Anna E. Mayes

1864 - 1902  (~ 37 years)

• Name	Anna E. Mayes  [1]
  Born	May 1864	, Belmont, OH   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Address	1870 to 1880	Jefferson, Greene, IA   [3, 4, 5]
  Address	Aft 1880 and Bef 1887	Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA   [6]
  Address	1887	McPherson, McPherson, KS   [6, 7]
  Address	Aft June 1887	San Diego, San Diego, CA   [1]
  	They moved to San Diego after they married June 1887 and before daughter Marian was born July 1888.
  Address	Aft 1888 Bef 1896	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA   [1]
  	They moved to LA after Marian was born Jul 1888 in San Diego and left LA before son John was born Jan 1896 in Kansas City.
  Address	1896	Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS   [1, 8]
  	They were living in Kansas City when son John was born Jan 1896.
  Address	Aft 1896 Bef 1900	, , CA   [8]
  	They were living in California (likely Los Angeles) when daughters Emma and Ester were born.
  Census	1 Jun 1900	Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS   [8]
  	Wm M Allison, head, M, 35, Sep 1864, MO, married 1887, home owned (mtge), Abstractor of Titles Anna M Allison, wife, F, 35, May 1864, OH, married 1887, children born/living 4/4 Marian E, daughter, F, 10, Jul 1889, CA, student John H, son, M, 4, Jan 1896, KS Emma M, daughter, F, 2, Mar 1898, CA Ester A, daughter, F, 5 mos, Dec 1899, CA
  Address	Bef 20 Apr 1902	San Antonio, Bexar, TX   [9]
  Died	21 Apr 1902	San Antonio, Bexar, TX   [9]
  Buried	City Cemetery #4, San Antonio, Bexar, TX   [9]
  Notes	Anna was born 4 years before William and Sarah Mayes were married. She was listed as their niece on the 1880 US Census but Sarah Jane Cowan Mayes' obituary lists her as their adopted daughter. Was she the daughter of William's brother and sister-in-law, and he and Sarah took her in when her parents died? [4, 9]
  Person ID	I11	Allison | Allison
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	John Mayes,   b. Abt 1813, , , OH ,   d. Aft 1885  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Margaret Gray,   b. Abt 1825, , , OH ,   d. Between 1870 and 1880, , , IA  (Age ~ 45 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	Abt 1847
  	Year of marriage assumed by year their first known child was born.
  Family ID	F1442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	William Brown Mayes,   b. 11 Aug 1837, Cadiz Twp, Harrison, OH ,   d. 16 Aug 1900, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA  (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	Adopted
  Mother	Sarah Jane Cowan,   b. 1 Mar 1839, Murrysville, Westmoreland, PA ,   d. 18 Dec 1921, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA  (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	Adopted
  Married	14 May 1868	Franklin Twp, Linn, IA   [10]
  Family ID	F127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Mosby Allison,   b. 20 Sept 1864, , Boone, MO ,   d. 12 Jul 1961, Pittsburg, Crawford, KS  (Age 96 years)
  Married	15 Jun 1887	McPherson, McPherson, KS
  Children	+ 1. Marian Elizabeth Allison,   b. 17 Jul 1888, San Diego, San Diego, CA ,   d. 9 Dec 1980, Pittsburg, Crawford, KS  (Age 92 years) + 2. John Philip Allison,   b. 25 Jan 1896, Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS ,   d. 14 Mar 1975, Sheboygan, Sheboygan, WI  (Age 79 years)   3. Emma Mayes Allison,   b. 4 Mar 1898, , Los Angeles, CA ,   d. 7 Feb 1901, Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS  (Age 2 years)   4. Esther Anna Allison,   b. Dec 1899, , , CA ,   d. 27 Jun 1900, Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2019
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Anna E. Mayes Anna E. Mayes at age 22. Photo from someone on the Butler side of the family.
  		Anna E. Mayes profile photo, age 22.
  		Anna E. Mayes teapot, view 1 This teapot was given to Anna E. Mayes (Allison) as a wedding gift. It was passed down to her daughter-in-law, Nellie Joyce Morton (Allison), then to Anna's granddaughter, Betty Allison (Moore) and finally to Anna's great-grandson Hyatt Moore III and his wife Anne. Bottom marking: Reed & Barton 2940, silverplate
  		Anna E. Mayes' teapot, view 2. This teapot, a wedding gift to Anna E. Mayes, was damaged years later when it was accidentally left on a wood burning stove. Bottom marking: Reed & Barton 2940, silverplate

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		1870 US Census, Jefferson, Greene County, Iowa William Mays listed as head of household, which included his wife, Sarah, and Anna E. William's occupation listed as "layer" presumed this to be "lawyer." Last name misspelled.
  		1880 United States Census, Jefferson, Greene, IA William B Mayes listed as head of household, which included wife Sarah and niece Anna E. William's profession listed as Attorney to Real Estate.
  		Rev. William Mosby Allison family Marriage certificate for Rev. William Mosby Allison and Anna E. Mayes
  		1900 United States Census, Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS Wm. M. Allison listed as head of household, which included wife, Anna M., daughters Marian E., Emma M., and Ester A., and son John H.* *Recording error for John's middle initial; s/b P not H.

  
  

  Headstones

  Anna E. Mayes Allison

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		Tracking down the ancestors: Anna E Mayes and Amanda Rebecca Mayes
  		Anna E. Mayes Memories of Anna as told to Betty by her dad, John Philip Allison.
  		Presbyterian Church, Jefferson, Greene County, Iowa Brief history of the church's founding and early years
  		Life in Jefferson, Iowa, circa 1868,reminisces of Mrs. M E Turrill, an early resident. The Jefferson Bee Jefferson, Iowa Wednesday, 29 April 1908
  		William Brown Mayes moving to Council Bluffs, Iowa The Carroll Herald Carroll, Iowa Wednesday, 1 September 1880
  		Sarah Jane Cowan Obituary notice, Page 1 of The Mount Vernon Hawk-Eye, published in Mount Vernon, IA, on Thursday, Jan 5, 1922.

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] Hist. Genea. of Woodsons & connections, Compiled by Henry Morton Woodson, (H.M. Woodson, Tennessee, c1915), 929.273 W868. [S95] 1860 US Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S21] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S22] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S20] Jefferson Era. [S26] Mount Vernon Hawk-Eye. [S39] Kansas, County Marriage Records, 1811-1911, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S44] 1900 United States Federal Census , Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S5] Find A Grave. [S43] Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).