Thomas Henry Mayes

Abt 1882 - 1904  (22 years)

• Name	Thomas Henry Mayes  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1882	St Francois County, Missouri, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 May 1904	St Francois County, Missouri, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  	Cause: Murdered by Anderson and Elmer Huff
  	Killed as he walked along the road
  		Homicide-MAYES Henry (Arrest of Huffs)
  Person ID	I15727	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family	Florence Zella Olive,   b. 8 Oct 1884, Madison County, Missouri, USA d. 26 Jun 1949, St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	16 Dec 1903	Ironton, Iron, Missouri, USA   [6]
  		Marriage-MAYES Florence & Thomas
  Children	1. Thomas Henry Mayes, Jr,   b. 20 Sep 1904, Missouri, USA d. 24 Jan 1962, Arbor Terrace, St Louis County, Missouri, USA (Age 57 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F5600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1882 - St Francois County, Missouri, USA Marriage - 16 Dec 1903 - Ironton, Iron, Missouri, USA Death - Cause: Murdered by Anderson and Elmer Huff - 24 May 1904 - St Francois County, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• News » Slide Show		Homicide-MAYES Henry (Arrest of Huffs)
  		Homicide-MAYES Henry (by Elmer Huff)
  		Homicide-MAYES Henry (Huff Confesses)
  		Homicide-MAYES Henry (Huff Surrenders)
  		Homicide-MAYES Henry (Trial of Huff)

  
  

  Vital Records

  Marriage-MAYES Florence & Thomas

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S1582] Murder of Henry Mayes- Macon Chronicle-Herald 24 May 1935, (Name: Macon Chronicle-Herald; Location: Macon, Missouri; Date: 24 May 1935, Fri;), FACES MURDER CHARGE FOR SLAYING IN 1904. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6966535/?xid=637 Homicide-MAYES Henry (Trial of Huff) [S1583] Newspapers.com - The St. Louis Star and Times - 24 May 1935, Fri - Page 12, (Name: The St. Louis Star and Times; Location: St. Louis, Missouri; Date: 24 May 1935, Fri;), Murder of Henry Mayes 24 May 1935, Fri. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6966571/?xid=637 Homicide-MAYES Henry (Huff Confesses) [S1584] Confession of Elmer Huff - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 24 May 1935, Fri - Page 5, (Name: St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Location: St. Louis, Missouri; Date: 24 May 1935, Fri;), FARMER GIVES UP, ADMITS KILLING -- Elmer Huff, 50, Surrenders at Farmington, Mo., Tells Authorities He Cannot Sleep. Elmer Huff, 50-year-old farmer, is in jail here on a first degree murder charge following a voluntary confession, according to authorities, to the killing of Henry Mayes, farm youth shot from ambush 31 years ago today. Huff and his fa ther, Andrew Huff, were charged with the crime shortly after it was committed, but the case was dis missed because of lack of evidence. "Huff came to me last Tuesday," Prosecuting Attorney Thomas A. Matthews said, "and Sheriff Roy Presnell and I listened to his story, the strangest I've ever heard." Matthews said Huff related he had been so disturbed over the kill ing that he could not sleep. Trouble between the Huffs and Mayes arose over a crop dispute, according to Matthews' account of Elmer Huffs story. The families had formerly been close friends. Huff's father and Mayes, then 22 years old, became violently angry during the argument and Huff, then 18, sided with his father. Two days before the killing Elmer Huff saw Mayes ride, by on his way to town. The prosecutor quoted Huff as saying he hid in a thicket and, armed with a shotgun, shot Mayes as he rode homeward on May 24, 1904. Huff and his father were arrested shortly after the shooting, bound over for trial on murder charges and informations were filed against them in Circuit Court. The case was dismissed after a number of delays, due to lack of evi dence, and went unsolved. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6966557/?xid=637 Homicide-MAYES Henry (Huff Surrenders) [S1585] Murder of Henry Mayes - St Clair Chronicle 2 Sep 1943, (Name: St. Clair Chronicle; Location: St. Clair, Missouri; Date: 2 Sep 1943, Thu;), Murder of Henry Mayes 2 Sep 1943, Thu. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6966649/?xid=637 Homicide-MAYES Henry (by Elmer Huff) [S8] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;). Marriage date: 16 Dec 1903 Marriage place: Ironton, Iron, MO