_-shumate
Section T, Lot 17, Grave 12.Spencer married Malinda Sowders on 20 Oct 1853 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Malinda was born about 1833. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Notes:
Married:
In Marriage License Abstracts, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1853-1874. Page 129. Spencer Shumate's witnesses are John Shumate and Levin T. Palmer. Malinda Sowders' witnesses are William Sowders, father, and James Whitcomb.Spencer married Nancy R. Dotson on 20 Mar 1889 in Robertson County, Kentucky. Nancy was born on 1 Aug 1846 in Kentucky; died on 1 Mar 1923 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried on 3 Mar 1923 in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. 
John Shumate was born about 1802 in Kentucky (son of John Shumate and Sarah Preston); died on 27 Feb 1856 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Census: 1850, Vermilion County, Illinois
Notes:
Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database
Purchaser Information
Purchaser: SHUMATE JOHN
Residence: VERMILION
Social Status:
Legal Description
Aliquot Parts or Lot: E2NW
Section Number: 25
Township: 20N
Range: 12W
Meridian: 2
County of Purchase: VERMILION
Details of Sale
Acres: 80.00
Price per Acre: 1.25
Total Price: 100.00
Type of Sale: FD
Date of Purchase: 09/26/1831
Volume: 236
Page: 001
Birth:
John Shumate's information from census records in Vermilion County, Illinois and his tombstone in the Cline/Milner cemetery give his birth year as 1802 in Kentucky which would match when his parents moved from Virginia to Kentucky.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32854287/john-shumate
Inscription: Died Wednesday, about 54 years old.
John married Mariah Keith on 11 Jan 1825 in Harrison County, Kentucky. Mariah was born in Sep 1805 in Kentucky; died on 13 Aug 1857; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mariah Keith was born in Sep 1805 in Kentucky; died on 13 Aug 1857; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32854304/maria-shumate
Inscription: wife of John, aged 51y, 11m.
Children:
- Jarret Shumate was born about 1829 in Kentucky.
- William Shumate was born about 1830 in Kentucky.
- George Shumate was born about 1831 in Illinois.
- 1. Spencer S. Shumate was born on 22 Feb 1834 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 29 Jun 1920 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried on 2 July 1920 in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.
- Rebecca Shumate was born on 25 Oct 1837 in Illinois; died on 11 Jul 1867; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
- Mary E. Shumate was born about 1839 in Illinois.
- Mariah Josephine Shumate was born on 25 May 1841 in Illinois; died on 6 Jun 1916 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Gordon Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
- Isaac Newton Shumate was born about 1842 in Illinois.
- Katherine Shumate was born on 11 Jan 1845 in Illinois; died on 16 Jan 1911; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
- Samuel L. Shumate was born about 1852 in Illinois; died in 1896.
Generation: 3
4. John Shumate was born about 1759 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia (son of William Shumate and Ann McCormick); died in 1822 in Harrison County, Kentucky. John married Sarah Preston on 28 Jan 1788 in Fauquier County, Virginia. Sarah was born about 1759. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Sarah Preston was born about 1759. Children:
- Catherine Shumate was born about 1790 in Virginia; died on 9 Jan 1878; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
- 2. John Shumate was born about 1802 in Kentucky; died on 27 Feb 1856 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
- William Shumate was born about 1800 in Kentucky.
- Lydia Shumate was born about 1800 in Kentucky.
Generation: 4
8. William Shumate was born about 1728 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia; died in 1784 in Fauquier County, Virginia. William married Ann McCormick about 1752 in Prince William County, Virginia. Ann was born about 1730 in Stafford County, Virginia; died in 1790 in Fauquier County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Ann McCormick was born about 1730 in Stafford County, Virginia; died in 1790 in Fauquier County, Virginia. Children:
- Stephen Spencer Shumate was born on 26 Nov 1753 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia; died on 11 Nov 1819 in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
- William Shumate was born on 11 Aug 1756 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia.
- 4. John Shumate was born about 1759 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia; died in 1822 in Harrison County, Kentucky.