Carl Kenneth Shumate, Sr.
1892 - 1950 (50 years)-
Name Carl Kenneth Shumate Suffix Sr. Birth 2 Mar 1892 Logan, Logan Co., WV 
[1] Gender Male Occupation Post Office Clerk (Williamson, WV) [2] Death Between 1943 and 1950 Person ID I26626 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 [3] Family ID F2656 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jessie Cleo Lewis, b. 2 Apr 1891, Carter Co., KY d. 20 Feb 1970, Oakland, Alameda Co., CA (Age 78 years) Marriage 28 Jun 1912 Osakloosa, Mahaska Co., IA [4] Children 1. Carl Kenneth Shumate, Jr., b. 28 Mar 1913, Williamson, Mingo Co., WV d. 29 Sep 1958, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL (Age 45 years)2. Robert Lewis Shumate, b. 29 Aug 1915, Williamson, Mingo Co., WV d. 13 Jan 2008, CA (Age 92 years)3. Margaret Cleo Shumate, b. 14 Jul 1917, Williamson, Mingo Co., WV d. 8 Jul 2002 (Age 84 years)4. Theodore W. "Teddy" Shumate, b. 1 Oct 1920, Oakland, Alameda Co., CA d. 8 Apr 1924, Oakland, Alameda Co., CA (Age 3 years)Family ID F10253 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Sep 2025
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Notes - The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, CA, Saturday, 15 Dec 1923, p. 3, col. 6
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/180575792/
AUTO DEALER, MISSING YEAR, RETURNS HOME
Oaklander Hunted Since Christmas Morning, 1922, Suddenly Turns Up in Wife's Boudoir
Carl K. Shumate, Oakland motor car dealer, who kissed his wife goodbye on Christmas morning, 1922, and disappeared, is home. His wife informed the Oakland police that when she awakened yesterday morning she found her missing spouse in her bedroom. To her inquiries as to where he had been, Mrs. Shumate said her husband replied: "I have just been wandering around."
The eternal triangle was the cause of it all and, according to Mrs. Shumate, it was her husband's Southern chivalry which caused him to leave, rather than face her with the story of how he had made love to pretty Miss Mae Clark, 5928 Telegraph av., Oakland, and asked her to marry him, representing himself as a single man.
Shortly after his disappearance Shumate's automobile was found abandoned in the mud flats at Market and Isabel sts., Oakland.
During the year of his absence Mrs. Shumate has investigated all of the unidentified bodies found by the police which gave any indication of resembling her husband.
Shumate appeared to be seriously ill, and when questioned by his wife as to where he had been and what he had been doing could give no answer except, "I have just been wandering around, and now I've come home."
He told of having clothes in Stockton, according to Mrs. Shumate, and she believes that he has been living there for at least part of the time.
As to the other girl, Mrs. Shumate says that the other girl is forgotten, and added that she did not take much stock in the story at any time.
Mrs. Shumate attributed his action to a lapse of memory, but stated that he had recovered sufficiently to remember having left some of his belongings in Stockton. Shumate left for Stockton late yesterday to get his belongings.
- The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, CA, Saturday, 15 Dec 1923, p. 3, col. 6
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Sources - [S1590] WWI Draft Registration Cards, (Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2005.), (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 Sep 2025), card for Carl K. Shumate, serial no. 137; West Williams Precinct, Mingo County, West Virginia. (Reliability: 3).
- [S334] Federal Census Record: Mingo Co., WV 1920.
- [S1256] West Virginia. Braxton County., Braxton Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), 27 Aug 2010, marriage register, 2: 5, line 65, Shumate-Squires, 1867; accessed 27 Aug 2010. (Reliability: 3).
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- [S1590] WWI Draft Registration Cards, (Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2005.), (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 Sep 2025), card for Carl K. Shumate, serial no. 137; West Williams Precinct, Mingo County, West Virginia. (Reliability: 3).