MAYO, H. M., ENG., then St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
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H. M. MAYO, MORGAN CITY.--H. M. Mayo, the efficient editor and proprietor of
the Morgan City Review, was born in London, England, 1862.  He is the son of
H. M. Mayo, Sr., and Emma Wood, who were married in 1851.  Three sons were
born to this marriage, of which our subject is the oldest.  H. M. Mayo, Sr.,
was born in England, and was a seafaring man.  He was a bold navigator, and
saved a crew in the British Channel at his own personal risk.  For this brave
deed he had the "Cross of the Legion of Honor" bestowed upon him.  He finally
located at Morgan City, where, in the employment of the Morgan Line, he had
charge of the wharf at Morgan City.  He subsequently entered hotel business,
and continued in it till his death in 1876.

Our subject spent his school days in Morgan City.  He was for eight years in
the stationery business, after which he was appointed post-master of Morgan
City, in 1884, and held the position six years.  He took charge of the Morgan
City Review, July 1, 1890, and subsequently purchased the Free Press, which
two papers he has consolidated.  His paper now is well edited and published,
and in the front ranks of progressive journals of the State.

Our subject was married, in 1885, to Miss Jennie Shannon and two children have
been born to this marriage:  Ara Lilian,  Kenneth.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 373.
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.