Sumwalt Explained

Sumwalt is a surname derived as a variation of the surname Zumwalt.^[1]

People having this surname include:

• Barbara Lathan Sumwalt, founder of the Barbara Sumwalt Museum on Useppa Island
• Charles L. K. Sumwalt, a Colonel in the 138th Pennsylvania Infantry during the American Civil War
• James Sumwalt, one of the six co-founders of American computer game development company, Human Head Studios
• Joshua B. Sumwalt, a partner in the quarrying of the Woodstock Quartz Monzonite deposit
• Robert L. Sumwalt (academic) (born 1895; fl. 1975) at the University of South Carolina
• Robert L. Sumwalt (entrepreneur), Jr. (born 1928; fl. 2003), architect, developer, & son of the academic
• Robert L. Sumwalt (NTSB), III (born c. 1950s), pilot, member of the National Transportation Safety Board, & son of the entrepreneur

Notes and References

1. Walter M. Everton, ed., The Genealogical Helper, Volume 39 (1985), p. 61.