Herbert "Bert" Shumate
1875 - 1943 (68 years)-
Name Herbert "Bert" Shumate Nickname Bert Birth 17 Mar 1875 Wyoming Co., WV 
[1, 2] Gender Male Occupation Court Stenographer [3] Residence Williamson, Mingo Co., WV [2] Death 11 Apr 1943 Huntington, Cabell Co., WV [2] Cause: cardiac failure & pulmonary edema Burial 14 Apr 1943 Fairview Cemetery, Williamson, Mingo Co., WV [2] Person ID I26623 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 7 Sep 2025
Father Hiram Kenley Shumate, b. Jan 1844, Monroe Co., VA d. 4 Feb 1911, Williamson, Mingo Co., WV (Age 67 years) Mother Margaret C. "Maggie" Squires, b. Jul 1849, Braxton Co., VA d. 21 Jan 1917, Williamson, Mingo Co., WV (Age 67 years) Marriage 24 Dec 1867 Braxton Co., WV [4] Family ID F2656 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Ida McCoy, b. Apr 1880, Pike Co., KY d. 7 Jan 1907, WV (Age 26 years) Marriage 22 Mar 1899 Mingo Co., WV [5] Children 1. Homer Shumate Family ID F10250 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Aug 2010
Family 2 Annie Maynard, b. 1882, Pike Co., KY d. 1939 (Age 57 years) Marriage 18 Jul 1908 Williamson, Mingo Co., WV [6] Children 1. Howard Shumate, b. 1909, WV d. Yes, date unknown2. George Shumate, b. 1910, WV d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F10249 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Aug 2010
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Notes - The Mingo Republican, Williamson, WV, Thursday, 15 Apr 1943
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138597396/herbert-shumate
BERT SHUMATE, COURT REPORTER, DIES ON SUNDAY
After a serious illness of several months Bert Shumate, 68, veteran court reporter, passed away early Sunday night in Memorial hospital, Huntington.
Final stage of his illness with heart and kidney afflictions was complicated with double pneumonia, the immediate case of his demise. Breakdown in his health followed a siege of influenza and he was confined to his home in South Williamson for some time before entering the Huntington hospital a month ago.
By birth and by marriage Shumate was connected with two pioneer native families. His father, the late H. K. Shumate, was an attorney, surveyor and newspaper man who came to Williamson from Wyoming county about half a century ago. As a surveyor he "run the lines" for the partition of Logan county for the creation of Mingo and he was a prominent attorney here for many years.
Decedent was born in Wyoming county March 17, 1875 and came to Williamson with his parents in his early youth. His training as a stenographer was at the Mountain State Business College, Parkersburg. Upon returning here he was employed in the offices of his father and other local attorneys. He became one of the most proficient shorthand reporters in the state.
As court reporter decedent served under most of the judges of the local circuit court since the establishment of the county and his profession took him to Wyoming, Logan and other counties. He was also stenographer in the section of the state for the state compensation department for a number of years. Faithfulness of this transcripts in the thousands of cases he recorded was never questioned.
He was a devotee of such outdoor sports as fishing, hunting and skeet shooting. On fishing expeditions he visited the lake regions of Minnesota and Wisconsin, the Florida coasts and Norris Dam, Tenn. He hunted feathered game in northern Ohio and the Carolinas as well as sections nearer home.
Shumate was twice marries, his first wife, Miss Ida McCoy. To this union was born a son, Homer Shumate of Cincinnati. His second wife, the former Miss Anne Maynard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Maynard, died about two years ago. A son of this union, Howard Shumate, resides in Huntington.
Also surviving are a brother, Carl Shumate, of Los Angeles, and two sisters, Mrs. John Kramer, of Cincinnati, and Mrs. J. M. Studebaker, of Bluefield.
Funeral Services were held in the First Presbyterian church of which he was a member at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Dr. C. H. Patterson will officiate.
Interment followed in Fairview cemetery.
- The Mingo Republican, Williamson, WV, Thursday, 15 Apr 1943
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