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And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord.
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Son of James Washington Mayo Sr and Hannah Vandover; he married Pauline Perlina Kays on 31 Aug 1865 at Dubois County,Indiana.

The following is from a personal letter he wrote shortly before his death

I was born in Dubois County in Indiana, Februrary 21, 1841; was raised by primitive Baptist parents. In 1861 joined Army ( Union Army ) and in 1863, if i ever received hope, was while in camp in Tennessee. There i hope and Trust the lord pardoned my sins. In 1864 i was taken prisoner of war at Atlanta Ga, was Wounded twice. I met my companion in july 1865 and on Aug 31 we were united together, and on the 3rd Sunday in Feb. 1866 we joined the primitive Baptists and in May following were baptised by elder W P Robertson and have tried to live as one of God's little ones ever since. Pray for me a poor sinner, saved by Grace. J W Mayo Jr, Tioga Texas

He was a prisoner of war during the Civial War and held at Andersonville prison near Andersonville, Georgia--- The nickname for that prison was Bloody Andersonville. It was commanded by Major Henry Wirz, who was tried and executed after the war for murder.

A prisoner described his entry into the Andersonville prison camp:

"As we entered the place, a spectacle met our eyes that almost froze our blood with horror, and made our hearts fail within us. Before us were forms that had once been active and erect;—stalwart men, now nothing but mere walking skeletons, covered with filth and vermin. Many of our men, in the heat and intensity of their feeling, exclaimed with earnestness. "Can this be hell?" "God protect us!" and all thought that He alone could bring them out alive from so terrible a place. In the center of the whole was a swamp, occupying about three or four acres of the narrowed limits, and a part of this marshy place had been used by the prisoners as a sink, and excrement covered the ground, the scent arising from which was suffocating. The ground allotted to our ninety was near the edge of this plague-spot, and how we were to live through the warm summer weather in the midst of such fearful surroundings, was more than we cared to think of just then !!!"

He served 3 years 8 mo's in company F, 53rd Infantry, Union Army, was a P O W for 9 mo's.

In 1881 the family moved from Indiana to Texas, and in 1882 he purchased the farm near Tioga, The photo to the right is of the home he bulit in Tioga Texas

Marriage:
James W. Mayo/Perlina Kays: Dubois co Indiana 08-31-1865

Maintained by family member.