Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameWilliam R. MAYFIELD 2494, p 2
Birth1849, Missouri2499,6001
Death15 Jun 18916001 Age: 42
BurialHargadine Cemetery, Ashland, Jackson, Oregon6001
FatherJ. H. MAYFIELD (~1827-)
MotherTabitha (~1830-)
Census Data
• 1880 Census: Ashland, Jackson, Oregon. Age 31, b MO. Parents b TN. Listed as W. R. Mayfield.2499
Spouses
Birth25 May 1855, Annapolis, Parke, Indiana2492, approx. age & state,597, age 65, b IN,2493
Removal1862, Sacramento, Sacramento, California2493 Age: 6
Death21 Oct 1930, Los Angeles County, California2494, p 2 Age: 75
BurialHargadine Cemetery, Ashland, Jackson, Oregon2495
ResidenceLong Beach, Los Angeles County, California (1922-1929)2494, p 2
FatherJoshua Harrison BUCKMASTER (1825-1862)
MotherSarah Ann WALTER (1824-1897)
Individual Notes
• 3rd of 6 children; twin with Elmira.2496

• The family remained at Sacramento a number of years since Elmira attended school there before coming to the Klamath country, where they seem to have arrived in 1873, soon after the Modoc War was concluded. They first settled near the site of Hildebrand, on land still known as Buckmaster Flat.2493

• Likely this woman: Postmaster; Bly, Klamath County, Oregon, 20 Jun 1908.2497
Census Data
• 1860 Census: Adel, Dallas, Iowa. Age 5, b IN.2496
• 1870 Census: San Joaquin, Sacramento, California. Age 15, b IN. Enumerated as Alvira Backmoth.2498
• 1880 Census: Ashland, Jackson, Oregon. Age 25, b IN. Father b OH; mother b IA [sic].2499
Research Needed
• Have not been able to find her as Elvira Connolly in any census; 6 Apr 2013.
Marriageabt 1872, California?2494, p 2,6002
ChildrenEdward (~1873-)
 Henrietta (~1877-1956)
Last Modified 6 May 2023Created 21 Aug 2026 using Reunion 14 for Macintosh
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