John Byron Mays and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Martin

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Husband John Byron Mays ¹

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           Born: 17 Aug 1854 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Sep 1881 - Mill Village, LeBoeuf Twp, Erie Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Mill Village Cemetery, Mill Village, LeBoeuf Twp, Erie Co, PA

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         Father: John Woods Mays (1826-1899) 1 3 4
         Mother: Mary Ann Melat (1832-1926) 5

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       Marriage: 7 Nov 1880 6

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Wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" Martin ²

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           Born: 1860 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1940 2 6
         Buried:  - Mill Village Cemetery, Mill Village, LeBoeuf Twp, Erie Co, PA

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Children

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1 M John Byron Mays, Jr. ²

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           Born: 16 Sep 1881 - Mill Village, LeBoeuf Twp, Erie Co, PA 2 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Sep 1942 2 7
         Buried:  - Mill Village Cemetery, Mill Village, LeBoeuf Twp, Erie Co, PA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - John Byron Mays

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Perry Burton Wood Mays contracted diphtheria in September, 1881. His mother, Mary Ann (Melat) Mays, thought that he was close to death, so she summoned her sons, John Byron, and Simeon Prescott, home to see Perry. As a result Perry's brothers contract diphtheria and died, but Perry survived.
In between the pages of the Mays-Melat Bible, in the section, "DEATH" on a small piece of paper was the following message: probably penned by Mary Ann (Melat) Mays, John Byron's and Simeon Prescott's mother:
We miss thee, boys, we miss thee,
Our home is not the same.
But in heaven we hope to meet thee,
Where we shall never part again.

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Notes: Marriage

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They were married by Rev. J. C. Scofield.

1 D. Kipp Melat, The Melat Family 1799 - 1989 (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1989), Pg 12.

2 D. Kipp Melat, The Melat Family 1799 - 1989 (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1989), Pg 30.

3 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1028.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 843, 854.

5 D. Kipp Melat, The Melat Family 1799 - 1989 (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1989), Pg 4.

6 Cassandra S. W. Beckman, The Descendants of Thomas Washington and Henrietta (Myers) Mays in America 1786 - 1991 (Blue Mounds, WI: Self-published, 1991), Pg 27.

7 Cassandra S. W. Beckman, The Descendants of Thomas Washington and Henrietta (Myers) Mays in America 1786 - 1991 (Blue Mounds, WI: Self-published, 1991), Pg 119.