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Daniel Mayes

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Birthplace: Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States
Death: February 06, 1861 (68)
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States
Place of Burial: Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States
Immediate Family:

Husband of Cynthia Mayes
Father of MS Justice Robert Burns Mayes; Edward Mayes; Frances "Fanny" Bowmar Harris and Joseph Davis Mayes

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About Daniel Mayes

Daniel Mayes was a lawyer, professor and a judge. He got his license in 1825. He was a law proffessor at Transylvanai College in KY. He was also a legislator & Circuit Judge in KY. In the winter of 1838, he moved to Jackson, MS with his family. He purchased a farm (Montverde) 2 miles away from Jackson on the Clinton Road. He left Jackson in 1850 for a professorship at the University of Louisiana. He returned to Jackson in 1852. He continued practicing law in MS until his death.

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Daniel Mayes's Timeline

1792
February 12, 1792
Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States
1819
1819
Kentucky, United States
1820
July 28, 1820
1829
1829
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, United States
1846
December 15, 1846
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States
1861
February 6, 1861
Age 68
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States
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Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States