Descendants of Valentine Mayo
By Nancy Lou Sparks Morrison
Copyright © 2007
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Descendants of this family include the
author, Nancy Lou Sparks Morrison. I have removed the dates for those members
of my family who are still living.
They are available to established family by writing to me:
Nancy Sparks
Morrison
5113 Lynnwood Dr.
Cross Lanes, WV 25313
or e-mailing me at: nmorri3924@aol.com
This is my family genealogy but it includes brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles of my main line. I have been researching this family for over 30 years both in person, at the archives and county court houses and on the internet. I first compiled the beginnings of this account in 1997, but I was the child who listened as the grown folks spoke of just who married who and when and where and who died and why. I remember much, but much has been lost to history since it was not written down until in the 1950s thru 1960s.
I want to preserve this research for future generations and so I begin to relate the story of my mother's people.
My grandfather Mayo was proud of his family but he didn't speak much of it. I learned more about it from his wife Elizabeth Margaret Carey Mayo as she told some of her family's stories as well. But I had to research to find the beginnings of this family history as they had been lost to both of them.
The Mayo line so far as I have now found it, begins with one Valentine Mayo, my 5th great grandfather. There are speculations as to his parents. I will not deal with them here, but perhaps in a later edition:
1 Valentine Mayo b: 1670 d: October 05, 1716 in , Middlesex Co., Virginia Sex: Male
Death date: Christ Church Parish Records, Christ Church, Virginia
The earliest known records for Valentine Mayo dates back to May 7, 1686. He witnessed a will in Middlesex, VA. Some have thought that Valentine was originally from Barbadoes but proof of this is lacking. He bought a tract of land in Middlesex Co., VA in 1706. It is believed that Valentine was a tailor or perhaps a sailmaker or both. Reportedly he was killed by Indians.
On the 25th of April , 1702, Valentine acquired 39 acres of land in Middlesex. This land was said to be adjacent to land of Thomas Obrisell dec'd, John Stamper dec'd, and Henry Tugwell. It was located by Michelburrough's SW, just above the horse bridge, on land of John Bourke, dec'd.
On 2nd September , 1704, Middlesex Co., VA: Valentine Mayo acquired land from John Stone and his wife May. This is shown in Virginia Quit Rent Rolls, 1704, Middlesex, VA (100acres)
Valentine Mayo died intestate, and his property descended to James Mayo, his son.
This is a modern transcription from a photo positive of the assets of Valentine Mayo's estate. Not everything was readable and spaces or question marks show this:
Assets of the Estate of VALENTINE MAYO, dated March 30, 1717
by: ANNE (widow) administratix
Mayos application in obedience of an order of Court does(?) the subscriber hath appraised the Estate of Valentine Mayo, deceased, in money currant on the 30th of March 1717 as forthwith. Viz:
Steers at 2@5?0 p0 ea
10 cows at 2.0 p2 50 ea
8 year olds (yearlings?)at
1 horse
15 sheep at 6p 2s ea
1557 lb tobacco at 16p/bndl
1 bed & covering at
a good furniture at
a good covering at
a suit of clothes at
2 hats at
19-1/4 yds lining(?) at 9p/yd
20-1/2 yds fabric at 16p/yd
19-1/4 yds elcocrl(?) lining at
4 yds Cantinal(?) 19p/yd
3-1/2 yds lining at 8p/yd
20-1/3 yds Canbis at lOp/yd is
9 yds of plaid at lOp/yd
2 drinking glases at
1 pt of malt (?)illord at
13(?) glass bottles at
2 gowns at
1 bags(?) land "astick" (plow?)
17 lb of wool at 4p Os ea
1 frying pan at
Some old iron ware at
2 pair of wool cords(?) at
Some wooden ware at-:2:6
2 pails at
a spinning wheel at
1 fidor cash at
a cross cut saw at
3 warm(?) coats(?)
7-1/3 yds of half hitch at lOp/yd
20(?)-1/3 of plaid at lOp/yd
Brought over ?
1 knife & hooks(?) at
9 yds cordory(?) at 2p/yd 1 brace(?) of salt(?)
Mohare & buttons at 1 urn posil(?) at
55 yds of stuff(ing?) at 8p/yd sum old urns at
39 yds stuff at 7p/yd 1 pair of shears at
1/2 pound(?) three at Smoothing iron
1/2 pound(?) three at Some old books at
2 chests at
Brought over a saddle & bridle at
2 combs at 1 Curb bridle at
1 trunk at 1 snaffel bridle at
10 yds of hunchaback at lSp/yd
2 table cloths at carpentry tools at
3 pliabers(pliers?) at 3 pair satchels & ahone(?)
ditto at Sword & belt at
33-1/2 lbs of new pewter(?) 500 singletons(nails?)
38-1/2 lbs of old pewter(?)
1 tankard at 2 old forms(?) at
some old pewter(?) at John Williams his bill at
a parcel of earthenware at
Note: ? 1/20 = 1 shilling = 12 pence
Assets of the Estate of VALENTINE MAYO, dated March 30, 171?
By: ANNE (widow), administratrix
To John Curtis his bill at 1557 over-leaf
to money in cash made yourself of/by Ann (sic.) Mayo the widow of Mayo deceased
a free(?) aforementioned and enumerated by
As a courtesy w:
(signed) John Batch's ???? (0-? / 1940 circled) (signed) Henry T(?)ugel(?) (oc... js(?)... circled)
[I loved reading this list and trying to 'see' how Valentine and his family must have lived. Why would some of these things be listed such as the gowns? So many of the things in this list are unknowable to us today but were of value to Valentine in his.]
At a court held for Middlesex County the 7th day of May 1717 this inventory & aforementioned of the Estate of Valentine Mayo deceased being returned by Anne Mayo administratrix it was admitted to record
(signed) Lestr(?) R Hickman DC & Cur... (?)
Total Inventory was worth an unreadable amount.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY WILLS:
Valentine Mayo. Inventory.
30 March 1717.
This inventory was appraised by Ja. Curtise,Jur., John Batchelder and Henry Tugel. This was returned the 7th of May 1717 by Ann Mayo, his wife who was his Administratrix. Valentine's wife was Ann Mickelburrough.
.... +Ann Mickelburrough b: 1670 m: November 14,
1710 in Middlesex, Virginia d: 1743 in Caroline County, VA Sex: Female Father:
Edmund Mickelburrough Mother: Elizabeth Minor
Anne Mickelburrough, my 5th great grandmother, was widowed twice before she married Valentine Mayo. First she married John Burk or Bourke, spelled variously and second she married James Jordan.
The Virginia Genealogist, April through June of 1963 , Vol. # 7, No. 2 lists the following facts:
Valentine Mayo married Anne, widow of James Jordan on 14 November, 1710.
James Jordan had married 23 February, 1704/5 Anne, widow of John Burke who died before the 3rd of January, 1701/02.
Anne had married John Burk some time after January 18, 1686/87 which was the death date of his wife Mary Burk.
Valentine Mayo died in Middlesex County, Virginia, Oct 5th, 1716. Ann Mayo, his widow died in Caroline County in 1743. Her will was presented at the July 1744 Court by the executor James Mayo and proved by witnesses Robert Williamson and John Williamson who were sureties on his bond.
The children of Valentine Mayo and Ann Mickelburrough were:
... 2 Sarah Mayo Sex: Female
... 2 Elizabeth
Mayo Sex: Female
......... +Richard George m: April 20, 1734 Sex: Male
... 2 James Mayo b: December 11, 1711 in , Middlesex, Virginia d: March 13,
1776 in prob. Caroline, Virginia Sex: Male
James Mayo is my 4th great grandfather.
According to the original Register of Christ Church Parish, Christ Church, Virginia, James Mayo was baptized on January 13, 1712.
From Albemarle County,Virginia comes the following:
Will of James Mayo
In the name of God Amen, I James Mayo of the County of Albermarle and Parish of St. Annes, being of sound, perfect and disposing mind & memory do make this my last will & testament in manner and form as followeth. It is my desire that my body be decently interred at the discretion of my executors hereafter mentioned, and as for the estate I possess, it is my desire that all my just debts be paid first, and the whole remaining consisting of what kind it will be it real or personal, I desire my wife may possess, inherit & enjoy, so long as she remains my widow, but if she intermarries, I desire that my whole estate in her possession, may go according to the division hereafter mentioned. My desire is that my son Joseph Mayo, may have one hundred acres of my land whereon he now liveth after the death or marriage of my wife, and that it be land of ajoining Jno.Hancock, Robt Napier & William Bradshaw, provided he the said Joseph do continue on the land, and look well to the business during the natural life or widowhood of my wife, but provided he shou'd leave the business of his own will, or behave in such a sort as my wife or execrs. should have cause to turn him away, then the said land shall turn into the division of my estate, My will is that my daughter, Martha Mayo, now Martha Ladd, have one negroe girl named Jane, and her increase after the death or marriage of my wife to her and her heirs forever, also one feather bed and furniture to be raised out of my estate at the discretion of my wife. My will is that my daughter, Mary Mayo, have one negroe girl named Sarah, and her increase after the death or marriage of my wife to her and her heirs forever. Also one feather bed and furniture to be raised out of my estate at the discretion of my wife. My will is that my son, Benjamin Mayo, one feather bed and furniture to be raised out of myestate at the discretion of my wife. And my will is that my son, Stephen Mayo, have one feather bed and furniture to be raised out ofmy estate at the discretion of my wife. My will is that my Grand-daughters Martha Williamson Williams, and Mary Ann Williams, one equal part between them with those hereafter mentioned, & if either of them shou'd die without lawful heir, that the other shou'd have her part, & if both should die without lawful heirs, that then both their parts shall come into the division of my estate, My will is that the remaining part of my estate both real and personal, which may or shall be at my wife's decease or marriage, be equally divided between my sons, Valentine Mayo, James Mayo, John Mayo, Robert Mayo, Jacob Mayo, Williamson Mayo, Joseph Mayo, Thomas Mayo, Richard George Mayo, Benjamin Mayo, Stephen Mayo, to them and their heirs for ever, but if either of these my children shou'd die without lawful heir that their part or parts so dieing, be equally divided amongst the survivors, I do appoint John Williamson, Executor, with my loving wife Executrix and I do hereby revoke & make void, any other will or wills by me heretofore made in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal This Twenty first day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred & Seventy Six.
Sign'd Seal'd Publis'd & declared
In presence of
John Hancock, Wm. Hancock
Lewis Hancock, William |X| Bradshaw
James Mayo {L.S.}
At Albemarle March court 1777
This will was proved by the oath of John Hancock and William Bradshaw witnesses hereto & ordered to be recorded, and when the motion of John Williamson & Martha Mayo, who made oath according to law, Certificate was granted them for obtaining a probate in due form, whereupon they gave bond & Security and acknowledged it accordingly.
Test
John Nicholas Cetk
......... +Ruth Underwood b: 1710 m: Abt. 1732 d: February 06, 1733/34 in , Middlesex Co., Virginia Sex: Female
From the Virginia Genealogist, April through June, 1963; Volume 7 No. 2, Ruth died four days after the birth of her son Valentine. Christ Church Parish, Christ Church, VA Records show that Ruth died February 6, 1734.
......... 3 Valentine Mayo b: February 02, 1733/34
in , Middlesex Co., Virginia d: February 07, 1793 in , Wilkes Co., Georgia Sex:
Male
............... +Ann Patterson m: 1759 Sex: Female
...............
4 Ruth Mayo b: Abt. 1770 in , Goochland, Virginia d: 1816 in , Patrick, Virginia
Sex: Female
... The 2nd Wife of James Mayo is my fourth great
grandmother. Her name was Martha Williamson:
......... +Martha Williamson b: February 21, 1716/17 in , Fluvanna, Virginia m: Abt. 1756 d: August 27, 1794 in , Fluvanna, Virginia Sex: Female Father: Robert Williamson, Jr Mother: Elizabeth Minor
One side of Martha Williamson's family line is of interest here. It is recorded as the following:
(Direct Descendants of Meindort Doodes
Meindort Doodes was a Dutch sea captain who settled in Virginia.
1 Meindort Doodes b: Abt. 1617 in Netherlands (no
proof at this time) d: 1677 in VA Sex: Male
. +Mary Unknown d: January 09,
1686/87 Sex: Female
. 2 Doodes Minor b: Abt. 1641 in VA d: Abt. 1695 in VA
Sex: Male
The story given for the surname change says that in those days the term junior for a son named after his father was not used. Instead the terms major and minor were used. This is an interesting explanation for the change in surnames. Both Meindort Doodes and Doodes Minor were naturalized in court papers.
..... +Elizabeth Unknown d: 1708 Sex: Female
.... 3 Minor Minor b: Abt. 1672 d: November 30, 1716 Sex: Male
........
+Alice George b: December 04, 1671 m: Bet. 1698 - 1699 Sex: Female Father: David
George Mother: Mary Unknown
....... 4 Elizabeth Minor Sex: Female
........... +Robert Williamson, Jr Sex: Male
.......... 5 Martha
Williamson b: February 21, 1716/17 in , Fluvanna, Virginia d: August 27, 1794 in
, Fluvanna, Virginia Sex: Female }
Doodes or Doodas, both pronounced as Do-dahs is listed as a common Jewish name.
The children of James Mayo and Martha Williamson
were:
......... 3 John Mayo b: September 14, 1736 in , Middlesex Co.,
Virginia d: September 24, 1736 in , Middlesex Co., Virginia Sex: Male
......... 3 James Mayo b: August 16, 1738 in , Middlesex Co., Virginia d:
June 04, 1821 in , Albemarle Co., Virginia Sex: Male
............... +Mary
Plant m: 1774 in , Albemarle, Virginia Sex: Female
......... 3 John Mayo b:
April 29, 1740 in , Fairfield Co., Virginia d: 1817 in , Fairfield Co., Virginia
Sex: Male
............... +Elizabeth Richardson m: 1765 in Fairview,
Tennessee Sex: Female
......... 3 Ann Nancy Mayo b: Abt. 1741 in , Middlesex
Co., Virginia d: Bef. February 21, 1776 Sex: Female
............... +William
Williams m: October 25, 1763 Sex: Male
......... 3 Robert Mayo b: 1743 in ,
Middlesex Co., Virginia d: 1823 in Chester District, South Carolina Sex: Male
............... +Margaret Richardson Sex: Female Father: Richard Richardson
......... 3 Jacob Mayo b: August 01, 1744 in , Middlesex Co., Virginia d:
November 29, 1813 in , Fluvanna, Virginia Sex: Male
............... +Susanna
Isabel m: January 02, 1768 in St. James North, Goochland, Virginia Sex: Female
......... 3 Joseph Mayo b: Abt. 1748 in , Middlesex, Virginia d: 1814 in ,
Fluvanna County, Virginia Sex: Male
On June 1st 1782, Joesph Mayo, my 3rd great grandfather, received a land grant from Augusta County, Virginia for 80 acres on the Cowpasture River waters and adjoining a tract of his own land on the Southside. Grant G. 1782-83, p. 15
On May 27th, 1802 from a Land Grant # 50 Fluvanna, Virginia, Joseph was given 48 acres adjoining land of John Napier and David Ross & Co. It is interesting that the Napier name appears again later on in this genealogy with a marriage into the Mayos by the Napier line.
Joseph Mayo was an attorney at law. He was a 2nd
Lt. during the American Revolutionary War from Fluvanna Co., Virginia according
to the DAR Patriot Index. In 1739
he left one hundred acres in his will.
He married Jean 'Jenny' Richardson, my 3rd great grandmother.
............... +Jean 'Jenny' Richardson b: Abt. 1752 in , Fluvanna County, Virginia m: January 01, 1773 in Fluvanna, VA Sex: Female Father: Richard Richardson Mother: Ann Thompson.
The children of Joseph Mayo and Jean 'Jenny' Richardson were:
............... 4 Patty (Martha) Mayo b: February
21, 1774 Sex: Female
..................... +Joseph Bradshaw m: December 28,
1793 Sex: Male
............... 4 Mourning Mayo b: 1775 d: Aft. 1813 Sex:
Female
..................... +John W. Mayo m: December 03, 1798 in ,
Albemarle, Virginia Sex: Male Father: James Mayo
............... 4 James
Glenn Mayo b: March 21, 1776 in , Fluvanna County, Virginia d: Aft. 1860 in
Wayne Co. , WV Sex: Male
James Glenn Mayo was my 2nd great grandfather. Hand written family records of children of James Glenn Mayo and Winifred Johnson were passed through their son, Henry J, through his daughter, Emily C, through her dau. Mabel, to Carl Seager the father of Jan St. John who graciously provided notes for the following: .
James Glenn Mayo was born March 21st, 1776 in Goochland County, Virginia, the 3rd child and first son of Joseph Mayo and Jean Richardson. His older sisters were twins born 1774. His grandfather, James Mayo had died 8 days earlier, 13 March, 1776. The Mayo's apparently lived on land that fell into Fluvanna County when it was formed in 1778. His grandfather's will was probated in Albemarle County, but administered in Fluvanna. The will left James' father, Joseph Mayo, 100 acres upon which he was living.
James Glenn Mayo married Winifred Johnson in Fluvanna County in June 1815. The minister recorded the marriage in the courthouse 6 Nov 1815.
James Glenn Mayo served in the 12th Virginia Militia which mustered in Fluvanna County, Virginia under command of Major William Armistead, Colonel John Cocke in the War of 1812. He served as Lieutenant, along with his cousin, Lt. Valentine Mayo, according to the hand written Dailey Order Book of the regiment, kept by Lt. Mayo from March 1813 through August 1813. Their locations were Camp Holly Spring and Camp Randolph. Tucked into the Order Book there is written verification from the office of the Adjutant General, Richmond, Virginia that James G. Mayo was commissioned Captain of the 12th Regiment , Virginia Miltia Dec. 27, 1830 in Richmond, and that he is the James G. Mayo who lived in Wayne Co. Virginia (West Virginia).
It is thought that James G. Mayo moved to Cabell County after 1830 when he was commissioned Captain in Fluvanna County militia. Family papers give his address 18 July, 1852 as "Rock Spring" Wayne County, Virginia.
Inscibed in the margins of the Order Book are notes making it appear that paper was precious and little wasted. There are notations appearing to be inventory of a small country store. Birth, death and marriage dates for this family are taken from the notations. The recorded name of James Glenn Mayo's wife is 'Winifred' although she may have been called 'Winnie'.
Also note the following census records:
Federal Census index:
1820 MAYO JAMES G. Fluvanna County VA 066 Bernardsbery Federal Population Schedule VA 1820 Federal Census Index
1820 MAYO JAMES Cabell County VA 087 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule VA 1820 Federal Census Index
1840 MAYO JAMES G. Cabell County VA 034 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule VA 1840 Federal Census Index VAS4a1705543
From the Wayne Co. Genealogical and Historical Society, the corresponding secretary noted that information was difficult to find because the name MAYO was written as MayS on some forms. It seems likely to me that the cursive writing of some of the clerks who entered the info was unclear and an "O" was transcribed as an "S."
In the Wayne Co. WV Census of 1850 James G. is 84 and Winey is 63. But the following census also lists them as:
1860 Wayne Co., WV Census
Mayo 89
James G. 84
Winey 63
Beverly G. 26
Julian R. 24
John Tyler 20
Tabetha F. Hensley 7 (daughter of Adeline Harr Mayo and Woodson Hensley)
It is certainly nice not to age 10 years in 10 years time.
Winifred Johnson, my 2nd great grandmother was born in August 1796. She married James Glenn Mayo in June 1816 in Fluvanna County, Virginia. She was most likely from Fluvanna, Goochland or Powhatan County. She would have been 20 at her marriage to James Glenn Mayo. I do not know when they moved to Wayne County, Virginia. They were living at "Rock Spring" in Wayne County in 1852. Winnie died in Wayne Co.
..................... +Winifred Johnson b: August
1796 m: June 23, 1816 in , Fluvanna Co., VA d: August 18, 1873 in Wayne Co. , WV
Sex: Female
The children of James Glenn Mayo and Winifred
Johnson were:
..................... 5 Gabriel Smither Mayo b: May 12, 1817
Sex: Male
........................... +Amanda Rutherford b: Abt. 1826 m:
March 31, 1847 in Lawrence, OH Sex: Female
This family is listed in the following census:
Wayne Co. WV 1850 Federal Censusw/ annotations by Billie Hill Mullins
Mayo 7
Gabriel 33
Amanda 24
Margarett 2
.......................... 6 Margaret Mayo b:
March 24, 1848 d: June 11, 1852 Sex: Female
.......................... 6
Tabitha Jane Mayo b: June 27, 1850 Sex: Female
.......................... 6
John Henry Mayo b: September 24, 1853 Sex: Male
.......................... 6
Winifred Mayo b: June 07, 1857 Sex: Female
..................... 5 Frances
Ann Mayo b: June 17, 1819 Sex: Female
..................... 5 Henry Johnson
Mayo b: April 21, 1827 Sex: Male
.......................... 6 James Mayo b:
November 13, 1860 Sex: Male
..................... 5 Adeline Harr Mayo b:
June 27, 1829 in Cabell Co.,WV d: January 22, 1906 in Boyd Co., KY Sex: Female
........................... +Woodson Hensley b: Abt. 1825 in Wayne Co.,WV m:
December 08, 1851 d: Bef. January 22, 1906 Sex: Male Father: Samuel Hensley
Mother: Catherine McDavid
Adaline Mayo was married to Woodson Hensley from Wayne Co, VA (WV). This family then moved to Boyd County,
Ky. Their children were
Tabitha HENSLEY born 1852/53 in Wayne Co, VA (WV).
James HENSLEY, born 1855/56 in Wayne Co, VA (WV).
Samuel HENSLEY, born 1857/58 in Boyd Co, KY
Adaline was also a step mother to
Wiley HENSLEY born 1838/39.
Riley HENSLEY born 1840/41
Martha J. HENSLEY born 1845/46 in Wayne Co, WV.
.......................... 6 Tabitha Frances
Hensley b: July 31, 1852 in Wayne Co.,WV d: February 04, 1929 in Greenup Co.,KY
Sex: Female
................................ +Robert Hensley b: Abt. 1855 in
Greenup Co.,KY m: January 13, 1878 in Catlettsburg, Boyd Co., KY d: February 04,
1929 in Greenup Co.,KY Sex: Male
Apparently both Tabitha and Robert died in a house fire.
..................... 5 Joseph Mayo b: August 23,
1831 Sex: Male
..................... 5 Beverly Glenn Mayo b: September 16,
1834 d: October 11, 1862 Sex: Male
..................... 5 Julian Richardson
Mayo b: October 15, 1836 Sex: Male
From the 1850 Wayne Co.WV census, and listed as 24 yrs. in the Wayne Co. Marriage Book of the KYOWVA Gen. Society lists this marriage:
Jules (Julian) R. Mayo 36/Eastern VA ,
s/o James Mayo & Ninsey (Winey)
m. Stuard, Margaret 19/Clay Co., KY 6/16/1872 dtr of Thomas Stuard, and Sarah ; minister McKeand, A. B.
Note the difference in ages. If Jules is 36 in 1872, it means he was b. in 1836, not 1826 as I have shown by the 1850 Census.
But the fact that he shows Eastern VA as place of birth is interesting.
........................... +Margaret Stuard b:
Abt. 1853 in Clay Co. , KY m: June 16, 1872 Sex: Female Father: Thomas Stuard
Mother: Sarah
John Tyler Mayo is my great grandfather.
..................... 5 John Tyler Mayo b: August 29, 1839 in Cabell Co., VA ( now Wayne co., WV) d: Aft. 1889 in Wayne/Cabell, VA Sex: Male
Information on John Tyler Mayo and his family was gathered from The Wayne Co. Genealogical and Historical Society which gave the birth date and birth place of John Tyler and Susan Frances.
Information also came from the Carey-Mayo Cemetary.
The information on John T. Mayo's military service in, Co. H., 13 W.VA. INF came from a book put together by the Wayne County Gen. and Historical Society of Graveyards in Wayne Co., WV.
Someone also sent me a census record without the year showing bur from Wayne Co. WV which shows that:
C006 Mayo Tyler WM 40 Farmer VA VA VA
Fannie WF 36 wife Housekeeper VA VA VA
Hayes WM 3 son WV VA VA
Columbus WM 7 Step son WV VA VA
James WM 1 son WV VA VA
This is confusing because I have John Tyler Mayo as having been born in 1839, so at 40, the year should have been 1870, but Hayes was born in 1876 and James was born in 1878 so it couldn't have been the 1870 but rather the 1880, but then the ages are wrong for both Tyler and Fannie.
Another census record w/o a date which may be the 1900 census shows:
#110 -
MAYS (handwritten MAYO) John T. head Aug. 1839 60 M 24 WV VA VA Farmer,
Susan F. wife Apr. 1849 51 M 24 WV WV WV
Ruthford B son Oct 1876 23 WV
James son Nov 1878 21 WV
Landy son Dec. 1880 19 WV
Joseph son Feb 1883 17 WV
Cinthia dau Mar 1889 11 WV
John W. son May 1887 13 WV
Note birthdate given as 1839
Information on this family also came from the personal knowledge of Shirley EVELYN Mayo Sparks, granddaughter.
Susan Frances Perdue is my great grandmother. My mother remembers her being talked about as being larger than her husband John Tyler Mayo. Susan Frances did not like her daughter-in-law according to my mother. My grandmother reciprocated. Once when Grandmother was pregnant, Susan Frances was frying chicken gizzards which she liked. My grandmother caught her not looking and ate them all.
Susan Frances went to bed never to get up again after an argument with my Grandmother. Grandma ended up throwing a bucket of milk on her. Susan Frances said that was what caused her to be ill.
It appears that Susan Frances Perdue called Fannie
had been previously married. Note the census recorded above showing a stepson
for John Tyler Mayo. Wayne Co. Census record shows a step son for John Tyler
Mayo of 7 yrs of age named Columbus. In the 1860 census of Wayne Co, WV he was
listed as 9 years of age
........................... +Susan Frances Perdue b: 1851 m: Abt. 1876 Sex: Female Father: James Burton Perdue Mother: Cyntha Avon Kelley
There is some dispute over the name of Susan Frances Perdue's father. I will leave the data as it is until I have time to research this further. Cyntha Avon Kelly Marriage data: Extracted from Lawrence Co., OHIO LDS batch # M514521 dates - 1817 - 1857 source call # 31776 Film Gives name as Kelley and indicates marriage to James Burton Perdue.
The children of John Tyler Mayo and Susan Frances
Perdue were:
.......................... 6 Rutherford B. Hayes Mayo b: October
23, 1876 Sex: Male
My grandfather was James Glen Mayo, second child of John Tyler Mayo and Susan Frances Perdue. As I remember him, he was tall and thin and I never saw him in anything but a pair of bib overalls and a shirt. On weekdays it was a blue denim shirt and on Sundays, he wore a white shirt. In thinking of him, I remember the World War II sign that showed Uncle Sam pointing and saying I WANT YOU! Grandpa Mayo looked like that in bib overalls!
Information for this family was given to me by Anna Lee Mayo Clay in Ballard, W.Va. on Aug. 19, 1977. She was 75 years old and her memory was clear. It also came from Fanny Mayo that same place and time.
I noticed the difference in the marriage date and the birth of Annie and Fanny Mayo. I asked them as gently as I could saying I did not mean to embarrass anyone but could they tell me about what had happened. Aunt John (Fanny) noted that it was ok and not to worry. She said she had gotten her face slapped many a time for sticking her nose in where she shouldn't have!! :-)
She said that my grandmother apparently fell very much in love with James Glen and she got pregnant by him with Annie. (My mother said that Elizabeth Margaret Carey lived with Cynthia Mayo during this time and the time that she got pregnant with Fanny. Cynthia Mayo was James Glen's sister.)
According to Annie and John, Elizabeth Margaret's father who was a preacher got a couple of friends or relatives, found James Glen and got the two of them married shotgun style. Grandma would have probably been a whole lot better off if she hadn't married James Glen Mayo.
My mother Shirley Evelyn Mayo says that her father did not like her and he treated her badly. He would give money to Aunt Ippie and laugh at mother. She said that Susan Frances Perdue did not believe that she was James Glen's child because there was a man in the area who would give Elizabeth Margaret a ride into town in his car. Mother looks like James Glen and like her brother Taft Mayo as well. I know my mother has carried this hurt all of her life. What a shame!!
James Glen was a very strict man toward his children and his grandchildren. I remember being afraid of him and I remember being glad when he went to bed at 7:00 pm, but then of course, we couldn't make any noise. Sometimes if we got too loud, he would thump his cane on the upstairs floor and harrumph and we would all get silent.
I also remember him eating something he called SOAKINS. For breakfast there was always fresh baked biscuits. Grandpa Mayo would take the biscuits and eat the soft insides with his eggs, bacon and whatever else Grandma had fixed. When he finished that he took his coffee cup off of his saucer and placed the biscuit outsides on the saucer with the soft side up. He then sprinkled the biscuit crusts with sugar and added several tablespoons of his coffee and cream on top, letting the coffee mixture soak in. This he then ate with a spoon, saying Ahhhhhh! with every bite.
My mother caught him feeding me some of his coffee from a spoon, one time when I was an infant. She said, "Pop, don't give her that coffee!"
He replied, "Ah, it'll make her eyes black. They were!
.......................... 6 James Glen Mayo b: November 28, 1878 in Wayne Co., W.Va. d: April 12, 1951 in Huntington, W.Va. Sex: Male
Certificate of Death, WV State Dept. #500 #93 state file # 5324
James Mayo April 12, 1951; 12:30 pm
Huntington, Wayne Co., WV
1585 Spring Valley Dr.
Male/white/married
b. Nov 28, 1878 72 years 4 months 14 days at death
occupation listed as carpenter (but he farmed a little and also butchered some)
Father's name: J.T. Mayo
Mother's name: Susan Perdue
never in armed forces
info given by Everett Mayo, son
condition leading to death - acute cardiac failure
Chronic myocarditis 4 years
no autopsy
W. Daniels, MD Huntington, WV 4-14-51
Buried April 15, 1951 Mayo Cemetary Walter J. Rollins, Jr. Embalmer lic. no 1240, W. F. Rollins Funeral director lic. no. 367
I remember hearing that he had helped someone load a cow onto a truck right before his death.
My grandmother was Elizabeth Margaret Carey. The
Carey family are of English stock and that proud line goes back many generations
into English history, but the immigrant grandfather came to America about 1634,
joined the Plymouth Colony, and made his home at Duxbury, where he had a farm.
In 1644 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Francis and Elizabeth GODFREY (who was
a carpenter and bridge builder,) and in August, 1643, we find his name on the
muster roll of the Duxbury Company commanded by Capt. Myles STANDISH; he removed
to Bridgewater where he died in 1669; it is thought that the name GODFREY comes
from the Duke of Bouillon, the Crusader).
I loved Grandma Mayo very much. She
was always very affectionate with me. She always made me homemade strawberry
sandwiches on white bread for me to take out under the weeping willow tree and
eat. I usually fed most of it to the ants!! :-)
Once when I was ill, I received a box with a whole lot of little things in it. Among those was a jigger measure that looked like a rootbeer mug. I loved that mug!!
After James Mayo died, Grandma Mayo went to work at a restaurant washing dishes! I did not know that this was necessary. She had no Social Security. I wonder how in the world she made it. I do remember my mother buying her things frequently and sometimes when we left, mother would leave some money on the kitchen table if Grandma did not catch her!!
Elizabeth Margaret Carey died of complications from Parkinson's Disease. Her Death Certificate notes she:
76 years old, Wayne Co., WV 4201 July 17, 1962 Vol. 10, 10653
................................ +Elizabeth Margaret Carey b: September 10, 1885 in Ebenezer, Wayne, W.Va. m: April 28, 1904 d: July 17, 1962 in Huntington, W.Va. Sex: Female Father: Henry Edward Carey Mother: Elizabeth Margaret Napier
Elizabeth Margaret Carey's Napier line goes back
into Scotland and into the lines of Clan Chieftains.
The children of James Glen Mayo and Elizabeth Margaret Carey were:
................................ 7 Anna Lee Mayo b: June 19, 1902 in Wayne County, W.Va. d: August 31, 1981 in Cabell Co.,WV Sex: Female
Anna was called Annie. She married Carl Clay on Dec. 24, 1919. Annie had twin sons born at home. The babies were so small that a teacup fit over their heads. Aunt Annie wrapped the babies in flannel and placed them on a pillow in a rocking chair in front of the fireplace to keep them warm. I remember Billy. The other twin's name was Bennie and he died early. Billy was a handsome red-headed young man. He was killed in an accident while he was in the service.
Carl died Dec. 15, 1922.
Aunt Annie was the best cook in the family. I loved her brown beans. They were soupy and flavored with bacon.
Mother told a couple of funny stories about Aunt Annie, who in later years was a regular Miss 5 X 5.
Aunt Annie and Mother were going downtown to have Aunt Annie's picture taken. Aunt Annie got all dressed up and they waited on the bus. It was cold weather and there was snow on the ground. When the bus came, they got on and rode to the stop nearest their destination. When they started to get off the bus Aunt Annie fell and her legs flew up over her head. Mother helped her up and started to dust her off. Aunt Annie brushed mother's hands off and climbed back on the bus. Mother said, "Aren't we going to get your picture taken?"
Aunt Annie replied, "No!. I've already taken everybody in Huntington's picture." And she huffed to her seat and went home.
Aunt Annie was always rather vain of her appearance. She was short and round, but was always neat and clean and had her hair and makeup nicely done. She needed glasses to see well, but frequently didn't wear them because she thought they didn't look good on her. Mother and Aunt Annie were shopping in one of Huntington's larger and better stores. They started down the stairs to the basement to the housewares department. On the landing was a mannequin of a woman in a house dress holding a mixing bowl and spoon. Aunt Annie bumped the mannequin and it wavered back and forth on its stand. Mother cried out, "Annie, watch out!' Aunt Annie replied, "Let her look out; she can see better than I can!"
...................................... +Carl
Golden Clay b: Abt. 1898 in Cabell Co.,WV m: December 24, 1919 in Catlettsburg,
Boyd, KY d: December 15, 1922 Sex: Male
Carl Golden Clay was killed in an accident in a brickyard where he worked. He was oiling some machinery when his jacket sleeve caught in the machine and it threw him back and forth finally crushing his head according to Nina Mae Clay, his daughter, who gave me this information on July 8th, 1997.
...................................... 8 Nina Mae Clay b: September 08, 1922 in Wayne County, W.Va. Sex: Female
Information on this family and their descendants
was given to me by Nina Mae Clay and Ralph Lester Saunders, Jr as well as
visiting family members of other descendants on July 8th, 1997 in Huntington,
WV.
............................................ +Ralph Lester Saunders,Jr
b: in Wayne County, W.Va. m:
September 02, 1939 in Boyd Co., KY Sex: Male Father: Ralph Lester Saunders, Sr
Mother: Lillian Wellman
............................................ 9 Sally
Lee Saunders b: Sex: Female
.................................................. +Ralph James Davenport
m: in Wayne Co., WV Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 Ralph Daniel Davenport
b: Sex: Male
........................................................ +Terri DeMent Sex:
Female
....................................................... 11 Danielle
Nicole Davenport b: Sex: Female
.................................................. 10 James Dale Davenport b
Sex: Male
............................................ 9 William "Bill"
Ralph Saunders b: Sex: Male
.................................................. +Tama Maxine Osburn
b: Sex: Female Father: Charles
Osburn Mother: Ellen
Sowards
.................................................. 10 Angie Dawn
Saunders b: Sex: Female
........................................................ +Lloyd Robert
Wheeler II Sex: Male
.......................................................
11 Robert Miles Wheeler b: Sex:
Male
.................................................. *2nd Husband of
Angie Dawn Saunders:
........................................................ +Benjamin Steele
Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 Lori Renee
Saunders b: Sex: Female
............................................ 9 Rodney Lester Saunders
b: Sex: Male
.................................................. +Nicole "Nikki" Elkins
Sex: Female
.................................................. 10 Joshua
Lester Saunders b: Sex: Male
...................................... 8 Billy Clay b: Abt. 1923 Sex: Male
...................................... 8 Benny Clay b: Abt. 1923 Sex: Male
...................................... 8 Carl Howard (Skeeter) Clay b:
August 01, 1930 Sex: Male
............................................
+Ethel Frazier Sex: Female
............................................ 9
Charles Howard Clay b: Sex: Male
.................................................. +Doddy ? Sex: Female
.................................................. 10 Christopher Howard
Clay b: Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 Melody Renee Clay
b: Sex: Female
.................................................. 10 Crystal Gail Clay
b: Sex: Female
....................................................... 11 Christopher Lynn
Clay b: Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 Lisa Marie Clay
b: Sex: Female
............................................ *2nd Wife of Charles Howard
Clay:
.................................................. +Donna ? Sex:
Female
.................................................. 10 Mandi Clay
b: Sex: Female
............................................ *3rd Wife of Charles Howard
Clay:
.................................................. +Tricia ? Sex:
Female
.................................................. 10 Sarah Clay
b: Sex: Female
...................................... *2nd Wife of Carl Howard (Skeeter)
Clay:
............................................ +Mildred Workman Sex:
Female
............................................ 9 Connie Sue Clay
b: Sex: Female
.................................................. +Tony Clay m: Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 Tony Clay b: Sex: Male
............................................ 9 Robin Denise Clay b: Sex: Female
.................................................. +Richard Thomas Hickman
m: Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 Jennifer Lee Hickman
b: Sex: Female
............................................ *2nd Husband of Robin Denise
Clay:
.................................................. +Robert Johnson
m: Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 Nicholas Johnson
b: Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 Randi Johnson b: Sex: Female
...................................... *3rd Wife of Carl Howard (Skeeter)
Clay:
............................................ +Brenda Joyce Frazier
Sex: Female
............................................ 9 Cathy Yvonne Clay
b: Sex: Female
.................................................. +Carl Jude Yadkins
m: Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 David Carl Yadkins
b: Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 Nicholas Devin Yadkins
b: Sex: Male
............................................ 9 Troy Scott Clay b: Sex: Male
............................................ 9 Anita Dawn Clay b: Sex: Female
.................................................. +Robert Frederick
Hankinson m: Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 Crystal Carrie Clay
b: Sex: Female
.................................................. 10 Robert Nathaniel
Hankinson b: Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 Angel Lee Hankinson b:
Sex: Female
.................................................. 10 Emily
Elizabeth Hankinson b: Sex: Female
............................................ 9 David Janssen Clay b: Sex: Male
.................................................. +Michelle Idell Denmark
m: Sex: Female
.................................................. 10 David Scott Clay
b: Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 Eric Jansenn Clay
b: Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 Elizabeth Lee Germand
b: Sex: Female
............................................ 9 Susan Lee Clay b: Sex: Female
.................................................. +Steven Marty Donaldson
m: Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 Clayton Forrest
Donaldson b: Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 Samantha Paige
Donaldson b: Sex: Female
............................................ 9 Melissa Joy Clay b: Sex: Female
.................................................. +Raymond Joseph
Stackhurski m: Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 Cody Joseph
Stackhurski b: Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 Brittany Justine
Stackhurski b: Sex: Female
................................ 7 Fanny Mayo b: December 25, 1904 in Wayne County, W.Va. d: December 22, 1977 in Pearisburg, VA Sex: Female
Fanny was called "John". The story I was told was that Aunt John went into a barber's shop when she was quite young. She told the barber that she wanted her long hair cut. He asked how she wanted it to look and she said she wanted it to look just like John Will's (a neighbor) who had what was called a bowl cut in those days, because it looked like someone had put a bowl around their head and cut the hair to fit. The barber did just what Aunt John asked and she was called John Will or just John after that.
Aunt John was very obese and quite short; a regular Miss 5 by 5. She lived in Ballard, W.Va., not far from Narrows, Va.
We visited them every summer and I can remember the fun I had. The cousins teased me because one of the first times, I awoke when they were getting up to do their chores. They told me to go back to sleep, that I needn't get up. But I was so excited that I said "no, I want to go gather the milk." They never let me forget that.
John was married to Add James Poff on July 30, 1920. Their children were Bud, Shirley Ann, Eddie Glen, and Lana Gale.
One day when I was visiting the farm, Aunt John had to go to the barn. She put on Uncle Add's galoshes, the kind that have big buckles, over her own shoes. Because she needed to have an operation (I think it was to remove her gallbladder) she had lost a substantial amount of weight which left a skin flap that hung down over her thighs.
She reached the barn and it was dark inside because it was just dusk. She went inside to find the lantern. She heard a loud, heavy breathing that was almost a roar. She thought that her son, Bud, who was a real trickster was playing a joke on her. She called out to him to stop. The noise came a second time, and she said,"Bud, I told you to stop that." It came again, and she yelled, "Bud, now you stop that, your a'scarin' me!"
She turned around and saw two yellow eyes staring down at her from the hayloft. She screamed and ran out of the barn toward the porch where we were all sitting. We didn't hear the scream, but we heard a smacking noise that was very rhythmic. We all looked to see Aunt John running as fast as her short legs would carry her toward the house, screaming for Uncle Add. It wasn't until later that we realized that the sound we were hearing was the flapping of Aunt John's stomach skin against her legs.
The men including my father, found tracks of a panther leading from the barn but they never saw the animal itself.
Because they had a dairy farm, we had whipped cream on everything. I was in heaven. I can remember cream pies topped with cream rather than meringue.
I also remember something that Uncle Add did that astonished me. He ate his peas with his knife! And he never spilled a one.
...................................... +Add J.
Poff b: July 14, 1896 m: July 30, 1920 in Catlettsburg, Boyd, KY d: July 25,
1975 Sex: Male Father: Augustus Price Poff
Add was originally called Adam Joshua but changed it to Ad James.
Information on much of this family and their descendants came from my own personal knowledge and that of my mother, Shirley EVELYN Mayo and from the personal knowledge of Nina Mae Clay.
..................................... 8 Clarence
(Bud) Poff Sex: Male
............................................ +Irene
Frederick Sex: Female
............................................ 9 Fannie
Lee Poff Sex: Female
..................................................
+Jerry Martin Sex: Male
..................................................
10 Christopher Martin Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 Sherry Martin Sex:
Female
....................................................... 11 Eric Scott
Martin Sex: Male
....................................................... 11
Wayne Martin Sex: Male
...................................... 8 Shirley Ann
Poff Sex: Female
...................................... 8 Eddie Glen Poff
Sex: Male
............................................ +Maria b: in Italy m:
in Italy Sex: Female
............................................ 9 Adam
Poff Sex: Male
............................................ 9 David Poff
Sex: Male
...................................... 8 Frances Poff Sex: Female
............................................ +Earl Vaught Sex: Male
............................................ 9 Larry Vaught Sex: Male
.................................................. +Elizabeth Casey Sex:
Female
.................................................. 10 Larry Vaught,
Jr. Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 Kathy
Vaught Sex: Female
.................................................. 10
James Vaught Sex: Male
............................................ 9
Linette Vaught Sex: Female
.................................................. +Edward Burke Sex: Male
.................................................. 10 Kristen Burke Sex:
Female
.................................................. 10 Elizabeth Burke
Sex: Female
...................................... 8 Lana Gale Poff Sex:
Female
............................................ +Roy Lester Sex: Male
............................................ 9 Johnnie Lester Sex: Female
............................................ 9 Teresa Lester Sex: Female
................................ 7 Othel Franklin (Taft) Mayo b: October 12, 1907 in Wayne County, W.Va. d: August 22, 1946 in Wayne County, W.Va. Sex: Male
Othel Mayo was called "Taft". I'm sure it must have been after President Taft, but I don't remember the story.
Uncle Taft was killed by the drunken owner of a small beer joint named Avery Stewart. It happened on a Sunday morning. Taft who had joined the church and stopped drinking went into the beer joint that morning to buy some bread and milk because they had run out. The owner was there and offered Taft a bottle of beer which Taft refused. The owner was drunk and took offense at Taft's not drinking with him and ordered him to have a drink. Taft politely refused and the owner threw the bottle at Taft. It fell to the floor in front of his feet. The owner then threw a broom at Taft and told him to clean up the mess he had caused. If the owner had asked Taft to clean it up, he would probably have done so, but Taft got his dander up at the owner's manner and refused. The owner pulled a gun, and called Taft a SOB, and ordered him to do as he'd been told. Taft refused and the owner shot him. Aunt Cleo was pregnant with Polly at the time. And the stress caused her to deliver early, just after Uncle Taft was buried. I think I remember the funeral. I was probably around eight.
Taft Mayo was killed by Avery Stewart who m. Maxine Adkins listed on p. 119 in the Napier book.
The story in the newspaper that ran the day after his death told a different story, but mother says this one is true.
The man who shot Uncle Taft was sentenced to about five years, even though his own wife testified that she was scared to death of him. He served only a couple of years and was let out for good behavior. Should be newpaper stories of his death in Huntington papers.
My mother Shirley Evelyn Mayo told the story of Uncle Taft riding the rails during the Great Depression in order to look for work. He would grab the train in Kenova and head out in search of whatever he could find. He was always good about sending money back to Grandma when he had any.
One time, he ended up some place in Ohio getting off the train outside of the town and walking into the city. There was another man with him but I do not know who this man was. It could have been his brother Everett.
The two of them were broke but very willing to work at whatever they could find. On their way into the town, they ran into two girls about their own age and they started talking. The girls told them that they were on their way to sign up for some jobs that were supposed to be opening up and they would take them to the place so that they could sign up too.
While they walked, one of the girls tummy rumbled. That was very embarassing to her and she apologized very profusely but noted that they hadn't eaten in two days as they hadn't had any money to buy anything. Uncle Taft took this as a statement hoping that the two guys would take the girls out to eat. Uncle Taft explained that they were both broke and pulled from his pocket a dime saying that this 'one thin dime' was all he had.
The girls said that they understood, but that there was a small grocery store around the corner from where they had first met the boys. They noted that they had an apartment nearby and used that store. They said that they bet that Uncle Taft would be able to get something from the store to feed them all with that dime.
After signing up for the jobs, the four of them returned to the area of the store, and Uncle Taft went in. He was always a smooth talker and he told the store keeper that all he had was this 'one thin dime' and that he had two little girls who had not eaten in two days. He asked the storekeeper to give him a loaf of bread and some baloney so that they could at least have that. The grocer agreed and cut four thick slices of baloney from the piece in his cooler. With Uncle Taft continuing to talk about his two little girls, the man threw in a quart of milk and a bag of cookies.
Uncle Taft returned to the apartment where the three were waiting. The girls had found an onion and some mustard in the cupboard. They fried the baloney and made sandwiches and they all had a good meal finished off with milk and cookies. Mother didn't go into the 'rest of the story,' of what happened then!! But we can use our imaginations here!!
But she did note later that Uncle Taft brought a girl from Ohio home with him one time and they stayed at Grandpa Mayo's house. She noted this was very unusual because 'Pop' didn't approve of things like that. She did not remember the girl's name or if she ever saw her again.
I thought that Uncle Taft and my mother looked the most alike in this family and their personalities were similar. Uncle Taft was always kind to me when I visited.
Information on this family and their descendants
is from my own personal knowledge and personal knowledge of my mother, Shirley
EVELYN Mayo Sparks as well as from Nina Mae Clay Saunders.
...................................... +Cleo
Blanch Perdue m: July 27, 1932 in Catlettsburg, Boyd Co., KY Sex: Female Father:
George Perdue Mother: Nora Haney
...................................... 8
George Othel (Doodle) Mayo b: September 12, 1938 in Wayne County, W.Va. d: May
22, 1969 in Viet Nam Sex: Male
............................................
+Dorothea Loisie Stewart b: in Wayne County, W.Va. m: in Wayne Co., WV Sex:
Female
............................................ 9 Michael Anthony Mayo
b: Sex: Male
.................................................. +Renee
Annette Stevens m: in Wayne Co., WV Sex: Female
............................................ 9 Marsha Renee Mayo b: Sex:
Female
............................................ 9 Amy Ruth Mayo Sex:
Female
...................................... 8 Jerry Roger (Sugar) Mayo b:
in Wayne County, W.Va. Sex: Male
............................................ +Gladys Ruth Dresher b: in
Cohoes, NY m: in Cohoes, NY Sex: Female Father: Christopher Drescher Mother:
Anna Osley
............................................ 9 Scott Tyler Mayo b:
in Huntington, Cabell Co., WV Sex: Male
.................................................. +Amy Katherine Lester b:
in Cabell Co.,WV m: in Wayne Co., WV Sex: Female
............................................ 9 Garrett Taft Mayo b: in
Bellflower, Lomita, CA Sex: Male
.................................................. +Christey Dawn Scarberry
Sex: Female
...................................... 8 Patty Sue Mayo b: in
Wayne County, W.Va. Sex: Female
............................................
+Rodney Dwight Lewis b: in Wharton Co., KY m:in Ceredo, Wayne Co., WV Sex: Male
Father: Walter Lewis
............................................ 9 Rodney
Michael Lewis b: in Cabell Co.,WV Sex: Male
.................................................. +Catherine Breiminguer m:
in San Diego, CA Sex: Female
............................................ 9
Mark Allen Lewis b: in Cabell Co.,WV Sex: Male
............................................ 9 Monica Sue Lewis b: in Cabell
Co.,WV Sex: Female
...................................... 8 Polly Jane Mayo
b: Sex: Female
............................................ +Colin George
Smith m: in Parisburg, Giles Co., VA Sex: Male
............................................ 9 Jerry Dale Smith b: Sex: Male
............................................ 9 Gregory Scott Smith b: Sex:
Male
............................................ 9 Colin Jeffrey Smith b:
Sex: Male
............................................ 9 Christopher Bryant
Smith b: Sex: Male
............................................ 9 Wesley
Hardin Smith b: d: August 09, 1971 Sex: Male
................................ 7 Everett Tyler Mayo b: February 05, 1910 d: December 13, 1973 in Huntington, Cabell, W.Va. Sex: Male
Uncle Everett was my favorite Uncle, but he was a hard man to live with. He was strict and domineering. He also probably had the first dime he ever earned.
I frequently stayed with Uncle Everett and Aunt Lou because my cousins and I were the closest of any of the cousins. Jimmy Dale was the oldest, then came Kay Ann, who was about six months older than I, then Danny Joe, Dottie Lou, and Cookie whose real name was Jackie!
The following story got me through many an English class as I completed high school and college.
Kay Ann had been elected Basketball Princess at her high school, Vinson in Huntington, WV. It was such an honor as the election showed how much her school friends thought of her. There was to be a dance and a dinner at which Kay Ann would rule. So exciting!!
I was in the ninth grade in Charleston, WV but Kay Ann invited me to come down and join her for this special event. I was excited for her and my mother bought me a very pretty dress which excited me even more.
I went to Kay Ann's house where I was to help her get ready. She had made a beautiful gown for herself . It was styled as a floor length princess gown which clung to her tiny waist and flared out over her hips down to the floor. It was made of pink eyelet, and it had a hoop skirt that made the gown flare out even more. It was strapless and Kay Ann was made to hold it up. She looked beautiful. Her light blondish-brown hair was up-swept and held a few flowers. Her date picked us up. I believe he was a first cousin of Kay Ann's but they had a crush on each other even though the relationship could never be . I think his name was Dale Mayo.
At the dance, one of Kay Ann's girlfriends asked us to stop by her house after the dance to have some refreshments, and Kay Ann agreed. We didn't stay only 30 or 40 minutes, and then went on home. I went in the house while Kay Ann told her date good night. Aunt Lou heard me enter and called down stairs. "Is that you Kay Ann?"
I answered, 'It's me Aunt Lou!"
Aunt Lou then said the dreaded words that no one ever wanted to hear: "Your Uncle Everett is out looking for you! Hurry and tell Kay Ann to get up stairs." It just about scared me to death! I pulled open the door and shouted, "Quick, get in here, Uncle Everett's looking for us."
Kay Ann's date bolted off the front porch so fast that it looked like he left a vapor trail. He knew Uncle Everett too! Kay and I hurried upstairs. I quickly undressed and got into my pajamas. I looked and Kay Ann still had her dress on . It was dark in the room, the only light coming from the hall and the moonlight from outside. "What's wrong?" I wailed.
Kay Ann's zipper had gotten stuck. I turned her so that her back was to the light and I tried desperately to get it unstuck, but my terror and the lack of good light made that an impossibility. My fingers shook. My whole body shook!
Just then we heard Uncle Everett's truck in the drive way. Both of us jumped into the bed and pulled the covers up to our chins. Lying there like little angels with our hands folded on top of our abdomens. And then I looked down at the foot of the bed. There were my feet making two small lumps under the covers. I looked over at Kay Ann's side and there was her hoop, making her side of the bed look like the top of a covered wagon. Impossible giggles bubbled up in my throat and I bit the top of the blanket to keep myself still. Uncle Everett came on upstairs and passed our door. I couldn't tell whether he looked in. After the lights in his room went out, Kay Ann got out of bed and I worked on her dress, finally getting the zipper down enough that she could slip out of it and get into her pajamas.
The next day at breakfast, Kay Ann and I received the bad news that we were to be forbidden to go to the Basketball dinner that night. How awful!! What extreme punishment for such a minor little crime. I could hardly wait for my mother to come by that afternoon!
I just knew that she would talk to Uncle Everett, and explain to him that we hadn't meant to cause any trouble, but she didn't. This was Uncle Everett's family not hers. And so we stayed home while the rest of the high school celebrated the end of basketball season, a winning one at that! I think Uncle Everett was not my favorite uncle for some time after that!
Information on this family and their descendants came from my own personal knowledge, personal knowledge of my mother Shirley EVELYN Mayo Sparks and personal knowledge of Nina Mae Clay Saunders.
...................................... +Lucille
(Lou) Flora m: February 08, 1934 in Huntington, Cabell, W.Va. Sex: Female
...................................... 8 Danny Joe Mayo,Sr Sex: Male
............................................ +Sheila Ann Jenkins Sex: Female
............................................ 9 Bobby Lynn Mayo b: Sex: Female
............................................ 9 Danny Joe Mayo, Jr b: Sex: Male
.................................................. +Natalie Yvonne Perdue
Sex: Female
.................................................. 10 Whitley
Lauran Mayo b: Sex: Female
............................................ 9 Steven Kent Mayo b: Sex: Male
...................................... 8 Jimmy Dale Mayo b: Abt. Sex: Male
............................................ +Elizabeth Ann Stevens b:
Abt. Sex: Female
............................................ 9 Brandon Mayo Sex: Male
............................................ 9 Julie Mayo Sex: Female
............................................ 9 James Brent Mayo b: Sex: Male
.................................................. +Julia Gail Wilgus Sex:
Female
.................................................. 10 Sarah Kathleen
Mayo b: Sex: Female
............................................ 9 Jamie Leigh Mayo b: Sex: Female
.................................................. +Tom Edward Keeney
b: Sex: Male
...................................... 8 Kay Ann Mayo b: Abt. Sex: Female
............................................ +Hugh Colter Sex: Male
...................................... 8 Dottie Lou Mayo b: Sex: Female
............................................ +John Franklin Looney b: Sex: Male
............................................ 9 John Tyler Mayo Looney Sex:
Male
...................................... 8 Jackie (Cookie) Mayo b: Sex: Female
............................................ +Eric Anthony Ritter b: Sex: Male
............................................ 9 Matthew Ritter Sex: Male
................................ 7 Ethel Estelle Mayo b: March 30, 1913 d: March 30, 1913 Sex: Female
Information on Ethel Estelle came from Shirley
EVELYN Mayo Sparks, her sister.