Thursday, January 19, 1911, page 3
Dr Robert Shumate, a well known dentist of Beckley, a few days ago, while examining his shot gun, accidentally discharged one barrel of the weapon, the load of shot tearing away all but the shreds of flesh of one foot. Drs Cook & Hume, who were nearby stopped the flow of blood, and amputated the leg about half way between the knee and ankle joint. He is reported as doing as well as conditions will permit.
It is a peculiar coincidence that Elbert Shumate, a brother of Dr Shumate, was killed by an accidental gun shot wound while hunting, about eleven years ago. He was about eighteen years of age at the time of his death, and lived with his parents, at Marshes.
Two years later, George Shumate, the father of Elbert and the doctor, was fatally injured by the bursting of the same gun with which his son had accidentally killed himself, a piece of the metal penetrating his shoulder and ranging downward through his body. He lived about a week after the accident, and was attended by Dr Cook, who is one of the surgeons in charge of the son who is the latest victim of a similar accident in the same family.
Thursday, January 19, 1911, page 3
Dr Robert Shumate, a well known dentist of Beckley, a few days ago, while examining his shot gun, accidentally discharged one barrel of the weapon, the load of shot tearing away all but the shreds of flesh of one foot. Drs Cook & Hume, who were nearby stopped the flow of blood, and amputated the leg about half way between the knee and ankle joint. He is reported as doing as well as conditions will permit.
It is a peculiar coincidence that Elbert Shumate, a brother of Dr Shumate, was killed by an accidental gun shot wound while hunting, about eleven years ago. He was about eighteen years of age at the time of his death, and lived with his parents, at Marshes.
Two years later, George Shumate, the father of Elbert and the doctor, was fatally injured by the bursting of the same gun with which his son had accidentally killed himself, a piece of the metal penetrating his shoulder and ranging downward through his body. He lived about a week after the accident, and was attended by Dr Cook, who is one of the surgeons in charge of the son who is the latest victim of a similar accident in the same family.
Family Members
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Charles Shumate
1875–1877
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Dr Robert Lewis Shumate Sr
1877–1948
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Effie Shumate
1880–1880
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Elbert Shumate
1884–1899
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Bessie Helen Shumate Shufflebarger
1885–1968
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Daisey Shumate
1886–1891
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Elizabeth Shumate Heaberlin
1887–1964
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Pearl Shumate Lilly
1890–1982
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Otie Shumate
1892–1892
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Azel Francis Shumate
1894–1959
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Juanita Stella Shumate Hardman
1896–1981
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Hila Shumate Sheff
1898–1976
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Anna Dott Shumate Lilly
1900–1960
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George W Shumate
1902–1974
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