John Woods Mays and Mary Ann Melat

---

---

Husband John Woods Mays ^{1 2 3}

---

           Born: 9 Apr 1826 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Oct 1899 - Mill Village, LeBoeuf Twp, Erie Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Mill Village Cemetery, Mill Village, LeBoeuf Twp, Erie Co, PA

---

         Father: Thomas Washington Mays (1787-1867) 1 2 4
         Mother: Henrietta Stroble Myers (1794-1868) 1 2

---

       Marriage: 17 Oct 1850 3

---

• Document: Mays Family Bible Records.
To view family record pages from the Mays family bible, click here.

---

---

Wife Mary Ann Melat ⁵

---

           Born: 24 Feb 1832 - Clarion Co, PA (Farmington Twp, Venango Co) 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Dec 1926 - Mill Village, LeBoeuf Twp, Erie Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Mill Village Cemetery, Mill Village, LeBoeuf Twp, Erie Co, PA

---

         Father: Robert Melat (1799-1887) 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Keifer (1801-Abt 1844) 6

---

---

Children

---

1 M Andrew Jackson Mays ^{3 7}

---

           Born: 9 Aug 1851 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 May 1922 - Garland, Pittsfield Twp, Warren Co, PA 8
         Buried:  - Garland Presbyterian Cemetery, Pittsfield Twp, Warren Co, PA

         Spouse: Dora Pearl Comstock (1860-1940) 7 8
           Marr: 11 Jun 1876 7

---

2 M John Byron Mays ³

---

           Born: 17 Aug 1854 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Sep 1881 - Mill Village, LeBoeuf Twp, Erie Co, PA 9
         Buried:  - Mill Village Cemetery, Mill Village, LeBoeuf Twp, Erie Co, PA

         Spouse: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Martin (1860-1940) 9
           Marr: 7 Nov 1880 10

---

3 F Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Mays ³

---

           Born: 4 Jun 1857 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Dec 1917 - Mill Village, LeBoeuf Twp, Erie Co, PA 9
         Buried:  - Mill Village Cemetery, Mill Village, LeBoeuf Twp, Erie Co, PA

         Spouse: Albert L. Burger (1856-1936) 9
           Marr: 27 Oct 1875 10

---

4 M Simeon Prescott Mays ³

---

           Born: 21 Nov 1863 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Sep 1881 - Mill Village, LeBoeuf Twp, Erie Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Mill Village Cemetery, Mill Village, LeBoeuf Twp, Erie Co, PA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

---

5 M Perry Burton Wood Mays ^{3 11}

---

           Born: 3 Jun 1870 - Freedom, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Sep 1961 - Erie, Erie Co, PA 11
         Buried:  - Mill Village Cemetery, Mill Village, LeBoeuf Twp, Erie Co, PA

         Spouse: Grace Lillian Liddicoat (1872-1926) 10 11
           Marr: 15 Jul 1891 - Jamestown, Chautauqua Co, NY 11

---

---

General Notes: Husband - John Woods Mays

---

He was a miller and millwright by trade. He worked as a carpenter, miller and farmer until 1871, and then moved with his family to Mill Village in Erie County, Pennsylvania, where he bought a grist mill on French Creek.

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

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

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

4 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 640.

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

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

7 Earl M. Prather, The Prather Family in America (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 1997), Pg 6.

8 D. Kipp Melat, The Melat Family 1799 - 1989 (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1989), Pg 29.

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

10 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.

11 D. Kipp Melat, The Melat Family 1799 - 1989 (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1989), Pg 31.