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MAYO FARM
CEMETERY
Located on the east side of Rt. 23
Bypass on the hill facing Mayo bottom.
Copied by: Janet Horne, Apr 13, 1986
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IN THE 1990'S THIS WHOLE CEMETERY WAS MOVED TO OTHER LOCATIONS IN JOHNSON COUNTY TO
BUILD WHAT IS NOW (IN 2000) A SUPER K-MART CENTER.
Row 1
HOLBROOK, Ellen May 22 1832 May 13 1920
SPRADLIN, Benjamin ----------- May 17 1887 92yr-11mo-26dy
SPRADLIN, Martha ----------- Jan 27 1873 70yr-7mo-20dy
RULE, A. Waliace 1814 1901
RULE, Angeline 1826 1903
SPRADLIN, Willie C. May 25, 1882 Apr.07 1883 ( son of A & M)
(fieldstone) (unmarked)
(fieldstone) (unmarked)
Row #2
DAVIS, Elizabeth 1841 1902
NICHOLS, Mary E. Mar.12 1856 Jun.09 1897 w/o-H.H.
DAVIS, Albert R. May 12 1854 Jun.04 1879 (25yr-24dy)
DAVIS, John Nov.07 1820 Sep.02 1877 h/o-Jemina Wheeler Davis (56yr-9 mo-26dy)
DAVIS, Jemima (Wheeler) Jul.14 1815 Sep.28 1875 w/o-John W. Davie d/o-Stephen & Catherine Remy Wheeler (60yr-20mo-14dy)
DAVIS, J. W. Nov.24 1845 Aug.31 1873 (27yr-9mo-7dy)
DAVIS, Sarah H. ----------- Feb.24 1870 (20yr-11mo-10dy)
DAVIS, Fredrick ----------- Feb.19 1870 (2mo-2dys)
TEASS, W. H. Sep.15 1843 Jun.20 1876
RULE, A. W. Aug.14 1814 Feb.08 1901
RULE, Roscoe (small headstone with name on top - nothing else)
RULE, Proctor (small headstone with name on top - nothing else)
(children of A. W. Rule)
HOLBROOK, Alonzo Nov.05 1851 Jul.21 1888 (26yr-8mo-dy)
HOLBROOK, Sip 1862 1903
Row #3
DIXON, John 71 1868 Jul.31 1939 (Online OBITUARY) NOTE: Moved to Lakeview Memorial Cem.
DIXON, Della (Walker) 72 May 11 1867 Jan.11 1940 (Online OBITUARY) NOTE: Moved to Lakeview Memorial Cem.
WALKER, Catherine Aug.09 1849 Oct.18 1875 (wife of J.W.)
WILLIAMS, Everett 1887 1920
WILLIAMS, Isaac Milton (father) 1864 1895
WHEELER, Bruce Halstead Nov.24 1898 Jul.18 1901
WHEELER, Lora Blanche Nov.11 1900 Oct.16 1904
Row #4
PRESTON, Thomas S. Dec.25 1868 Oct.10 1888
Row #5
STATON, Martha Jane (Spradlin) 82 1858 Apr.23 1939 (Online OBITUARY)
STAFFORD, W. W. Dec.25 1856 May 20 1903 h/o-2-Martha Jane Spradlin
STAFFORD, Henry Irvin ----------- Feb.17 1895 (10yr-11mo-9dy)
Row #6
CHANDLER, Jack C. Apr.30 1921 Nov.18 1923
FANNIN, Elviory Josephine Jan.20 1868 Jul.14 1922
FERGUSON, Robert Fannin Mar.21 1913 Nov.08 1962
34 graves identifiable by marker, 3 or more unidentifiable.
The two Williams graves in Row #3 are inside a block wall with no gate.
Row #6 is a fenced area outside the fenced in cemetery above.
Johnson County Cemeteries
Vol-1 1990 page-42-43
INFORMATION ON SOME OF THOSE BURIED IN MAYO FARM CEMETERY
By: Janet Horne
Row #1
Ellen Holbrook - Ellen (Spradlin) Allen Holbrook. Ellen was the daughter of
Thomas Spradlin and Margaret "Peggy" Fitzpatrick. She was the 2nd wife of Benjamin Spradlin.
She married on Feb 19, 1893 A. J. Allen. She married the third time to a Holbrook. A letter
appeared in Vol 1, No. 3 of this publication written by Ellen Spradlin in 1880. Benjamin
Spradlin - Son of Henry Spradlin and Nancy Martin. He married 1st Martha Evanswhose father Evan
Evans was his guardian. He married 2nd Ellen Spradlin. He and Martha had four children: Evan,
Angeline, James H. and Benjamin Franklin. Martha Spradlin - Daughter of Evan Evans who was an
attorney. She married Benjamin Spradlin on Aug 24, 1820. A. Wailace Rule - Andrew Wallace Rule.
Son of Andrew and Sally Young. Son-in-law of Benjamin and Martha Spradlin. Husband of Angeline.
Angeline Rule - Daughter of Benjamin and Martha Spradlin. She married A. W. Rule on Mar 27,
1846. Willie C. Spradlin - Son of Alfonzo Spradlin and Mary Helton. Great grandson of
Benjamin and Martha Spradlin.
Row #2
J. W. Davis - Husband of Sarah Ellen Rule. Sarah E. Davis -
Sarah Ellen Rule, daughter of A. W. Rule and Angeline Spradlin. Granddaughter of Benjamin
Spradlin. She probably died of complications of childbirth. Fredrick Davis - Infant son of J.
W. and Sarah Davis. He died five days before his mother. W. H. Teass - William Teass was born
in Mingo County, West Virginia. He was the first husband of Martha J. Rule. They married on Jun
15, 1871. Martha was granddaughter of Benjamin Spradlin. A. W. Rule - This is obviously a
duplicate stone as the dates are the same. I don't know which is the correct grave. Roscoe and
Proctor - Roscoe Rule and Proctor Rule are infant sons of A. W. and Angeline Rule. Alonzo
Holbrook - He was probably the husband of Melissa "Sip" Rule. Sip Holbrook - Melissa "Sip"
Rule, daughter of A. W. and Angeline Rule. Wife of Alonzo.
Row#4
Thomas Preston-Husband of Victoria Spradlin, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Spradlin and
Permelia Howes, granddaughter of Benjamin Spradlin and Martha Evans
There are others I could identify with a little more research.
INSERTED Sep.2000
This data inserted here from "Documented Cemetery Files" of the W.P.A. of Johnson County Ky.
FREEMAN, Guss Oct-18-1879 Nov-07-1928 Burial: Mayo Farm Cemetery, East Side, Paintsville.
SPRADLING, Benjamin Jun.26 1841 May 17 1887 Mayo Farm Cemetery East Side Of Point, Paintsville.
(these dates are very questionable)
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