Maibelle Shumate Harris, Mother's Day 1952

May Belle Shumate was born in Rockcastle County Kentucky in 1885.  She was the firstborn of Nathan M. Shumate and Margaret (Maggie) Adams.   Her mother died in 1896 and her father followed her in 1899.  After the death of her parents, she and her sisters, Virginia and Louise, lived with their uncle Quincy Shumate and family in Newbern Tennessee.  She married Newton Temple Harris of Tarrant County Texas and changed the spelling of her name to Maibelle.  She and Temple had five children.

This picture was taken on Mother's day 1952.  Maibelle must've been remembering her own mother and father on this date because she wrote the following on the back of the picture:

"This vase, one of a pair my father, Nathan M. Shumate, gave my mother Margaret Adams before they were married in Mt. Vernon Kentucky, 1882.  This picture taken Mothers Day May 1952, Maibelle Shumate Harris, Ft. Worth, Tex."

Maibelle Shumate Harris died of colon cancer June 14, 1960.

Maibelle Shumate Harris
Mothers Day 1952

Handwritten note by Maibelle on the back of the picture.

Shumate Family Home, Rockcastle County Kentucky, 1885

Shumate Family home near Brodhead, Rockcastle County, Kentucky.
Transcription from the back: My Ky Home where I
was born (Rockcastle Co.)
On highway, 4 miles
from Mt Vernon and
2 miles from Broadhead (sic)
9 miles from Crab Orchard.
May 15, 1885 - May Belle Shumate
(Now Maibelle S. Harris Ft Worth Tex. Feb 4, 1955)

This is the family home of Nathan M. Shumate (1859-1899), his wife Margaret (Maggie) Jane Adams (1866-1896) and their three daughters May Belle, Virginia, and Louise.  Nathan and Maggie were married July 2, 1884 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky.

May Belle was born March 15, 1885.  She married Newton Temple Harris Sr. and they lived in Tarrant County Texas and had five children of their own.  May Belle changed the spelling of her name to Maibelle.  Maibelle died June 14, 1960.

Virginia was born January 10, 1888.  She married James Henderson Moran III and they lived in Dresden Tennessee at the Moran family home.  They had three children: James Henderson Moran IV, Nathan Harrell Moran and Marion Louise Moran.

Louise was born about August 1891.  The last time she appears in the census is 1900 when she and her sisters were living with their uncle Quincy Shumate in Newbern Tennessee.

There is a house on Old Brodhead Rd that looks like it could possibly be the old Shumate home.  Of course the second story porch is missing and it's been enclosed on the first floor but there are enough similarities that it could be the house.  And if it isn't, it's a very good representation of the Shumate home.