Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Mayfield, Samuel J. 1925 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Hanson ihansonb@fmtc.com January 16, 2006, 9:09 pm The Payette Independent 1-15-1925 The Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, January 15, 1925 Oliver Mayfield has received word that his father, Samuel Mayfield, died at Ryderwood, Washington, Saturday morning, and the remains were being sent to Payette for burial. (The Payette Independent, Thursday, January 15, 1925) S. J. Mayfield Passes Another of Payette's old settlers has passed away in the person of Samuel J. Mayfield, who after a brief illness with lobar pneumonia, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. M. Atterbury at Ryderwood, Wash., January 9th. He had returned from a visit to his old home in Alabama, a short time before the fatal illness. The body, accompanied by a son, Marvin, and a daughter, Mrs. L. M. Atterbury, arrived Tuesday morning, the funeral services being conducted Wednesday morning at the Church of Christ, Rev. I. E. Mitchell officiating. The body was laid to rest in Riverside cemetery, by the side of his wife. Samuel J. Mayfield was born October 24, 1852, at Warrior Station, Alabama, and departed this life January 9, 1925, at Ryderwood, Wash. When a young man he was married to Mary Terry, and to this union ten children were born, one son, Jesse, died in 1901 and the eldest daughter, Mrs. Fernando Coulter died in 1919. He is survived by six sons and two daughters; E. W. Mayfield, Loyalist, Alberta, Canada; Andrew J. Mayfield, Caldwell; Oliver Mayfield, Payette; Harvey Mayfield, Nordman, Idaho; I. F. Mayfield, Klamath, Oregon; Marvin Mayfield, Baker, Oregon; Mrs. H. D. Smith, Redmon, Oregon; and Mrs. L. M. Atterbury, Ryderwood, Washington. In 1889 with his family he moved to Texas, where they resided until 1898, when they came to Payette in a covered wagon. The following year Mrs. Mayfield died, leaving him with the aid of the eldest daughter, to rear a large family. He was in the employe of the O. S. L. for twenty-two years. Mr. Mayfield was a devoted Christian a member for two years of the Church of Christ. He was an amiable man of upright character, and one who will be mourned by all who knew him. By his death the community loses a consistent worker and the children loose a kind and loving father. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/payette/obits/m/mayfield1497nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/idfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb