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Elisha "Chandler" Mayhew Jr.

Birth	:	12 Oct 1889 Versailles, Ripley County, Indiana, USA
Death	:	19 Aug 1938 Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Rose Hill Cemetery, Lamoni, Decatur County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.6250000, -93.9475021
Plot	:	Section 1s, Lot 163, Space 3
Description	:	1.) ELISHA CHANDLER MAYHEW Elisha Chandler Mayhew, son of Elisha Chandler and Anna Melissa Mayhew, was born at Versailles, Ind., on October 12, 1880, and died at the Decatur County Hospital about 4 p.m., Friday, August 19, 1938. He had been a sufferer of diabetes for some time but had been able to be about attending to his various duties. Sunday, August 14, he took to his bed and was taken to the hospital on Wednesday. Mr. Mayhew came with his parents to this country in the year 1881 when he was but one year... Read More	1.) ELISHA CHANDLER MAYHEW Elisha Chandler Mayhew, son of Elisha Chandler and Anna Melissa Mayhew, was born at Versailles, Ind., on October 12, 1880, and died at the Decatur County Hospital about 4 p.m., Friday, August 19, 1938. He had been a sufferer of diabetes for some time but had been able to be about attending to his various duties. Sunday, August 14, he took to his bed and was taken to the hospital on Wednesday. Mr. Mayhew came with his parents to this country in the year 1881 when he was but one year of age, growing to manhood in Lamoni. When eight years of age he united with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to which he remained a faithful member. He attended school until he began handling a newspaper route. He with his brother, Will, had the first Sunday paper delivery route in Lamoni, this he continued for a good many years. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Flora Griffith and Mrs. Mattie Merritt, both of Lamoni, and one half-sister, Mrs. Edith Wanamaker, of Indianapolis, Ind.; three nephews, Howard Silver, of Winterset, Iowa; Ralph Silver, of Lamoni, and Dr. Clair Silver, of San Antonio, Texas; one niece, Mrs. Harry Miller, of Independence, Mo. Funeral services were held from the White Funeral Home Sunday afternoon in charge of H. H. Vanderflute assisted by T. S. Williams. Music was furnished by Mark E. Anway and Eugene Oliver. The pallbearers were Lou Rew, Roy Rew, Arthur Smith, John Foster, Arthur Noftsger and J. H. Anthony. Interment was made in Rose Hill cemetery. SOURCE: The Lamoni Chronicle, published in Lamoni, Iowa on Thursday, August 25th, 1938, p. 3 2.) In 1900, Elisha was living with his sister and brother-in-law while working as a newsboy. In the census records of the next 2 decades, he is found living as an inmate at Clarinda State Hospital. He was a single man with special needs. MOTHER: Anna Melissa Mayhew FATHER: Elisha Chandler Mayhew SOURCES: 1. Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999 Name: Elisha Chandler Mayhew Birth Date: abt 1881 Death Date: 1938 Age: 57 Burial Location: Lamoni, Decatur Cemetery: Rose Hill Source: Grave Stone Records of Decatur County, Iowa Page Number: 93 Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

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Elisha "Chandler" Mayhew Jr.'s memorial is located at: Rose Hill Cemetery, Lamoni, Decatur County, USA.
When did Elisha "Chandler" Mayhew Jr. death?
Elisha "Chandler" Mayhew Jr. death on 19 Aug 1938 in Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 40.6250000
Longitude: -93.9475021

Family Members:

Parent

Elisha Chandler Mayhew

(1831 - 1913)

Anna Melissa Mayhew Mayhew

(1846 - 1886)

Siblings

Flora Anna Mayhew Silver

(1870 - 1968)

Julia Amanda “Mattie” Mayhew Merritt

(1878 - 1960)

William Henry “Willie” Mayhew

(1883 - 1901)

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