Spencer S. Shumate
1834 - 1920 (86 years)-
Name Spencer S. Shumate Born 22 Feb 1834 Vermilion County, Illinois 
[1, 2] - Find a Grave gives 25 Sep 1833 as birth date.
Gender Male Census 1900 Leesburg, Harrison County, Kentucky Census 1910 Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky Occupation grocer, merchant [1, 3] Died 29 Jun 1920 Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky [1, 2] Buried 2 July 1920 Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky [1, 2] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146875264/spencer-s_-shumate
Section T, Lot 17, Grave 12.
Person ID I3877 Gritton Last Modified 28 Jan 2021
Father John Shumate, b. Abt 1802, Kentucky , d. 27 Feb 1856, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 54 years) Mother Mariah Keith, b. Sep 1805, Kentucky , d. 13 Aug 1857 (Age 51 years) Married 11 Jan 1825 Harrison County, Kentucky [4] Family ID F1635 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Malinda Sowders, b. Abt 1833 Married 20 Oct 1853 Vermilion County, Illinois [5, 6] - 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.
Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F1640 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Nancy R. Dotson, b. 1 Aug 1846, Kentucky , d. 1 Mar 1923, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky (Age 76 years) Married 20 Mar 1889 Robertson County, Kentucky [4] Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F350 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 22 Feb 1834 - Vermilion County, Illinois 
Married - 20 Oct 1853 - Vermilion County, Illinois 
Married - 20 Mar 1889 - Robertson County, Kentucky 
Census - 1900 - Leesburg, Harrison County, Kentucky 
Census - 1910 - Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky Died - 29 Jun 1920 - Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky 
Buried - 2 July 1920 - Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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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
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