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Mary Louisa (Minard) Maylee |
Mary Louisa (Minard) Maylee was born in 1906 in Barbour County, WV, the daughter of William and Elvira (Male) Minerd.
Mary Louisa resided with her married brother William in 1920 in the south district of Philippi.
On Jan. 23, 1926, at the age of 22, Mary Louisa married her sister Hulda Mayle's stepson Henry "Edgar" Maylee (1902- ? ), age 24. Edgar was the son of Isaiah and Catharine Mayle of Barbour County.
The marriage certificate reads "Mary A. Miner," not "Mary Louise," and the informant for the document was Riley Collins. Edgar and Mary's last name generally was spelled " Maylee" during their adult married years.
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Old coal mine in Clarksburg |
In 1930, Edgar and Mary are shown on the federal census of Philippi, living near his brother Commodore Mayle. They later moved to near Clarksburg, Harrison County, where Edgar was a longtime coal miner, and "a Methodist by faith," said the Clarksburg (WV) Exponent.
Edgar and Mary had eight children -- Nonla "Nina" V. Maley, Edna
"Maxine" Kennedy, Ruth Gjerpen, Matilda Parriman, Paul Maylee, Waldo
Maylee and David Maylee.
Mary Louise died in Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV at the age of 50 on Oct. 16, 1954, at St. Mary's Hospital. The cause of death was uremia and chronic nephritis. She was laid to rest in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Edgar outlived his wife by a decade. He
died under most unusual circumstances at Industrial near Clarksburg on Oct. 23, 1964, at the age of
62. He was "found dead in a ditch off route 50," reported the Clarksburg
Exponent. He "was not shot... Maylee was found in the ditch in hunting
clothes and lying on his gun. Shotgun shells were found in his pocket and papers
and his hunting license indicated his identity. Sheriff L.L. Crawford's office
investigated. The informant on his death certificate was daughter Nina
Maley. Edgar was buried with his wife in Holy
Cross Cemetery in Clarksburg.
Daughter Nina Maylee wed (?) Maylee and lived in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH in 1964.
Daughter Edna "Maxine" Maylee wed (?) Kennedy and lived in Detroit circa 1964.
Daughter Ruth Maylee married (?) Gjerpen and in 1964 made her home in Bethesda, MD.
Daughter Matilda Maylee married (?) Parriman and resided in Miamisbury, OH.
Son Paul Maylee lived in 1964 in Chicago.
Son Waldo Maylee made Gardenia, CA his home in 1964.
Son David Maylee served during the Vietnam War with the US Navy in France.
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