Jefferson Davis Mayle
(1871-1935)
Jefferson
Davis Mayle was born in 1871 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.
Jefferson married Lucy Jane Croston (1884-1969), the daughter of William and Lydia (Kennedy) Croston. He was 13 years older than his bride.
They resided in the West Hills section south of Grafton, Taylor County, WV in 1905, and in Barbour County in the 1920s, where they were members of the Wesleyan Methodist Church.
The Mayles had nine children -- Uley Leo Mayle, David "Laco" Mayle, Richard Mayle, Oney Mayle, Herbert W. Mayle, Wilbert "Wib" Mayle, Mary "Jettie" Cox, Sherman Mayle and M(?) Mayle.
Jefferson
was a farmer and a carpenter.
He passed away on Dec. 8, 1935, and was laid to rest in the West Hill Cemetery adjacent to the West Hill Wesleyan Methodist Church.
Lucy outlived him by 34 years. She died at the age of 84 on May 25, 1969, at the City Hospital in Grafton. Her obituary was published in the Grafton Daily Sentinel. She rests for eternity beside her husband. Other Minerd cousins who are buried in the West Hill Cemetery are Sarepta (Kennedy) Mayle, daughter of Ruth Ann (Minerd) Kennedy.
Son Uley Leo Mayle (1908-1989) married Bytha Ernestine Mayle (1912-1984), the daughter of Deskin and Lacy (Parsons) Mayle. The wedding took place on June 1, 1930, when Uley was age 22, and Bytha 18. Uley "was a coal miner with the Galloway Mines for 14 years," said the Grafton Mountain Statesman. "He also worked for the Department of Natural Resources and retired from the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown." They had 11 children -- Clarice E. Mayle Martin of Grafton; Mayola Keller of Grafton; Gretta Jones of Grafton; Casetta Dalton of Louisville, OH; Wilford Jefferson "Bill" Mayle of Algonac, MI; Lanford L. Mayle of Massillon, OH; Cletis Mike Mayle of Grafton; Quentin Mayle of Ferndale, MI; Almos Mayle of Clarksburg; Ernie L. Mayle of Grafton; and Evaline Mayle, who died young. Bytha died on June 1, 1984, and Uley followed her to the grave on March 23, 1989. Uley and Bytha are buried together at the beautifully manicured West Hill Cemetery south of Grafton, near Webster, Taylor County. WV. Bytha's sister, Roxie (Mayle) Kennedy, was married to Uley's cousin, Howard Lee Kennedy Sr., son of Ruth Ann (Minerd) Kennedy. Many of the Mayle offspring moved to Michigan. Uley and Bytha's son, Quentin, helped to construct the Tygart Lake Dam near Grafton as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Another son, Lanford L. Mayle (1935-1992) was married and a truck driver in Stark County, OH, who died in Cleveland Clinic Hospital on May 18, 1992.
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| Uley and Bytha's grave at West Hill Cemetery near Webster, WV |
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| Tygart Lake Dam near Grafton, constructed with the labor of Quentin Mayle, among many, many others |
Son Herbert W. Mayle (1913-1996) married Hazel Josephine Mayle on Oct. 16, 1934. They resided in Flemington, Barbour County. Herbert "was retired having been an employee of the J&L Steel Company in Aliquippa, Pa.," said a local newspaper. "He was a member of the Grafton Wesleyan Holiness Church." The Mayles had 11 children -- Frederick Mayle, Willard Mayle, Stanley Mayle, Dallas G. Mayle, Terry O. Mayle, Lometa Mayle, Janice Newman and three sons who died in infancy. Herbert died at the age of 82 at Davis Memorial Hospital in Elkins, WV, on Jan. 6, 1996. He was buried at West Hill Cemetery. At the time of his passing, he and Hazel had produced 24 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.
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| Jones & Laughlin's Aliquippa (PA) Works, where Herbert W. Mayle and brother in law Edman "Bud" Cox labored for many years |
Son Wilbert "Wib" Mayle (1923-2001) married Lillian Parsons ( ? -1977). They lived on Shumaker Ridge in Thornton, WV. Said a local newspaper, "He retired in 1986 from the B&O Railroad [and] was a trackman with more than 39 years of service. He was a member of the National Rifle Association. He was Methodist. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran." The Mayles had 11 children -- Delford Mayle, Judy White, Julia Mayle, Durley Mayle, Dennis Mayle, Eleby Taylor, Jefferson Davis Mayle, Elda Harold, Zendell Mayle, Erma Mayle and Emma Taylor. Wib passed away at the age of 78 on March 28, 2001, with burial at West Hill Cemetery. His newspaper obituary noted that he was survived by 16 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Son David "Laco" Mayle (1926-1982) married Geraldine (Collins) Minard (1922-1985). They had the following children and step-children: David Levi Mayle, Sherman Mayle, Lennie L. Minard Sr., James Allen Minard, Shelia Jane Mayle, Sharon Mayle, Marian Mayle, Debra Mayle and one son and two step-children not yet identified. Laco was "a disabled shearman and laborer for Luntz Corporation and attended the Fort Run Pentecostal Church." He passed away at age 56 on Nov. 1, 1982, and was buried in Welch Cemetery. Geraldine is believed to have lived for three more years, and died in 1985.Daughter Mary "Jettie" Mayle married Edman Lee "Bud" Cox (1922-1989) on Oct. 12, 1946. Bud was a veteran of World War II, and served with the 106th Cavalry of the U.S. Army. They resided in Monaca, Beaver County, PA, where Bud was a laborer at the Jones & Laughlin Steel plant in Aliquippa (as was his brother in law Herbert W. Mayle). They had seven children -- Arnold B. Cox, Lonnie E. Cox, Nelda L. Cox, Alice C. Grantham, Glenda N. Sommerfield, Lorita E. McPherson and Crystal A. Milligan. Bud passed away at the age of 66 at the United Hospital Center in Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV, on Feb. 22, 1989. He was survived by 15 grandchildren at the time of his death. Burial was in Woodsvale Memorial Park. Several of their adult children resided in Columbus, GA in the 1990s and 2000s.
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