John Thomas Mayes (1857 - 1914)

Born 17 Dec 1857 in Athens, Henderson County, Texas

Ancestors

Husband of Ona Mae (Evans) Mayes — married 16 Dec 1883 in Denton, Texas

Descendants

Died 2 Dec 1914 at age 56 in St. Johns, Multnomah County, Oregon

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Biography

John Thomas Mayes was the son of John G. Mayes and Pernetta Ann (White) Mayes.

On December 16, 1883 he married Ona Evans in Denton County, Texas. There they had three children while in Texas, and then moved to Oregon, where they had seven more children.

He was a carpenter, and according to the 1910 US Federal Census he worked in a lumber mill.

He lived in Oregon over 20 years, the last 10 years at 515 Philidelphia Street, St. Johns.

He died at 12:45 a.m. on December 4, 1914. The cause of death is listed as "Uremic Coma with complications from Valvulas Lesion of Heart and Apoplexy".

Burial: Lincoln Memorial Park (formerly Mt. Scott Cemetery), Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA Plot: Magnolia Section: Plot #66

Obituary

The Oregonian, 12/3/1914

John P. Mayes [sic], of St. Johns, Dies.

St. Johns, OR., Dec 2. - (Special.) - John P. Mayes died yesterday at his home, 515 Philadelphia Street, St. Johns, aged 58. He is survived by a widow and ten children, and was a member of the Woodmen of the World and the Knights of Pythias. Funeral will be held tomorrow at 10 A.M. from the Christian Church, and the interment will be made in the Mount Scott Park Cemetery.

Sources

• Research by Keith Mayes

• Evans Family Tree, by Bob Evans

• "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch: accessed 25 March 2015, John Mayes, Arkansas, United States; citing p. 1, family 1, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,552.

• "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch: accessed 25 March 2015, John T Mayes in household of John Mayes, Precinct 2, Denton, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch: accessed 01 Dec 2014, John Mayes, Glendale and Riddle Precincts Riddle village, Douglas, Oregon, United States; citing sheet 2A, family 22, NARA microfilm publication T623, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1241346.

• "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch: accessed 01 Dec 2014, John T Mayes, St Johns Ward 2, Multnomah, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 112, sheet 15A, family 388, NARA microfilm publication T624, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1375301.

• The Oregonian (Portland, OR), Volume LIV, Issue 16856, page 5, Obituaries, 12/3/1914 (article hosted on Newsbank, requires membership to view)

• Find-A-Grave Memorial ID#6581417, created by Helen Brown