In memory of Oscar Mayo, my Maternal 3rd Great-Grandfather on the DECKER branch.

• 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Great Bend, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania

• 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Terry, Bradford, Pennsylvania

• 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Terry, Bradford, Pennsylvania

• 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsyvlania

• 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Clinton, Wyoming, Pennsylvania

• 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Maine, Broome, New York

• 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Nicholson, Wyoming, Pennsylvania

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Oscar Mayo

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Maps & Research Links:

Birth:

1851 Jan 25

Pennsylvania

Marriage:

1871 (est.)

[Unknown]

Death:

Burial:

1937 Sept 9

Nicholson, Wyoming, Pennsylvania

Prospect Hill Cemetery

Peckville (Blakely), Lackawanna, PA

Biography

Oscar Mayo was born on January 25, 1851, in Pennsylvania. He was the son of Raymond H. Mayo and Hannah S. Underhill. An industrious man who was a Stone Maison and dairy farmer. He was counted twice on the 1870 census, with his age given as 17 in both records. He was listed in his parents’ home in Terry, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, with two younger brothers and a younger sister, and he was listed in the home of Simpson Underhill in Dimock, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, probably a relative of his mother. He married Lycenia Strong, who he outlived by ten years after raising four daughters and one son. Lycenia died in 1927 and Oscar died at the age of 86 on September 9, 1937.

Note: PA Death Index gives his age at death as 66. This is a transcription error, as confirmed by his actual death certificate.

Children

Oscar Mayo & Lycenia Strong were the parents of my ancestor,

• Lydia (Mayo) Decker

• Eliza Mayo (1874-1888)

• Lucy P. (Mayo) Hunt (1876-1957)

• May C. (Mayo) Lewis (1880-1938)

• Alvin Mayo (1883-1958)

Records, photos, and memorabilia pertaining to the life of Oscar Mayo:

DNA Notes:

Match with flutterby on Ancestry, descendant of Oscar & Lycenia (Strong) Mayo

Match with flutterby on Ancestry, descendant of Oscar & Lycenia (Strong) Mayo

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