Reunions/Birthday: Jessee Andrew Mayes, 1909, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Michael Drewett, 6321 Clegg Rd., Pensacola, FL 32526
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Source: The Southern Sentinel, April 2, 1909, Winnfield, LA
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Jessee Andrew Mayes
     The Mayes homestead, in the eastern portion of Winn parish, was the
scene recently of a great celebration, the 76th birthday anniversary of
that good citizen, J. A. Mayes.  Fully one hundred relatives, friends
and neighbors assembled to assist in celebrating in his honor.  There
was singing and speech making, and a long table in the front yard loaded
with all manner of good things to eat and the hundred present ate
heartily and still there was enough left for a hundred more. Mr. Henry
Hardtner was the orator of the day and J. T. Hinton master of
ceremonies.  Uncle Drew received numerous presents and one in particular
pleased him exceedingly, a box of natural leaf tobacco, handed him by
little Violet Urania Hardtner.
     Mr. Hardtner paid a glowing tribute to the life and services of the
chief figure of the rejoicing, proclaiming the sturdy ancestry of Mr.
Mayes.  He had been married to Mary NcNaughton with whom he had lived 49
years and they had reared eight children.  He is a master Mason.  He is
a veteran of the 31st Louisiana Regiment and fought to the close of the
war.  Thus his career had been a useful one in all the relations of
life, - as husband, father, citizen and patriot.
     The Mayes family originally came from Germany sometime before the
Revolutionary war, and the Fullers, on his mother's side, were of
Scotch-Irish.  Thus Uncle Drew is German-Scotch-Irish, a pretty good
mixture that is bound to make a good American citizen.

(NOTE: Jessee A. Mayes is listed in the 1900 Winn Census, in Ward #2,
dwelling #32. It says that his parents were born in GA. He is living
there with his wife, Mary, and her father was born in FL, and her mother
in AL. Jessee and Mary Mayes are buried in Beech Creek Cemetery
(online), Winn Parish, LA.