"Hardesty's Biographical Atlas of Tyler County West Virginia"

H. H. Hardesty, 1872

SAMUEL MAYFIELD, M.D. was born February 24, 1834, in Monongalia county, then part of Virginia. When twenty-one years of age, he became a resident of Tyler county, his parents James and Permelia (Streight) * Mayfield coming here in the same year, 1855. Both were Virginias by birth. June 21, 1855, in Tyler county, Samuel Mayfeild and Martha Knight were united in marriage, and their children recorded: Charles William, born May 15, 1856; infant twins - deceased; Mary Ann, January 4, 1858, died January

11, 1869; and six living at home, namely: Robert Meade, February 17, 1864; John Wesley, January 25, 1866; Lloyd L. September 8, 1867; Ida Belle, July 23,1872; Henry Grant, December 23, 1873; Ervin Welch, February 16, 1878; David Calvin, December 23, 1880, died November 22, 1882. Benjamin and Martha (Rhoades) Knight, of Harrison county, were the parents of Martha, wife of Dr. Mayfield, and she was born in that county, December 9, 1836. During the civil war, Dr. Mayfield was captain of the Home Guards, which were called out a number of times, and he held a commission to recruit in other parts of the State, and did organize several companies in other counties. He has been three terms supervisor of McElroy district; and in Ellsworth district three terms road surveyor, and two terms school commissioner. October 10, 1882, he was elected to

serve six years as county commissioner. He has a farm on Falling Timber branch in Elk Fork creek, Ellsworth district, and a wide professional practice in and about Conaway, Tyler county, West Virginia, which is his post office address.

*Please note the difference in spelling. It is listed in the index as

Straight, but in the article itself as Streight.

Submitted by Susie Koehrsen.

married Martha Knight

June 21, 1855, Tyler Co., WV