Joseph (21) married Mary Elizabeth Morgan (20) (1862 - 1960) on 16 Nov 1882 in Marshall County, Alabama.
Joseph died on 30 May 1937 in Grove Oak, DeKalb, Alabama aged 76.
Sources
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4VS-847 : 13 January 2022), Joseph Mays in household of James Mays, Election Precinct 17 Kirbys, Marshall, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 248, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
"Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29NW-93H : 19 February 2021), Josephus Mayes and Mary E Morgan, 14 Nov 1882; citing Marshall, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,203,542.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQ6-DF7 : accessed 13 March 2023), Joseph Mays, Grahams, DeKalb, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 47, sheet 6A, family 104, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 12; FHL microfilm 1,374,025.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47480363/joe-mayes: accessed 12 March 2023), memorial page for Joe Mayes (28 Apr 1861–30 May 1937), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47480363, citing Piney Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, DeKalb County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Dianne (contributor 47039634).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joe by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joe: