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Daniel Shumate IV

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Daniel Shumate IV

Birth
Rich Creek, Giles County, Virginia, USA
Death
20 Feb 1854 (aged 72)
Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Saxon, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Early Settlers of Raleigh County, West Virginia SHUMATE, Daniel - Shumate, a native of Monroe County, settled at the mouth of Shumate's Branch near Edwight in 1810, but in a year or so moved to the Marshes to what is known as the George W. Calloway place. He had five sons: James, Amos, John, Tollison, Newton and Daniel, Jr., all of whom were outstanding. Tollison was a noted pioneer school teacher. Daniel Jr., was the first clerk of the Raleigh County Court, serving from 1850 to 1862. During the Civil War he was taken as a "citizen prisoner" to Camp Chase Prison in Ohio, where he died. Newton Shumate was also taken to Camp Chase with his brother, Daniel, where he was kept until the close of hostilities. John Shumate's son Felix was a Confederate soldier in Captain Stephen Adams' company. He was of a literary turn and kept a diary throughout the war. Newton's son, George W., was a Confederate soldier in Captain Benjamin Linkous' company. Daniel's sons, H. K. and William T., were Confederate soldiers.

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Early Settlers of Raleigh County, West Virginia SHUMATE, Daniel - Shumate, a native of Monroe County, settled at the mouth of Shumate's Branch near Edwight in 1810, but in a year or so moved to the Marshes to what is known as the George W. Calloway place. He had five sons: James, Amos, John, Tollison, Newton and Daniel, Jr., all of whom were outstanding. Tollison was a noted pioneer school teacher. Daniel Jr., was the first clerk of the Raleigh County Court, serving from 1850 to 1862. During the Civil War he was taken as a "citizen prisoner" to Camp Chase Prison in Ohio, where he died. Newton Shumate was also taken to Camp Chase with his brother, Daniel, where he was kept until the close of hostilities. John Shumate's son Felix was a Confederate soldier in Captain Stephen Adams' company. He was of a literary turn and kept a diary throughout the war. Newton's son, George W., was a Confederate soldier in Captain Benjamin Linkous' company. Daniel's sons, H. K. and William T., were Confederate soldiers.

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