The husband of the late Agnes Ingraham Mayo (1828-1872), and the father of Janet, Alice, Henry, Joseph, and Elizabeth M. Mayo.
Family historian Duncan Greenleaf Ingraham wrote in 1894: "I knew Capt. Henry H. Mayo intimately. He was commissioned 1st Lieut. Co. B 14th Ills. Cav. Apr. 22, 1864 & Capt. Oct. 17th 1864. On the Stoneman raid, the day Gen. Stoneman surrendered. Capt Mayo had a saber fight with a rebel officer - a hand-to-hand contest. Capt. Mayo in this fight was wounded above the knee, I think. He laid in a river 24 hours to escape capture. His wound healed beautifully by reason of being in fresh water so long. He died in California some years ago." Extract from a letter from Maj. H.C. Connelly to D.G. Ingraham Oct. 8, 1894.
Family historian Duncan Greenleaf Ingraham wrote in 1894: "I knew Capt. Henry H. Mayo intimately. He was commissioned 1st Lieut. Co. B 14th Ills. Cav. Apr. 22, 1864 & Capt. Oct. 17th 1864. On the Stoneman raid, the day Gen. Stoneman surrendered. Capt Mayo had a saber fight with a rebel officer - a hand-to-hand contest. Capt. Mayo in this fight was wounded above the knee, I think. He laid in a river 24 hours to escape capture. His wound healed beautifully by reason of being in fresh water so long. He died in California some years ago." Extract from a letter from Maj. H.C. Connelly to D.G. Ingraham Oct. 8, 1894.
The husband of the late Agnes Ingraham Mayo (1828-1872), and the father of Janet, Alice, Henry, Joseph, and Elizabeth M. Mayo.
Family historian Duncan Greenleaf Ingraham wrote in 1894: "I knew Capt. Henry H. Mayo intimately. He was commissioned 1st Lieut. Co. B 14th Ills. Cav. Apr. 22, 1864 & Capt. Oct. 17th 1864. On the Stoneman raid, the day Gen. Stoneman surrendered. Capt Mayo had a saber fight with a rebel officer - a hand-to-hand contest. Capt. Mayo in this fight was wounded above the knee, I think. He laid in a river 24 hours to escape capture. His wound healed beautifully by reason of being in fresh water so long. He died in California some years ago." Extract from a letter from Maj. H.C. Connelly to D.G. Ingraham Oct. 8, 1894.
Family historian Duncan Greenleaf Ingraham wrote in 1894: "I knew Capt. Henry H. Mayo intimately. He was commissioned 1st Lieut. Co. B 14th Ills. Cav. Apr. 22, 1864 & Capt. Oct. 17th 1864. On the Stoneman raid, the day Gen. Stoneman surrendered. Capt Mayo had a saber fight with a rebel officer - a hand-to-hand contest. Capt. Mayo in this fight was wounded above the knee, I think. He laid in a river 24 hours to escape capture. His wound healed beautifully by reason of being in fresh water so long. He died in California some years ago." Extract from a letter from Maj. H.C. Connelly to D.G. Ingraham Oct. 8, 1894.
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Captain in 14th Illinois Cavalry, Born in Devizes, England
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