1888 Biography of Elder John L. Mays (1814 - 1866), Union Parish Louisiana
Submitted by:       T. D. Hudson
Date of Submission: 11/2008

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1888 Biography of Elder John L. Mays (1814 - 1866), Union Parish Louisiana

From "A History of the Baptists of Louisiana From The Earliest Times to the Present", 
by Rev. W. E. Paxton, C. R. Barnes Publishing Co., St. Louis, 1888. 
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[pages 500-501]

ELDER JOHN L. MAYS. -- Of this good man it may be said that, though he is dead, he 
yet speaketh. The scene of his labors was the western part of Union Parish and eastern 
part of Claiborne. Most of the churches in this region were either gathered or 
strengthened by his labors. He was born in 1814. He came from Arkansas, as an ordained 
minister, in the year 1845, and settled in Union Parish, where he began his successful 
labors. He was exceedingly zealous, and often expressed the wish that he might die in 
the pulpit. This desire was fulfilled. While preaching with unusual fervor, Nov. 18, 
1866, he was seized with heart disease, and expired in a few minutes, before he could 
be removed to the house of a friend.


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