Mary was born August 30, 1839, in Jonesville, Kentucky, daughter of a father born in Virginia and mother born in Kentucky. She died August 23, 1909, in Clinton Township, Barron County, Wisconsin, aged 69 years, 9 months and 23 days, and was buried in the family plot in the Comstock Cemetery.
On Dec. 14, 1866, Mary Eliza married John Mays at Springfield, Illinois. John was born Sep. 24, 1847, in Miss., son of parents born in Kentucky. He died Dec. 18, 1918, in Almena Twp., Barron Co., Wis., aged 71 years, 2 months and 19 days, and was buried in the Comstock Cemetery. Their children were:
Abram, b. 10 Dec 1867, in Kentucky
John W., b. 12 Dec 1868, in Illinois
Elizabeth A., b. 2 Mar 1871, in Illinois
James Edward, b. 27 Oct 1873, in Minnesota
Walter, b. 9 Apr 1876, in Wisconsin
Ira B., b. 6 Oct 1878, in Wisconsin
Effie, b. 3 Aug 1881, in Wisconsin.
Mary also had a son from her first marriage, Alva W. Cammack, who was raised with the family.
Obituary
Death of a Pioneer.
Mrs. John Mays, one of the pioneers of Barron county, died at her home in the town of Clinton, Monday, August 23, 1909, from heart trouble, aged seventy years. The deceased, whose maiden name was Mary E. Graves, was born at Jonesville, Kentucky, August 30, 1839, and was married to John Mays, at Springfield, Illinois, December 14, 1866. After their marriage they lived for five years at Springfield whence they removed to Minnesota. From Minnesota they came to Clear Lake, where they lived for a year, coming to Barron county and settling on their homestead in the town of Almena, the farm now owned by Wm. Koser, Dec. 12, 1874.
At that time the whole western part of Barron county was an unbroken wilderness, save for an occasional logging camp the only roads being the "tote roads" over which supplies were hauled for the lumbermen. Mr. and Mrs. Mays were not too well provided with cash and when the teamsters who hauled their scanty household goods and supplies from Clear lake had been paid, there was but a single dollar in the family pocketbook. However, both were of hardy pioneer stock, possessed of dauntless courage and endowed with physical health and strength suited to a conquest of the wilderness and they set about the making of a home. Clear Lake and Quaderer's camps at Barron were the nearest points for procuring needed supplies and much of these were carried on Mr. May's broad shoulders during the first years of their residence here. In the work of home making Mrs. Mays bore her full share. In their pioneer cabin as well as in the more pretentious home of later years open-handed hospitality was dispensed. The latchstring was always out and the visitor was always sure of a welcome. A few years ago they sold their old farm, then one of the best in the county and purchased a smaller farm in the town of Clinton where they lived at the time of Mrs. Mays's death.
To Mr. and Mrs. Mays were born seven stalwart sons and daughters, of whom six, John W. Mays, of Denver, Colorado, J. E. Mays and Ira Mays of Almena, Walter Mays, of Brule, Mrs. Lottie Larson, of Comstock, and Mrs. John Woolhouse, of Cumberland, are living and with Alva W. Cammack, a son by a former marriage, and the husband with whom for nearly a half a century she shared the joys and sorrows of life mourn the loss of a loving and devoted wife and mother.
Mrs. Mays was a woman of rare strength of character, a kind and charitable neighbor, a true friend, a devoted and loving wife and mother. A good woman is at rest and the world is better for her having lived.
Funeral services were held at the home, Wednesday morning, conducted by John Hanson, a neighbor and interment was in the cemetery at Comstock. [Thursday, August 26, 1909, Cumberland Advocate, Cumberland, Barron County, Wis.]
On Dec. 14, 1866, Mary Eliza married John Mays at Springfield, Illinois. John was born Sep. 24, 1847, in Miss., son of parents born in Kentucky. He died Dec. 18, 1918, in Almena Twp., Barron Co., Wis., aged 71 years, 2 months and 19 days, and was buried in the Comstock Cemetery. Their children were:
Abram, b. 10 Dec 1867, in Kentucky
John W., b. 12 Dec 1868, in Illinois
Elizabeth A., b. 2 Mar 1871, in Illinois
James Edward, b. 27 Oct 1873, in Minnesota
Walter, b. 9 Apr 1876, in Wisconsin
Ira B., b. 6 Oct 1878, in Wisconsin
Effie, b. 3 Aug 1881, in Wisconsin.
Mary also had a son from her first marriage, Alva W. Cammack, who was raised with the family.
Obituary
Death of a Pioneer.
Mrs. John Mays, one of the pioneers of Barron county, died at her home in the town of Clinton, Monday, August 23, 1909, from heart trouble, aged seventy years. The deceased, whose maiden name was Mary E. Graves, was born at Jonesville, Kentucky, August 30, 1839, and was married to John Mays, at Springfield, Illinois, December 14, 1866. After their marriage they lived for five years at Springfield whence they removed to Minnesota. From Minnesota they came to Clear Lake, where they lived for a year, coming to Barron county and settling on their homestead in the town of Almena, the farm now owned by Wm. Koser, Dec. 12, 1874.
At that time the whole western part of Barron county was an unbroken wilderness, save for an occasional logging camp the only roads being the "tote roads" over which supplies were hauled for the lumbermen. Mr. and Mrs. Mays were not too well provided with cash and when the teamsters who hauled their scanty household goods and supplies from Clear lake had been paid, there was but a single dollar in the family pocketbook. However, both were of hardy pioneer stock, possessed of dauntless courage and endowed with physical health and strength suited to a conquest of the wilderness and they set about the making of a home. Clear Lake and Quaderer's camps at Barron were the nearest points for procuring needed supplies and much of these were carried on Mr. May's broad shoulders during the first years of their residence here. In the work of home making Mrs. Mays bore her full share. In their pioneer cabin as well as in the more pretentious home of later years open-handed hospitality was dispensed. The latchstring was always out and the visitor was always sure of a welcome. A few years ago they sold their old farm, then one of the best in the county and purchased a smaller farm in the town of Clinton where they lived at the time of Mrs. Mays's death.
To Mr. and Mrs. Mays were born seven stalwart sons and daughters, of whom six, John W. Mays, of Denver, Colorado, J. E. Mays and Ira Mays of Almena, Walter Mays, of Brule, Mrs. Lottie Larson, of Comstock, and Mrs. John Woolhouse, of Cumberland, are living and with Alva W. Cammack, a son by a former marriage, and the husband with whom for nearly a half a century she shared the joys and sorrows of life mourn the loss of a loving and devoted wife and mother.
Mrs. Mays was a woman of rare strength of character, a kind and charitable neighbor, a true friend, a devoted and loving wife and mother. A good woman is at rest and the world is better for her having lived.
Funeral services were held at the home, Wednesday morning, conducted by John Hanson, a neighbor and interment was in the cemetery at Comstock. [Thursday, August 26, 1909, Cumberland Advocate, Cumberland, Barron County, Wis.]
Mary was born August 30, 1839, in Jonesville, Kentucky, daughter of a father born in Virginia and mother born in Kentucky. She died August 23, 1909, in Clinton Township, Barron County, Wisconsin, aged 69 years, 9 months and 23 days, and was buried in the family plot in the Comstock Cemetery.
On Dec. 14, 1866, Mary Eliza married John Mays at Springfield, Illinois. John was born Sep. 24, 1847, in Miss., son of parents born in Kentucky. He died Dec. 18, 1918, in Almena Twp., Barron Co., Wis., aged 71 years, 2 months and 19 days, and was buried in the Comstock Cemetery. Their children were:
Abram, b. 10 Dec 1867, in Kentucky
John W., b. 12 Dec 1868, in Illinois
Elizabeth A., b. 2 Mar 1871, in Illinois
James Edward, b. 27 Oct 1873, in Minnesota
Walter, b. 9 Apr 1876, in Wisconsin
Ira B., b. 6 Oct 1878, in Wisconsin
Effie, b. 3 Aug 1881, in Wisconsin.
Mary also had a son from her first marriage, Alva W. Cammack, who was raised with the family.
Obituary
Death of a Pioneer.
Mrs. John Mays, one of the pioneers of Barron county, died at her home in the town of Clinton, Monday, August 23, 1909, from heart trouble, aged seventy years. The deceased, whose maiden name was Mary E. Graves, was born at Jonesville, Kentucky, August 30, 1839, and was married to John Mays, at Springfield, Illinois, December 14, 1866. After their marriage they lived for five years at Springfield whence they removed to Minnesota. From Minnesota they came to Clear Lake, where they lived for a year, coming to Barron county and settling on their homestead in the town of Almena, the farm now owned by Wm. Koser, Dec. 12, 1874.
At that time the whole western part of Barron county was an unbroken wilderness, save for an occasional logging camp the only roads being the "tote roads" over which supplies were hauled for the lumbermen. Mr. and Mrs. Mays were not too well provided with cash and when the teamsters who hauled their scanty household goods and supplies from Clear lake had been paid, there was but a single dollar in the family pocketbook. However, both were of hardy pioneer stock, possessed of dauntless courage and endowed with physical health and strength suited to a conquest of the wilderness and they set about the making of a home. Clear Lake and Quaderer's camps at Barron were the nearest points for procuring needed supplies and much of these were carried on Mr. May's broad shoulders during the first years of their residence here. In the work of home making Mrs. Mays bore her full share. In their pioneer cabin as well as in the more pretentious home of later years open-handed hospitality was dispensed. The latchstring was always out and the visitor was always sure of a welcome. A few years ago they sold their old farm, then one of the best in the county and purchased a smaller farm in the town of Clinton where they lived at the time of Mrs. Mays's death.
To Mr. and Mrs. Mays were born seven stalwart sons and daughters, of whom six, John W. Mays, of Denver, Colorado, J. E. Mays and Ira Mays of Almena, Walter Mays, of Brule, Mrs. Lottie Larson, of Comstock, and Mrs. John Woolhouse, of Cumberland, are living and with Alva W. Cammack, a son by a former marriage, and the husband with whom for nearly a half a century she shared the joys and sorrows of life mourn the loss of a loving and devoted wife and mother.
Mrs. Mays was a woman of rare strength of character, a kind and charitable neighbor, a true friend, a devoted and loving wife and mother. A good woman is at rest and the world is better for her having lived.
Funeral services were held at the home, Wednesday morning, conducted by John Hanson, a neighbor and interment was in the cemetery at Comstock. [Thursday, August 26, 1909, Cumberland Advocate, Cumberland, Barron County, Wis.]
On Dec. 14, 1866, Mary Eliza married John Mays at Springfield, Illinois. John was born Sep. 24, 1847, in Miss., son of parents born in Kentucky. He died Dec. 18, 1918, in Almena Twp., Barron Co., Wis., aged 71 years, 2 months and 19 days, and was buried in the Comstock Cemetery. Their children were:
Abram, b. 10 Dec 1867, in Kentucky
John W., b. 12 Dec 1868, in Illinois
Elizabeth A., b. 2 Mar 1871, in Illinois
James Edward, b. 27 Oct 1873, in Minnesota
Walter, b. 9 Apr 1876, in Wisconsin
Ira B., b. 6 Oct 1878, in Wisconsin
Effie, b. 3 Aug 1881, in Wisconsin.
Mary also had a son from her first marriage, Alva W. Cammack, who was raised with the family.
Obituary
Death of a Pioneer.
Mrs. John Mays, one of the pioneers of Barron county, died at her home in the town of Clinton, Monday, August 23, 1909, from heart trouble, aged seventy years. The deceased, whose maiden name was Mary E. Graves, was born at Jonesville, Kentucky, August 30, 1839, and was married to John Mays, at Springfield, Illinois, December 14, 1866. After their marriage they lived for five years at Springfield whence they removed to Minnesota. From Minnesota they came to Clear Lake, where they lived for a year, coming to Barron county and settling on their homestead in the town of Almena, the farm now owned by Wm. Koser, Dec. 12, 1874.
At that time the whole western part of Barron county was an unbroken wilderness, save for an occasional logging camp the only roads being the "tote roads" over which supplies were hauled for the lumbermen. Mr. and Mrs. Mays were not too well provided with cash and when the teamsters who hauled their scanty household goods and supplies from Clear lake had been paid, there was but a single dollar in the family pocketbook. However, both were of hardy pioneer stock, possessed of dauntless courage and endowed with physical health and strength suited to a conquest of the wilderness and they set about the making of a home. Clear Lake and Quaderer's camps at Barron were the nearest points for procuring needed supplies and much of these were carried on Mr. May's broad shoulders during the first years of their residence here. In the work of home making Mrs. Mays bore her full share. In their pioneer cabin as well as in the more pretentious home of later years open-handed hospitality was dispensed. The latchstring was always out and the visitor was always sure of a welcome. A few years ago they sold their old farm, then one of the best in the county and purchased a smaller farm in the town of Clinton where they lived at the time of Mrs. Mays's death.
To Mr. and Mrs. Mays were born seven stalwart sons and daughters, of whom six, John W. Mays, of Denver, Colorado, J. E. Mays and Ira Mays of Almena, Walter Mays, of Brule, Mrs. Lottie Larson, of Comstock, and Mrs. John Woolhouse, of Cumberland, are living and with Alva W. Cammack, a son by a former marriage, and the husband with whom for nearly a half a century she shared the joys and sorrows of life mourn the loss of a loving and devoted wife and mother.
Mrs. Mays was a woman of rare strength of character, a kind and charitable neighbor, a true friend, a devoted and loving wife and mother. A good woman is at rest and the world is better for her having lived.
Funeral services were held at the home, Wednesday morning, conducted by John Hanson, a neighbor and interment was in the cemetery at Comstock. [Thursday, August 26, 1909, Cumberland Advocate, Cumberland, Barron County, Wis.]
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