Clarence B. Mays (1880 - 1958)

Born 13 Jan 1880 in Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Juanita (Carson) Mays — married 23 Jun 1910 in Garvin County, Oklahoma

Died 1958 at about age 77 in Garvin, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Clarence was Chickasaw.

Clarence was born 13 Jan 1880 in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, the son of David Mays and Susan Mitchell. Clarence passed away in 1958 at Garvin, Oklahoma. He is buried at the Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Garvin County, Oklahoma.^[2]

The sources listed from the “Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907” show the Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Land Allotment Jackets for Five Civilized Tribes, application for allotment affidavit, Chickasaw Citizenship Certificate. ^[3][4][5]

Born 13 JAN 1880. Chickasaw Nation, IT. ^[6][7]

Marriage Clarence B. Mays and Juanita Carson 23 JUN 1910. Garvin County, Oklahoma. ^[8][9]

Buried 1958 Maysville Cemetery, Garvin County, OK. ^[10]

Note:
1920 Census: Whitehead Township, Garvin County, Oklahoma; age 39.

Sources

1. ↑ National Archives, Dawes Commission; Chickasaw Roll card 4156, line 5
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36707444/clarence-b-mays : accessed 11 February 2022), memorial page for Clarence B. Mays (1879–1958), Find a Grave Memorial ID 36707444, citing Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Sharon Dobson Beck & Kelly (contributor 48712041) .
3. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6PT9-CXP?cc=1390101&wc=MXHP-ZWL%3A967441201%2C967598101 : 17 October 2016), Chickasaws by Blood > No. 4435-4493 > image 194 of 1298; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.
4. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6PT9-ZHC?cc=1390101&wc=MXHP-ZWL%3A967441201%2C967598101 : 17 October 2016), Chickasaws by Blood > No. 4435-4493 > image 211 of 1298; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.
5. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6PT9-CKS?cc=1390101&wc=MXHP-ZWL%3A967441201%2C967598101 : 17 October 2016), Chickasaws by Blood > No. 4435-4493 > image 204 of 1298; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.
6. ↑ Census
7. ↑ Draft card
8. ↑ Garvin County Marriage Records: Book 2, Page 437
9. ↑ "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR3J-3T6 : 23 February 2021), Clarence Mays and Nita Carson, 23 Jun 1910; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.
10. ↑ Cemetery Headstone

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7W92-6TPZ : 25 December 2021), Clarence Mays, 1917-1918.
• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSRY-QQ4 : 2 February 2022), Clarence B Mays in entry for David Mays, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML72-G14 : accessed 11 February 2022), Clarance Mayes in household of David Mayes, Maysville, Garvin, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 78, sheet 23B, family 12, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1252; FHL microfilm 1,375,265.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJMF-4TT : 3 February 2021), Clarence Mays, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBV3-ST6 : 5 January 2021), Clarence Mays, White Bead Township, Garvin, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 25-28, sheet 5B, line 41, family 85, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3294.