Alpheus Steven Mayle
(1870-1958)
Alpheus Steven "Alph" Mayle was born in 1870 in either Avon, Doddridge County, WV or near Philippi, Barbour County, WV, the son of Richard Z. and Mary (Minard) Mayle. As a boy, in about 1884, he and his parents and siblings settled for good in Doddridge County.
"Alph" married Maggie Cummings (1880-1961). She was a native of Doddridge County, and brought a three-year-old son to the marriage, Harley A. Mayle (1897- ? ).
They resided in nearby Harrison County in 1905, but later moved back to Long Run, where Alpheus was a longtime laborer for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
The Mayles had 13 children -- Okey Mayle; Jacob L. Mayle (1902- ? ); Walter Clarence Mayle; Mamie Audra Pratt; Virgil G. Mayle (1906- ? ); Ora G. Mayle (1908- ? ); Clifford E. Mayle; Wallace Delmas Mayle; Volen Mayle; Millard Mayle; Jetta "Jettie" Scott; and W. Leon Mayles (1923-1925). They belonged to the Hurst Chapel Evangelical United Brethren Church on Upper Long Run.
Alpheus suffered from an
"extended illness" of hardening of the arteries and heart disease, and
passed away at age 85 in Doddridge County on Oct. 2, 1958. He was buried at
Wolverton Cemetery on Buckeye, and his obituary published in the West Union
Herald. Maggie passed away in 1961. At the time of
Alpheus' death, they had 41 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
Son Walter Clarence Mayle (1903-2002) lived in Chardon, Geauga County, OH circa 1964. He passed away at the age of 102 in Geauga County on Nov. 1, 2002.
Son Clifford Mayle (1906-1973) married Jettie Martin (1911- ? ) on Christmas Eve 1928. They resided in Industrial, Doddridge County. They are known to have had a daughter, Onalee Mayle, who died of pneumonia at the tender age of 10 months on Jan. 30, 1940, in Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV. Clifford and Jettie are buried together at in the north section of Wolverton Cemetery.
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Main Street looking west in West Union. Note the unpaved street surface and hilly landscape. |
Daughter Mamie Audra Mayle (1905- ? ) married James Monroe Pratt Jr. on Jan. 24, 1926. James' family is profiled in the 1979 book, The History of Doddridge County. The Pratts "settled on Long Run," said the history, where they were members of the Hurst Chapel Evangelical United Brethren Church. James was a trustee of the church circa 1979. They also resided in Industrial, WV at one time.
Son Millard Mayle (1912-1964) married Virginia Lucille
Davis (1913-2007), the daughter of Harry and Gay (Bonnell) Davis, on March 17, 1934. They resided at Wolf Summit, Doddridge
County, and had two children -- Elaine Nicholson and an infant son who died in
childbirth on Nov. 20, 1938. Millard "was employed by the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad until illness forced his retirement," said the Herald. He died on Oct. 10, 1964,
at the age of 52, and was buried at Wolverton Cemetery on Waldo Run west of
Salem, WV. Virginia outlived her husband by more than four decades. Said the
Clarksburg Exponent, "Virginia was a member of the Blacklick Baptist Church
and was a caregiver and housekeeper for many. She enjoyed reading and was an
avid domino player." She passed away at the age of 93 on April 12, 2006,
and was laid to rest beside her husband.
Son Wallace Delmas Mayle (1914-1972) married Genevieve (Male) Starkey (1912-1980 ) on Oct. 15, 1934. She was the daughter of Columbus "Lum" Male and Myrtle "Ivie" Kennedy, and apparently had been married once before. Wallace worked as a railroad foreman, and they resided at Salem and Industrial, along the Long Run grade, in Doddridge County. He served in the US Navy in World War II. They had 12 children, including three sets of twins. The children were Corlene Sutton, Kenneth Paul Mayle, Carol Mayle, Darrell Edward Mayle, twins Dorthalee and Donald Lee Mayle, twins Delmas "Ray" Mayle and Velma Gay Patton, Carolyn Regina Vonnel, twins Larry and Gary Mayle, and Wilbur "Wib" Mayle. Tragically, daughter Dorthalee died at the tender age of five months, on March 5, 1945, of "sudden death in night," according to the family physician. In 1972, Wallace began suffering from a brain tumor, and after battling for three months, died at age 57 on July 17, 1972. He was buried at Wolverton Cemetery with or near his infant daughter Dorthalee. Genevieve suffered from lung cancer, and passed away in June 1980. She was laid to rest next to her husband. Son Delmas "Ray" Mayle was killed in a work-related accident in 1989, but details are not yet known. Grandson David Mayle serves as City Manager of Salem, Harrison County, WV.
Daughter Jetta "Jettie" Mayle married Rev. Boyd Scott Sr.. They lived in Wolf Summit, Harrison County, WV in 1947 and in Sidman, Cambria County, PA in the early 1960s. They had four children -- Lawrence A. Scott, Marie Wingard, Helen Jo Peters and Boyd Scott Jr.
Son Volen Mayle (1915- ? ) married Edna Elaine Smith (1915- ? ) on Oct. 24, 1936. Circa 1964, they lived in Salem, Doddridge County.
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| Mamie (Mayle) Pratt and Rev. Leonard Mayle are mentioned in a 1979 history book of Doddridge County, published by the county historical society |
Son Rev. Leonard Mayle was pastor of the Hurst Chapel Evangelical United Brethren Church on Upper Long Run. His wife, name unknown, was the daughter of Arthur and Mava (Davis) Pratt. She "served as pianist" at the church, said the 1979 book, The History of Doddridge County, taking over a responsibility her mother had begun at age 15.
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