Escambia County AlArchives Biographies.....Mayo, Sr., Charles Y. November 23 1819 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    CHARLES Y. MAYO, SR., one of the oldest natives of Escambia county, Ala., is
Charles Y. Mayo, Sr. He was born November 23, 1819, in that portion of Conecuh
county, which was subsequently cut off and known as Escambia county. His parents
were John W. and Nancy (Gaines) Mayo, the former of Irish and the latter of
Scotch-Irish extraction; they were born in Georgia and South Carolina,
respectively, and settled in Escambia county in 1815. Charles Y. Mayo, Sr., had
no early opportunities for a college education, but acquired a very fair share
of knowledge at the schools of his neighborhood. He worked with his father in
the mill business until 1847, when he went into the hewn timber business; later,
he engaged in saw milling and in mercantile business, which he still follows,
being at present the senior member of the firm of C. Y. Mayo & Sons, of
Douglasville, Ala. February 14, 1847, Mr. Mayo married Miss Mary Brackin, of
Irish descent. To this union have been born the following children: Andrew, now
deceased; Nancy, married to L. D. Solomon; David, deceased; Laura, wife of W. A.
Dixon; Frances, now Mrs. W. O. Dixon; Julia, deceased wife of Dr. S. C.
Henderson, of Brewton; Charles Y., Jr.; William K., a member of the firm of C.
Y. Mayo & Sons. The great-grandfather of C. Y. Mayo, Sr., came to this country
direct from county Mayo, Ireland. John W. Mayo, father of C. Y. Mayo, Sr., came
from Georgia to Conecuh county, Ala., in 1815, and located north of Conecuh
river on a branch which was called Mayo creek, and which still bears the name.
In 1816 he moved across, the river and settled within one mile of the present
home of his grandson, C. Y. Mayo. Jr., where the latter was born, and which has
been his abiding place ever since. John W. Mayo and Nancy Gainer were married in
1818, and were blessed with the following children: Charles; Martha,deceased;
Samuel G., in real estate business at Independence, Mo.; Nancy, married to James
Bishop, of Milton, Fla.; Rebecca, wife of William T. Spies, of Brewton, Ala.;
David and John L., of Hitchcock, Tex.; Adeline, married to Andrew Newman, of
Brewton, and Reuben, Benjamin and Emeline, all three deceased. During the late
war Charles Y. Mayo, Sr., was a member of company I, Sixth Alabama cavalry,
Capt. J. C. Keyser, having enlisted in August, 1863, and serving until the close
of the war. In his company Samuel G. Mayo (brother of C. Y., Sr.) was the second
lieutenant. In politics C. Y. Mayo is a reliable democrat; in religion he is a
Universalist: he is, beside, a member of the order of Good Templars, and is
universally esteemed throughout the county of Escambia and adjacent counties. He
is fond of literature and frequently indulges in composition, both, of prose and
verse.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 983-984
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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