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William Shumate (Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky, cabinet maker)

b. 1801-03-01 d. 1873-07-30

Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky, cabinet maker. Kentucky native. Married to Mahala Laney Shumate in Harrison County, Kentucky, in October 1827. Father of William Shumate, Mary Shumate, and Stephen Shumate. Cabinet maker in Harrison County in 1850. Cabinet maker in Harrison County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 61A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 575.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film 000216882.

"William Shumate (1801-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial 35661838, accessed April 17, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35661838.

Citation

Shumate, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203761 (November 12, 2026).

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