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James B. Mayfield

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
09-04-1877 Democratic AD-20 0 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/131312210/james-milton-mayfield
 

Candidate Biography:

James Milton Mayfield
Born: July 4, 1833 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Married: Rosalie Chapman (m. 1862)
Children: Irving, Thomas I., Samuel L., Edwin M., Lovina E., William E., and Amy R.
Died: April 28, 1907 in Napa, CA

1868-1869: Assessor, Napa County

  • Most contemporary sources record his middle initial as "B" but his obituary and grave list his middle name as "M."
  • Be Fruitful and Multiply: Mayfield had seven children.

Source: "Pen Portraits" Compiled by R.R. Parkinson, Submitted by Nancy Pratt Melton as part of the California Genealogy & History Archives