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Jacob Charles Mayle
(1870-1958)

Jacob Charles Mayle was born in 1878 in 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, having apparently shuttled back and forth to there over the years.

Jacob considered himself white despite his mixed race heritage. He married Emma Rowe (1887- ? ) on Sept. 18, 1907. She was a native of Upshur County, WV.

Circa 1917, at the age of 39, Jacob labored as a carpenter for the Robinson Coal Company's mine in Flemington, Taylor County, WV. That year, he registered for the federal military draft during World War I.

The Mayles had 12 children -- Dorrie A. Mayle (born 1910), Mary Lawson, Damie Warner, Agnes Holt, Thelma G. Morrison, Geraldine J. Goots, Stanley Mayle, Edward Mayle, Paul Mayle, Charles "Junior" Mayle and Clara B. Wetzel.

Flemington, Barbour County, WV, where the Mayle family resided circa 1917

In 1910, when the federal census was taken, the Mayles lived near the old farm on Long Run, and employed a 16-year-old servant, Fanny (no last name given). They later moved to Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV, where Jacob labored in local coal mines. (A typical Clarksburg coal mine is seen here.)

He died at age 82, of cancer, on March 14, 1961. He was buried at Greenlawn Cemetery in Clarksburg.

Emma's fate is not known, but will be reported here when learned.

~ Daughter Clara B. (Mayle) Wetzel ~

Daughter Clara B. Mayle (1925-2005) was born on Dec. 20, 1925, at Long Run, Doddridge County. On March 9, 1944, the 18-year-old Clara wed Leon Osborn Wetzel (1918-1974), the son of Bee and Ethel (Dotson) Wetzel and a native of Bristol, WV. The ceremony was held at Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV, performed by Rev. W. Sproule Boyd of the Methodist Church. At the time of marriage, Leon resided in Nutter Fork, WV while Clara lived in Clarksburg.

They resided in Clarksburg, and had three sons -- Thomas D. Wetzel, Gary B. Wetzel and Leon Osburn Wetzel Jr. Said the Clarksburg Exponent, Clara "was Baptist by faith, an avid rollerskater, a homemaker, a member of the Poet's Society, and she dearly loved her cats."

Leon passed away on April 9, 1974.

Clara outlived him by more than three decades. She died at the age of 79 on Oct. 11, 2005. Burial was in Pleasant Grove Cemetery on Cherry Camp Run in Salem, Harrison County.

~ Daughter Agnes Mildred (Mayle) Holt ~

Daughter Agnes Mildred Mayle (1915- ? ) was born on July 22, 1915 in Doddridge County. When they both were age 21, Agnes wed Earl Wilbert Holt (1915- ? ), the son of Tilford Jackson and Ella (Smith) Holt. The ceremony was held on Nov. 18, 1936, at Clarksburg, led by Rev. Samuel B. Cunningham of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

At the time of marriage, Earl made his home in Broad Oaks near Clarksburg, while Agnes lived in Wolf Summit, Harrison County.

~ Daughter Mary Magdalene (Mayle) Lawson ~

Daughter Mary Magdalene Mayle (1911- ? ) was born in 1911. At age 21, she married Royce Burk Lawson, a native of Gilmer County, WV, and the son of W.G. and Bertha Lawson. The wedding was held at Berlin, Lewis County, WV on Feb. 6, 1932, led by Rev. F.E. Smith of the Methodist Protestant Church.

~ Daughter Thelma Gertrude (Mayle) Reynolds ~

Daughter Thelma Gertrude Mayle (1923- ? ) was born in 1923. She married Reynolds Masco Morrison (1923- ? ) on Jan. 29, 1934, when both were age 21 and living in Lewis County, WV. Rev. Thomas S. Liken, of the Methodist Protestant Church, officiated at his parsonage. Reynolds was the son of C.W. and Rosie (Reynolds) Morrison.