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William Jess Mayfield Sr.

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William Jess Mayfield Sr.

Birth
Franklin County, Missouri, USA
Death
9 Nov 1903 (aged 73)
Cummings, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Potter, Atchison County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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He was married to Mary Nations, of Adams Co, Illinois in 1850 and he and his wife became pioneers of Buchanan Co, Mo then Atchison co, Ks. William Mayfield married his second wife, Sarah, in 1857.

Mr Mayfield served in the Kansas militia during the war and took part in the skirmish with Gen Price at Westport.

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Atchison Daily Globe, 9 November 1903, page 3, column 8.

William J. Mayfield died at his home four miles southeast of Cummings at 4:20 o'clock this morning, aged 73 years. The funeral will occur to-morrow. The services will be at the house at 10, and at 12 o'clock the body will be taken from there to the Mount Pleasant cemetery, where the burial will take place.

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Atchison Daily Globe, 11 November 1903, page 3, column 4.

William J. Mayfield, who died at his home southeast of Cummings on Monday [Nov 9] last, came to Atchison county in 1854; he had lived on the farm where he died since 1857. He was born in Franklin county, Missouri, April 9, 1830, and was married to Miss Sarah Morris June 4, 1857, who, with nine children, survives him. He was an excellent man, and universally esteemed in this section of the state.

(Newspaper articles courtesy of Robin Page, contributor no. 47347883)
He was married to Mary Nations, of Adams Co, Illinois in 1850 and he and his wife became pioneers of Buchanan Co, Mo then Atchison co, Ks. William Mayfield married his second wife, Sarah, in 1857.

Mr Mayfield served in the Kansas militia during the war and took part in the skirmish with Gen Price at Westport.

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Atchison Daily Globe, 9 November 1903, page 3, column 8.

William J. Mayfield died at his home four miles southeast of Cummings at 4:20 o'clock this morning, aged 73 years. The funeral will occur to-morrow. The services will be at the house at 10, and at 12 o'clock the body will be taken from there to the Mount Pleasant cemetery, where the burial will take place.

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Atchison Daily Globe, 11 November 1903, page 3, column 4.

William J. Mayfield, who died at his home southeast of Cummings on Monday [Nov 9] last, came to Atchison county in 1854; he had lived on the farm where he died since 1857. He was born in Franklin county, Missouri, April 9, 1830, and was married to Miss Sarah Morris June 4, 1857, who, with nine children, survives him. He was an excellent man, and universally esteemed in this section of the state.

(Newspaper articles courtesy of Robin Page, contributor no. 47347883)

Inscription

W. J. M., Father 1830-1903

Gravesite Details

Large Mayfield stone is in front of these small stones



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