Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Mayhill, Noah E. And Bert B. 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

MAYHILL BROTHERS.

   It is a well-recognized fact that the most powerful influence in shaping and
controlling public life in the press. It reaches a greater number of people than
any other agency, and as it has always been, and in hands of persons competent
to direct it, always will remain the most important factor in molding public
opinion and shaping the destiny of the nation.

   The Mayhill Brothers, Noah E. and Bert B. Mayhill, proprietors of the Delphi
Journal, of Delphi; Indiana, are prominently connected with journalism of
Carroll county and to some extent have been identified with newspapers
practically all of their lives. The Delphi Journel [sic] is a weekly newspaper
of wide circulation in Carroll county and a paper of large influence in the
political and civic life of the county.

   The publishers of the Delphi Journal, the official Republican organ of
Carroll-county, Noah E. and Bert B. Mayhill, are sons of John and Phoebe
(Hendrix) Mayhill, natives of Ohio and Indiana, who were among the early
settlers of Flora, Indiana. Previously they had lived at Bringhurst, Carroll
county, where John Mayhill operated a general store. They afterwards moved to
Flora, where he was engaged in teaming. He died on June 10, 1882, at the age of
forty-four years, four months and sixteen days. His wife survives and is
sixty-six years old. She is a member of the Baptist church. John and Phoebe
(Hendrix) Mayhill had six children, three of whom survive, as follow: Newton, of
Flora, Indiana; Noah E. and Bert B., both of Delphi; the other three, Myrtle M.,
Andy Oliver and Charles Oscar, having passed to the Great Beyond.

   The paternal grandparents were well advanced in years at the time of their
death. They had a large family of children, James, Daniel, William, John, Jeff,
Andrew, Mary, Jane and Alice, all deceased. The maternal grandparents also lived
to advanced ages. Their children were Phoebe, Amy, Mary, Michael, Joshua, James
and John.

   Noah E. and Bert B, Mayhill were born and reared in Monroe township, Carroll
county, Indiana, and grew to manhood in Flora, where they attended the public
schools. Both are Republicans, and believe in protection and prosperity. Noah E.
Mayhill, who was born on September 26, 1876, had charge of a restaurant for two
or three years and then learned the printer's trade, after which he purchased
the Flora Hooster Democrat. He was connected with the paper for about ten years,
most of the time with his brother, Bert B. Mayhill.

   On November 26, 1899, Noah E. Mayhill was married to Minnie DeMar, the
daughter of Marshall and Eliza (Lane) DeMar, who was born in Carroll county,
Indiana, on April 22, 1879. Mrs. Noah E. Mayhill was educated in the public
schools of Flora, where her parents are still living. They have five children,
Henry, William, Charles, Minnie and Mary. Mrs. Mayhills' paternal grandfather
was Peter DeMar. He and his wife had six children, Dennis, Marshall, Peter,
Mary, Matilda, Lizzie. Mrs. Mayhill's father was a native of Montreal, Canada,
and her mother of Carroll county, Indiana. The maternal grandparents, John and
Elizabeth (Lynch) Lane, were natives of Tennessee and Ohio, and they had five
children, Richard, Henry, Isaac, Eliza and Charity. Mr. and Mrs. Noah E. Mayhill
have two daughters, Mildred and Alma.

   Bert B. Mayhill, after leaving school, began work in a department store owned
by F. C. Horner, in Flora. After working there for some time, he purchased a
half interest in the Hooster Democrat After he and his brother had sold that
paper, in 1909, Mr. Mayhill went to Pasedena, California, where he spent one
year. In 1910 he returned to Carroll county and at that time he and his brother,
Noah E., purchased the Delphi Journal, which they have published ever since.

   On July 16, 1904, Bert B. Mayhill was married to Dora L. Thomas, the daughter
of George S. and Elizabeth (Wold) Thomas, who was born in Ogle county, Illinois,
near Mount Morris, on February 22, 1884, Mrs. Bert B. Mayhill's parents are
natives of Illinois, her father of Ogle county and her mother of Carroll county.
The paternal grandparents were Abram Thomas and wife, the latter of whom, before
her marriage, was Miss Shouts. They had. a large family, namely: William, James,
Henrietta, Belle, Charlotte, George and Howard. Mrs. Bert B. Mayhill's maternal
grandfather was Samuel Wolf, who married Louise Wallace. They were natives of
Maryland and had a large family, Ella, Sarah, Elizabeth, Eulalie, Nettie,
Catherine and Emery. Mrs. Bert B. Mayhill's parents lived in Ogle county,
Illinois, until 1897, when they removed to Glendora, California, where they
lived on a ranch. Mrs. Mayhill graduated from the high school and lived with her
parents until her marriage. They now live at Pasadena, California. Mr. and Mrs.
Mayhill have one son, George Roger.

   Fraternally, Bert B. Mayhill is a member of Flora Lodge No. 280, Knights of
Pythias. Noah E. Mayhill is a member of Flora Lodge No. 605, Free and Accepted
Masons, Delphi Chapter No. 21, Royal Arch Masons, Delphi Commandery No. 40,
Knights Templar, and Murat Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a
past chancellor of Flora Lodge No. 280, Knights of Pythias, and also Tippecanoe
Tribe No. 505, Improved Order of Red Men. Mr. and Mrs. Mayhill are members of
the Christian church. Noah E. Mayhill is an elder in the church. The family is
prominent in religious work in Delphi.


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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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