Warner Alvin Mayle
(1874-1950)
Warner Alvin Mayle was born in 1874 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.
Warner
never married. He was employed by
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and as a teamster.
Circa 1917, when he registered for the federal military draft during World War I, he was employed as a coal miner for the Robinson and Davis Coal Company of Flemington, Taylor County, though maintaining his permanent address in Long Run. On his draft card, he listed his race as white.
He resided for many years with his brother Hezekiah on the old farm on Long Run. Warner died of a heart attack at the age of 75 on Jan. 28, 1950. He was buried in Stanley No. 1 Cemetery on Buckeye, and his obituary was published in the Herald.
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