Kosta Šumenković

[1] After the events at the Čukur Fountain in 1862, he participated with the volunteers in the siege of the Belgrade fortress and there he met Miloš Milojević.

He soon made a considerable fortune, and as early as 1869 he built a Serbian school in his native village, where the teacher Stanko Lazarević began to work[2] Upon Milojević's return from Russia, they became great friends as like-minded people.

"[3] In 1876, he protested together with Todor Stanković from Niš, Despot Badžović from Kruševo before the Constantinople conference over the decision to include Old Serbia in future Bulgaria.

After the founding of Miloš Milojević's volunteer corps in the Serbian-Turkish war in 1876, he joined it and distinguished himself with courage in the battles in front of Novi Pazar.

In the Second Serbian-Turkish War of 1877-1878. operated in a secret committee in Niš with Todor Stanković, Miloš Milojević, Archimandrite Sava Dečance, Aksentije Hadžiarsić, Despot Badžović and Gligorije Čemerikić[4] with the aim of facilitating the penetration of the Serbian army there.