Joseph Mayo Jr.
Born: February 5, 1834
Birthplace: Westmoreland County, Virginia
Father: Robert Mayo
Mother: Emily Ann Campbell Mayo
Wife: Mary Armistead Tyler 1846 – 1926
(Buried: Yeocomico Episcopal Churchyard, Westmoreland County, Virginia)
Children:
Emily Campbell Mayo 1869 – 1955
(Buried: Yeocomico Episcopal Churchyard, Westmoreland County, Virginia)
Wat Tyler Mayo 1870 – 1942
(Buried: Yeocomico Episcopal Churchyard, Westmoreland County, Virginia)
John Campbell Mayo 1872 – 1923
(Buried: Yeocomico Episcopal Churchyard, Westmoreland County, Virginia)
Robert Lee Mayo 1874 – 1919
(Buried: Yeocomico Episcopal Churchyard, Westmoreland County, Virginia)
Rev. George Pickett Mayo 1876 – 1954
(Buried: Yeocomico Episcopal Churchyard, Westmoreland County, Virginia)
Jane Mayo 1879 – 1889
(Buried: Yeocomico Episcopal Churchyard, Westmoreland County, Virginia)
Agnes Mayo 1889 – 1972
(Buried: Yeocomico Episcopal Churchyard, Westmoreland County, Virginia)
Education:
1852: Graduated from Virginia Military Academy (3rd out of 24 cadets)
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Westmoreland County, Virginia
Teacher at Virginia Military Institute
Newspaper Editor in Richmond, Virginia
Civil War Career:
1861: Major of 3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1865: Colonel of 3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Antietam
1863: Led 332 men onto the field at Battle of Gettysburg
1863: Acting Brigade Commander at Battle of Gettysburg
1863: Wounded during the Battle of Gettysburg
1865: Paroled in Richmond, Virginia on April 25, 1865
Occupation after War:
Farmer in Westmoreland County, Virginia
1872 – 1874: Virginia State Treasurer
Vice President of Southern Historical Society
Died: April 11, 1898
Place of Death: Auburn Plantation, Westmoreland County, Virginia
Age at time of Death: 64 years old
Burial Place: Yeocomico Episcopal Churchyard, Westmoreland County, Virginia
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