Hezekiah Mays and Jane [Unk]

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Husband Hezekiah Mays ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Ezekiah Mayes
           Born: 1812 - Franklin Co, PA
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           Died: 1890
         Buried:  - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: John William Mayes (      -Abt 1828) 1 4
         Mother: Eleanor Susannah Watson (      -      ) 1 4

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       Marriage: 1838 or 1930 2

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Wife Jane [Unk] ⁵

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           Born: 1797
     Christened: 
           Died: 1888
         Buried:  - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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   Other Spouse: [Unk] Cochran (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Mary J. Mayes ⁵

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2 F Ellen Mayes ⁵

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3 M John Mayes ⁵

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4 M Robert Mayes ⁵

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5 M Hezekiah Watson Mayes

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            AKA: Ezekiah Watson Mayes,6 Ezra Watson Mayes 5
           Born: 7 Mar 1842
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           Died: 1925
         Buried:  - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

         Spouse: Elsie J. Walters (1855-1908)
           Marr: 24 Feb 1876

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General Notes: Husband - Hezekiah Mays

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At the age of ten years he came to Venango County, PA, with his parents, who settled on the Allegheny river in Victory township. He passed his early life in various occupations and for many years conducted the tavern at May’s Corners. He filled most of the township offices, and held the postmastership at May’s Corners for several years. He was one of the early members of Bullion Methodist church, and later of the Pleasant View Methodist church.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 439.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 960.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 105.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 443.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 961.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 805.