Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Shumate was born on 1 February 1806, in Harrison, Kentucky, United States, her father, Stephen Spencer Shumate, was 32 and her mother, Barbara Barbary Clinch, was 29. She married Phillip Larkin Ballard on 7 November 1822, in Harrison, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Marshall Township, Marshall, Iowa, United States in 1850. She died on 20 May 1870, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Elizth Ballard in household of Phillip Ballard, "United States Census, 1860"
- Elizabeth Shumate, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Elizabeth Shumate Ballard, "Find A Grave Index"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Kentucky Bend Created
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of French Chaumette: topographic name for someone who lived on a chaumette, a high, arid plateau with very little vegetation, derived from a diminutive of chaume ‘bare land’ (from a specialized sense of Latin calmus ‘calm, unruffled’); or a habitational name from La Chaumette, the name of several places in the central part of France. See also Delashmutt , compare Shoemate .
History: Jean de la Chaumette from Rochechouart in Haute-Vienne became a wealthy colonist in Martinique and subsequently (1722) a tobacco planter in VA. In North America his surname was changed to Shumate. He was the brother of Pierre de la Chaumette (see Delashmutt ). Jean de la Chaumette is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America, while his brother Pierre is listed in the similar register of the (US) National Huguenot Society.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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