Escambia County AlArchives Biographies.....Mayo, Jr., Charles Y. December 28 1866 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    CHARLES Y. MAYO, JR., a popular young business man of Pollard, possessing in
a marked degree personal characteristics which have gained for him the highest
respect and esteem of all with whom he has come in contact, was born in what is
now Escambia county, on the 28th day of December, 1866. In youth he attended the
common schools, but at the early age of fourteen, owing to the death of an elder
brother, he was compelled to forego the privilege of securing the education he
so greatly desired, and take charge of his father's business, with which he
became identified two years-later as a partner. The firm of C. Y. Mayo & Sons,
manufacturers of timber and lumber, and dealers in general merchandise, has been
one of the fixed business establishments of Douglasville for a number of years,
and its present commendable standing is largely due to the superior management
of Charles Y., Jr., who, for a period of nine years, was the efficient
superintendent. In addition to his connection with this firm, Mr. Mayo owns a
fourth interest in the Pollard Mill company, with which he became identified in
August, 1891, and is now filling the position of secretary, treasurer, and
general financial manager of the firm. As a business man, Mr. Mayo possesses
abilities of a high order, as is attested by the successful career of the large
firms of which he has been the financial head. He is a superior accountant, an
accomplished penman, and the books, which he keeps with most scrupulous care,
are models of elegant chirography. Mr. Mayo possesses a well-balanced mind,
which has been cultivated by an intimate acquaintance with the best authors, and
in point of intelligence and general integrity he is easily the peer of any
citizen of his community. He early imbibed the spirit of politics, in which he
takes great interest, and his counsel has been prominent in every convention of
his party in Escambia county since he became of sufficient age to wield the
election franchise. He was married in September, 1885, to Mary Avent, daughter
of J. C. and Mary Avent. Mrs. Mayo was born in Pike county, Ala., April 15,
1866, and is the mother of one child, Arthur David Mayo, aged three years.



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

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