b. 3 Jun 1799
    in County Derry, Ireland
    (but age 74 in June 1870 census)

    His son, Mark Bell Mairs'
    death certificate states
    that Joseph was born in London,  
    England.

Inscription:
Joseph
Mairs, M.D.
Died
July 13, 1870
Aged
71 Yrs. 1 Mo. 10 D.


FindAGrave.com

b. 1806
     in Ohio

    Her son Mark B. Mairs' death certificate
    states Margaret was born in Scotland
    but others claim she was born in Ohio.

d. 11 Sep 1851
      in WV

      buried ?

An Elizabeth Bell was the wife of John McCullough
whose children were involved with several DeWitts.
Elizabeth was born in 1810 in PA and was
the daughter of Thomas Bell and Mary McAllister. 
I have not seen any information that links Elizabeth and
Margaret but they seem to be possible sisters.

Children of Dr. Joseph W. Mairs
Issue:	Sex	Born	Birthplace	Died	Deathplace	Married	Date	Children
Children of Joseph Mairs (b. 3 Jun 1799  in Ireland, d. 15 Jul 1870 in MO) and Margaret Bell (b. 1806 in OH, d. 11 Sep 1851 in WV) married 18 July 18, 1822, in Jefferson County, Ohio
Rachel Ann In 1830 census, no females other than a 20-30 yr old female (Margaret Bell Mairs I assume.) In 1840 census, 1 female    0-5 yrs   (Margaret?) 1 female   5-10 yrs   (Mary Jane?) 1 female    15-20 yrs    (Is this    Rachel?) 1 female    30-40 yrs    (who?)	F	7 May 1823	Jefferson Co., OH	26 Feb 1912	Sullivan Co, MO buried Henry Cemetery, Reger, MO	Joel DeWitt   b. 29 Jan 1816      Jackson, Co.,      W(VA)   d. 13 May 1890      buried Henry      Cemetery,      Reger,      Sullivan Co.,       MO	1842 in Jackson Co. (W)VA	Mary Magdeline (Thomas) Joseph Culbertson Thomas Byron Margaret Josephine   (McCullough) William Henry Webster Mark Pinkney * Elnora (Hart) Click on Joel or Rachel's names for access to a massive amount of family history. * Don DeWitt is a descendant.
Thomas (There was a 24 yr old Thomas in the Joseph Mairs home in the 1850 census) In the 1860 Census for Milan, Sullivan Co., MO (pg 66: 20 Jul 1860), a 37 yr old Thomas Mairs is listed with wife Catherine also 1870 Thomas Mairs (45) [son of Joseph] with wife Catharin (40), and children Orlando (16),  Alice M (13), Mary M (11), Pinkney L (7), Robert S (5), and Lydia A (2) In 1900 census living in Polk Twnshp at age 75 with daughters Mary M. Mairs and Alice M Kerr.	M	14 Jan 1825 from note above 1860 census suggests he was born around 1823-24	Jefferson Co, OH 1860 census states Ohio	15 Dec 1903	Reger, Sullivan Co, MO ancestry.com found a reference that he died in Pawnee, Pawnee Co, OK It is not clear where that fact came from. I can not find evidence that any of his children were living in OK either. FindAGrave	Katharine (Catherine) Robinson   b. 27 May 1829      in Jackson      Co, (W)VA   d. 1 Oct 1897       Reger,       Sullivan Co,       MO FindAGrave   (1860 census =      28 yrs old) birthdate listed in obit was 29th (ref) Catherine is daughter of John Robinson and Lydia Dewitt (dau of John DeWitt)	19 Jun 1853 at ME Church South Catherine Robeson is the wife listed in Marriage Records of Sullivan Co, MO 1845-1859 pg 27	Orland J.   b. 12 Apr 1854   Sullivan Co, MO   d. ? Aft 1910 Bef 1920 in KS?   m. Eva F Sorrel       17 July 1881 MO        b Jan 1860 MO        d. Aft 1920  middle initial M in 1920 but F in 1870, 1880 Her parents were John L Sorrell and Elizabeth both born in KY In 1880 Orland was single and listed as a Timber Merchant. (ancestry.com  last name Mains) Orlen J... in 1900.. living in Polk Township, Sullivan Co with Eva who had had 8 children of which 6 were alive.  Children were:    - Ola C.      b. 25 Feb 1884 in MO      d. Aft 1915    - Ivah P.      b. Oct 1886      d. Aft 1915      m. Wilber W Scofield           2 Jun 1906 Edina, Knox, MO           b. Bef 1888           d. ?       children:       - Harold W         b 1907         d. Aft 1930             - Richard         b 1909         d. Aft 1920                    They may have divorced           bec. children living           with Orland and Eva           in 1915 and Eva in 1920          or Ivah may have died bef 1911          because....    (No bec Iva alive in 1915)             A Wilber Scofield (28) was         living with Mary (30)         and children         - Thomas (4)         - Rosanna (2)         - Helen M (8 mo)         in Hutchinson, Reno Co,         KS in 1915 which is where         Ivah's parents were living         with two Scofield grandchildren.    - Roy Thomas      b. 19 Feb 1889 MO      d. 19 Oct 1957          San Luis Obispo CA      m. Robbie Adell Brunnell           b. 12 Jun 1890 MO           d. 11 Jun 1947               San Luis Obispo CA       children:        Roy Max Mairs         b. 4 Nov 1912 Portland, OR         d. 15 Oct 1997 Sonoma CA         m. Helen Madson              b. 1906 UT    - Ned J      b. 31 Jul 1892 MO      d. Aft 1915    - Eva M      b. Mar 1895 MO      d. Aft 1910    - Catherine A.      b. 4 Sep 1898 MO      d. Aft 1920     In 1910.. living in     Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS as     O.J. Mairs with     Eva who had had 8 children     of which 6 were alive.     In 1915 living in     Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS as     O.J. Mairs with Eva and children     Ola, Iva, Ned, Eva, Katherine     and Ivah's children Harold and     Richard Scofield.       In 1920 Eva Mairs (58) living     with daughter Catherine (21)     who was single     and grandsons Harold (13)     and Richard (11) Scofield     in Reno Co, KS. Eva was     a widow. Alice Myrtle   b 5 Oct 1856   Sullivan Co, MO   d. Aft 1920   m. James Robert Kerr    9 Nov 1882 MO        b. Abt 1856  Canada        d. Bef 1900     children:     -  Robert B         b. Dec 1883 MO         d. Aft 1930         m. Zilpha ?            children               + Pauline (1918-)               + Marybel (1923-)     - Harry L.         b. Mar 1889 MO         d. Aft 1920         m. Ida ?     - Paul M.         b. 13 Nov 1890 MO         d. Aft 1900       Alice and 3 children living     with parents in 1900. She was     widowed.  Their father     was born in Canada.     They were living in Johnson,     Ness Co, Kansas in 1910. Alice     had had 4 children with 3 living.     She was widowed.     Alice was living with son Harry     in 1920 in Johnson, Ness, KS Mary M.*   b. 4 Sep 1858       Sullivan Co, MO    d. 12 May 1937 Pinkney "Pink" Lee*, **   b. 17 Jul 1862 in MO   d.  30 March 1930 Omaha, NE        (FindAGrave)   m. Ida Abigail Wilkes 24 Feb 1885 MO       b. Dec 1864 MO       d. 22 Jan 1937 Kimball Co, NE       (FIndAGrave)       Daughter of John A. Wilkes and          Elvira Morrow.     children:       - Charles Allen          b. 16 Jun 1886          d. Aft 1942          m. Minnie ?               b. 1890 NY               d.          children           + Charles D.              b. 1915              d.                 - Elsie Lee          b. 4 Mar 1890          d. 1 Jan 1974 Kimball Co, NE           (FIndAGrave)     ---------------------------------------------     A Louisa McCullough age 19 was living with       Pink L Mairs in Bowman Township, Sullivan     Co, MO in 1900.  She was born Sep 1880 and     was working as a servant.  I do not know who       she is.  Pink Mairs lived on the same road as    Webster DeWitt., Rachel DeWitt, and    Pink DeWitt    --------------------------------------------- Robert Shirley*, ***   b. 3 Feb 1865 in MO   d. 12 October 1941        probably in Kansas        since he was living there        for the previous ~30 years        (1905-1930 censuses)   m. Esther Sterling       25 Mov 1891 MO        b. Sept 1871        d. Aft 1910   children       - Chester S         b. Mar 1893         d. Aft 1920       - James Thomas         b. Dec 1895         d. Aft 1942       - Mary         b. Jun 1899         d. Aft 1930         m. Rosco John Agan in 1927 Living in Kinsley, Edwards Co, KS in 1905, 1910, 1920, 1930 censuses Listed as Maier family in 1910 in ancestry.com Lydia Anna*   b. 15 August 1867 in Reger, Sullivan, MO   d. 1924   m. 27 Nov 1889  to James H Sterling        James died before 1920 because family        (Anna, and dau Mary and Helen were living        in Tulsa OK in 1920 census)        1860 census               Orland 6? yrs               Allas (Alice?) 4yrs               Mary 2 yrs               (all 3 born in MO)        1880 census listed Lydia as Anna * from 1870 census..living in Polk Township, Sullivan Co, MO ** from 1900 census living in Bowman Township, Sullivan Co, MO *** from 1900 census..living in Polk Township, Sullivan Co, MO next door to Trussel Hall, son in law of Henry Sherman DeWitt
Dr. William in 1840 census, 2 males are listed in the 10-15 age range so are these boys Thomas, William or Mark B? (not shown in 1850 census probably because already moved out of home since he was married in 1850) Living in Poca township, Kanawha Co, WV in 1870 and 1880 census Living with son William B Mairs in 1900.	F	3 Apr 1828	Jefferson Co, OH	2 Aug 1912	died in MO buried in St. Clair Cemetery near Sissonville, WV (ref) Burial: Saint Clair - Pocatalico Sissonville Kanawha County West Virginia, USA (FindAGrave) I have a ref for him in Clendenin, Kanawha Co, WV sometime in his life.	Mary Martha Aultz   b 25 Oct 1830    or    b. 2 Nov 1829    d. 28 May 1874      died in      Sissonville,      Kanawha Co,      VA    (ref) Burial: Saint Clair - Pocatalico Sissonville Kanawha County West Virginia, USA    (FindAGrave)   dau of   Adam Aultz II     b 27 Jun 1797     d. 12 Jun 1868     (ref)   & Martha Samuels     b 29 Oct 1803     d. 7 Mar 1893 (ref)   (ref)      lived in      Sissonville,      Kanawha Co, VA Adam Aultz's Will can be found at: WILL. Mary listed as Martha in 1870 census.	17 Oct 1850 Pocatalico, Kanawha Co, WV  (ref)	Joseph B.   b. 25 Jun 1851, Kanawha Co, WV   d. 3 Mar 1931, Kanawha Co, WV        (FindAGrave)   m. Elmina Malissa Derrick          b. 29 Sep 1853, Derricks Crk, WV          d. 29 Jun 1921 Kanawha Co, WV              (FindAGrave)        married on 24 Oct 1871        (ref)      Children:      - William        b 1872        d. 1 Aug 1930        m. Martha E ?             b. 1875          children         + Lucy Mairs            1895 –           + Ort Mairs            1898 –           + Oscar Mairs            1899 –           + William F Mairs            1905 –      - Myrtus Benjamin         b. 9 Aug 1875 WV        d. 21 Nov 1940 Kanawha Co, WV        m. Ada Morgan             b 1876             d. ?        children:           + Ernest         + Gladys Goldie         + Harry         + Bessie May            1896 –         + Ida Belle            1898 –         + Tisdel Harrison            1899 –         + Carl Kermit            1904 –         + Henriet            1904 –         + Tansa            1906 –         + Vernard Vernon Gondola            1907 –         + Daniel            1908 –         + Robert            1909 –         + Myrt            1910 –         + Thomas A            1914 – 1985     - Thomas F         b. Mar 1878         b. 1905     - Rosa Mae         b. 28 Dec 1879  Sissonville, Kanawha, WV         b. 9 May 1937  Sissonville, Kanawha, WV         (FindAGrave)         m1. Robert H or W Horn in 1898               children: Rushie         m2. Ausburn G Tasker in 1918     - Mark Marcus Romeo         b. 11 Feb 1882 Kanawha County. WV         d. 25 Feb 1950 Kanawha County. WV         (FindAGrave)         m1. Emma Virgin Edens         children:        + Marcus R           1920 – 1969        + Joesph Benjamin           1923 – 1925        + Edith A           1926 –        + Emma J           1929 –     - Fred Cato        b. 3 Jan 1884        d. 22 Feb 1946 WV            (FindAGrave)        m. Lula W Presson              b. 4 Jul 1889              d. 26 Nov 1935              (FindAGrave)             children:              + William b 1909              + Chester b 1910              + Jackie B b 1923     - Russel A        b. 1886        d. ?      - Lloyd Lee         b. 8 Jun 1888         d. 27 Oct 1959             (FindAGrave)         m1. Bessie M Wartenberg            children:              + James Hendricks                 1913 – 1944                + Gordon Leo                 1916 – 1979                + Helen                 1918 – 1984         m2, Etta Meadows Wood     - Lillie        b. Jun 1888        d. 1900     - John Herman         b. 2 Sep 1891         d. Apr 1972             (FindAGrave)         m. Josephine B Fisher     - Otis B         b. May 1894         d. 21 Nov 1940      - Della         b. 1896      - Rome Russ        b. 10 Jan 1898 WV        d. 24 Mar 1976 WV           (FindAGrave)        m. Gertrude "Gertie" E Moore      Lillian  b. 1915?  - grand daughter       All born in Kanawha Co, WV       ref: ancestry.com   Joseph was census taker in Poca District,    Kanawha Co, WV in 1910. He had neat    handwriting! Martha   b 21 Feb 1853      Kanawha Co, WV   d. 22 Dec 1923      Kanawha Co, WV   m. Leftrige C. Milam         b. 26 Aug 1840, Kanawha Co, WV         d. 6 Apr 1908 Kanawha Co, WV     Children:      - Mary  b 1866      - William Virgil  b 1875      - Minnie Mae  b 1876      - Laura Belle  b 1879      - Benjamin Burl  b 1881      - Pearl R  b 1883      - Claude Egbert  b 1886      - Oscar Vernon  b 1889      - Marvin Carter  b 1893      All born in Kanawha Co, WV      Ref: O'Dell Family tree      ancestry.com Dr. Adam Thomas   b 14 Feb 1855      Kanawha Co, WV   d. 10 Jan 1931      Sunset Memorial Cemetery      South Charleston      Kanawha County, WV      (FindAGrave)   m. Louisa Virginia Gibson          b. 20 Nov 1860, Sissonville, WV          d. 30 Nov 1937 Kanawha Co, WV          (FindAGrave)         married on 24 Nov 1882        (ref)     Children:      - Dr Atlee  Mairs          b 21 Oct 1883          d. 14 Nov 1931           (FindAGrave)      - Theresa         b 3 Dec 1885         d. 1886      - Bessie Juanita         b 7 Apr 1893         d. 1894 William Brown   b 1 Mar 1857   d. 31 Jul 1937  WV (ref)       (FindAGrave)   m. Virginia N. Morgan          b. 15 Nov 1859          b. 27 Dec 1923 WV          (FindAGrave)   Children:     none listed in 1910   Living with father William Mairs in 1900   A William Mairs, born 1857 was living with   Marion and Nora Moorecott family   in 1910 in Poca District (aka Mairs Precinct)     Kanawha Co, WV.  Was Nora William's     daughter?  She was 21.   However William B Mairs was living with his wife in Charleston in Kanawha County in 1910.  They had 17 lodgers living with them and they were listed as running the American Hotel! Melissa J   b 2 Apr 1859   d. 17 Mar 1936 in VA   m. James Edward Layne          b. 22 Feb 1871, Kanawha Co, WV          d. 1950 Kanawha Co, WV         married on 11 Oct 1893     Children:      - Elsie  b 1896      - William  b 1902 Mark Wyatt   b 8 Sep 1861 in VA   d. ?   m. Josephine M Richey          b. 1867 IA          d. ?         married on ?     Children:      - none Henry C. or E.   b 13 Jan 1864 in VA   d. 23 Apr 1864 in VA John Wesley   b 5 Mar 1865 in VA   d. 2 May 1948 WV       (FindAGrave)   m. Lora High Morley          b. 16 Sep 1875          d. 22 Oct 1930 WV         married on 1900     Children:      - Burton Morley  b 1899      - Mildred Joyce  b 1908 Mary Minerva   b 22 Jul 1867 in VA   d. ?   m1. James Samuel Rust          b. 23 Mar 1857, Kanawha Co, WV          d. Bef 5 Jun 1900 Kanawha Co, WV          parents:             James Bailey Rust             Mary Purcell             8 children including James         married on 8 Apr 1891     Children:      - Rome          b. 30 Dec 1891 Charleston, Kanawha, WV          d. 4 Sep 1976 Amarillo, Randall, TX          m. Willetta White               b. 16 Jun 1899               d. 1976               m. 16 Sep 1922        - Ruth          b. 18 Dec 1893 Charleston, Kanawha, WV          d. Aft 1910      - Ruby          b. 4 Dec 1896 Charleston, Kanawha, WV          d. Aft 1920   m2. Andrew D McClanahan          b. Apr 1860, Kanawha Co, W(VA)          d. ?         married on Jul 1900      Note:  An A. D. McClanahan               (b Apr 1860) was               living with Mary Minerva Rust               (Listed as Mrs. J. S. Rust) and               family on 5 Jun 1900.  Apparently               A.D. McClanahan then married Mary               Minerva Mairs Rust a month later.     Children:      ? James Daniel   b 2 Jan 1870 in Kanawha Co, WV   d. 1930 IA   m. Did not marry. He was single in 1925 in IA. Most names from ancestry.com or FIndAGrave.com
Mark Belgium?* or Bell? (He was a  democrat, served 9 yrs as township trustee and county judge. He was a member of the Blue Lodge in Masonry.) (Sullivan Co. Mo History) Living next door to father in 1860 in VA. * Middle name was seen in a record in ancestry.com listing his son Henry Thoms Mairs and wife Nora Brasfield. In it, Mark's middle name was stated as Belgium.  I have never seen that before.	M	5 Feb 1829 in 1860 census, age 31 in 1850,  age 21	Jefferson Co, OH	25 Aug 1913	Newtown, Sullivan Co, MO from Death Certificate (FindAGrave)	Lousiania Fowler (aka Louzana)  b. 22 Jul 1830      in      Richmond,      Henrico Co, VA  d. 4 Feb 1914       in Newtown       Sullivan Co,        MO      (FindAGrave) All above from Death Certificate obtained in 5/2006. (Death Cert.) She was called Lousiana in the 1860 census. The Sullivan Co. History states that she was Louisiana Fowler (b 1853) and daughter of Braxton Fowler born in 1830 in Charles City, VA, and Mary Gordon also born in Charles City, VA Married 29 Apr 1825. (Info about Braxton and wife from Allen Fowler 5/2006) Her death certificate confirms Braxton as her father.  It had no info on her mother. (Her mother was Mary Gordon) The Braxton family must be related because she named one of her children John BRAXTON, but she also named a son Ezekiel. Mary Gordon was the daughter of Dunbar Gordon, a Scotsman, who built the home of Pres.John Tyler in Charles City County. VA	3 Feb 1853	Dr. William Joseph (see photo below)    b. 22 Jul 1854    d. 6 May 1920        Newton, Sullivan Co, MO     from Death Certificate      (FindAGrave) <--photo source   m1. Sarah Catherine Johnson         b. 1855 in MO         d. Bef 1890?         dau of William Johnson            and Ruth S Murphy      Children:       -  Dr. Edgar Joseph            b. 29 Dec 1882  *            d. 12 Mar 1967            m Bessie Virginia Lane               b. 1 Jan 1885, Lindley, MO               d. 23 Sep 1947 Trenton, Grundy, MO                   (FindAGrave)               dau. of Williby Newton Lane                 and Linda A Dobbins            children:              + Catherine                  b Abt 1906              + Ruth                  b Abt 1909                  - Raymond M            b. 21 Jun 1884            d. 1 Apr 1968                 San Bernardino, CA            m. Nancy E. ?   b 1886               Children: William J  b 1907             Living in Putnam Co, Mo             in 1930 census        * Edgar was the census taker! ??    In campground cemetery,     - Mairs, Orville Byron            Infant Son of Dr. W.J.                    and S.C. Mairs,            (SC=Sarah Catherine Johnson)           January 1, 1887, January 8, 1887            (FindAGrave)   m2. Minerva Ann Johnson         marriage in 1890         b. 27 Mar 1863 in MO         d. 12 Apr 1921          in Newtown, Sullivan Co, MO          (FindAGrave) <--photo source         dau. of         William Johnson          Ruth Murphy        From her Death        Certificate.         It states she was         the widow of         Dr. W.J. Mairs        This is probably Minerva.       WJ Mairs was living in Clay        township, Sullivan Co, MO in        1900 Ezekiel M. (Hezekiah or Ezekiah)   b. 4 Jun 1856      in Jackson Co,      WV   d. 18 Jun 1896        (FindAGrave)   m. 18 Feb 1878      Flora Cowardin     b 4 May 1856        Logan Co, IL     d. 17 Oct 1932         Milan, Sullivan Co, MO        (death certificate)         Both buried Camp Ground Cem,         Humphreys, MO  (ref)         (FindAGrave)     Children:     - Mark H.        b. 1879     - Lee        b 13 Dec 1880        d 9 Sep 1883        (FIndAGrave)     - Lillie        b. 1882     - Frederick B        b. 1883     - Luzania        b. 1888    Were Tommy and Chester twins?     - Tommy        b 23 mar 1890        d 18 Jan 1897       (FIndAGrave)     - Chester        b 19 Mar 1890        d 14 Jan 1897        (FIndAGrave)     - Clinton        b 10 Mar 1894        d 18 Feb 1897        (FIndAGrave) The loss of the last three sons so close suggests infectious disease?   John Braxton   b. 1 Feb 1859     in Tipton, Nicholas Co, WV   d. 14 May 1959     in Seattle, King Co, WA   In 1900 he lived   in Bowman Twnshp   (page 11, 147)   with wife May Gillespie     b 19 Sep 1865         in Browning, Linn Co, MO     d. 20 Aug 1905         in Seattle, King Co, WA   with children:   -   Whitney         b.Aug 1885   -  Waverly         b. May 1887   -  daughter  Camille?         b. 13 Feb 1890   -  twin daughters         b. 8 Dec 1890   -  Clara         b. Aug 1892   -  Mary Louzana         b. 27 May 1894          in Humphreys,             Sullivan Co, MO          d. 2 Oct 1996              Bakersfield, CA           m. Vivion Elbert Gillett                b. 14 Oct 1895 in ARK                d. 11 Oct 1979 in CA                Children:                  John B b Abt1921   -  John Carpenter         b. 8 Oct 1896 MO         d. 8 Apr 1963 OR         (FindAGrave)         m. Alvina Louise ?               b. 11 Mar 1910               d. 20 Nov 2006               (FindAGrave)            children:              + John P              + Marilyn   - Mark B     b. 1905     d. after 1940     m. Esther Marie Dees          b 1915          d ?         children:         - Braxton            b 1935 Ark         - Thomas           b 1939 Ark    In 1900 they had been married    16 years and she had 7    living children with 3    more who had died.    I found John Braxton Mairs    living with a son    Mark B Mairs, in Arkansas    in the 1920 and 1930 census    records.  Mary Belle (aka Belle Mairs)   b. 10 Apr 1861        in Tipton, Nicholas, WV   d. 28 Aug 1947       buried Harris Cem       (FindAGrave)   m1. Wade Hampton Jones, Sr        b. Dec 1859 in MO        d. 1937        (FindAGrave)        marriage date  28 Aug 1881       Children: (ancestry.com)        - Zilpha L           b. Aug 1882 in MO           d.?        - Lucy Catherine           b. Mar 1886 in MO           d.?           m. Jesse "Vernon" Jones Neill                in 1909        - Gladys O           b. 2 Jun 1888 in MO           d.?           m Nova J Payne               23 Jul 1927        - Elfie Hazel           b. Mar 1893 in MO           d.?           m. James William McBurney                b. 16 Aug 1895                d. ?                 children                 + George William (1926-1996)                 + Philip (1930-)                 + James Harrison (1934-)        Elizabeth Lizzie B          b. Nov 1894 in MO          d.?        Wade Hampton Jones, Jr.          b. 11 Feb 1897              in Newton, Sullivan Co, M          d. 1946              (FindAGrave)          m. Bernadette ?   m.2 Earl F. Green        - Wallace        Comments: from 1860 census and         Sullivan Co History Dr. Henry Thomas   b. 24 Apr 1863 in WV   d. 28 Dec 1916    Sullivan Co, MO    buried Camp Ground Cem    (ref)  (FindAGrave)      from Death Certificate      informant:       Belle Mairs Jones       (sister of Henry...         Mrs. Wade Jones (see above))   m. Nora Brasfield 6 Sep 1893        b. 2 Aug 1866 in Putnam Co, MO        d. 20 Aug 1956 Unionville, Putnam Co MO            Unionville Cemetery, Putnam Co, MO            (FindAGrave) (Death Certificate)        parents: James Lewis Brasfield                   Zedah Creamer Lucy M.   b. Apr 1865   d. 22 Sep 1882    Sullivan Co, MO    buried Camp Ground Cem    (ref)  (FindAGrave) Ida M.   b. Abt 1868   d. Aft 1880 Wallace Byron (ref)   b. 26 Sep 1870   d. 1 Sep 1871 MO      (FindAGrave)
Mary Jane Living with  father in 1860 in VA age 25. (31 in 1870) (61 in 1900) (71 in 1910) (83 in 1920)	F	20 Oct 1838	Ravenswood, Jackson Co, VA(WV)  (Death Cert)	18 Feb 1923 Her burial was the 19th.	Reger, Sullivan Co., MO (Death Cert) (FindAGrave) She died in Chillicothe, Livingston, MO. She had been living in her home in Reger, MO  Her death certificate witness was Walter Atkins. Anyone know who he was? Living in Duncan, Sullivan Co, MO in 1900 with husband and children Maud and Elias. Mary Atkins (71) was a widow and living in Duncan, Sullivan Co, MO on 17 Apr 1910. Mary J Atkins (83) was a widow and living in Reger, Duncan Township, Sullivan Co, MO on 9 Jan 1920 Her father was born in Ireland and mother born in Ohio.	Hiram A. or (Elliott) Atkins   b. Feb 1833     Rappanahnnock       Co, VA   d. 19 Apr 1907 MO    (FindAGrave)   son of Elias Finks Atkins and   Frances Dodson "Fanny"? siblings in 1850 George   b 1827 Jame Harvey B   b 1830 Tennessee Hesser   age 15 Andrew Barbee  b 6 Jan 1838  d 28 Mar 1877 Dewitt Clinton  b 1840 Silas Marshal  b 1842 Selina Virginia  b 1856 parents Elias F age 54 Fanny age 48 In 1860, parents living in Rappahannock, VA with Tennessee, Andrew B, Dewitt C, Silas M, Mary E, Virginia and Ida H Atkins	17 Dec 1861 Jackson Co, WV	Joseph Garnet b. 16 Oct 1863  VA d. 1923     buried in     Hollywood Memorial Park, CA     (FindAGrave)   m. Luella Edith DeWitt        b. Mar. 20, 1864        d. Nov. 19, 1951        (FIndAGrave)      daughter of      Thomas Buffinton DeWitt   Joseph and Luella's   children can be seen at the   Thomas Buffington DeWitt   link above. Fannie Mae   b. 1865 in MO   d. Bef 1910 Maud V (Mariah?)   b. 26 Dec 1868 in MO   d. 21 Mar 1905 MO    (FIndAGrave)     buried Henry Cem, Reger, MO     with her parents Elias Waldo   b. 13 May 1871 in MO   d. 22 Apr 1945   m. Sarah Catherine Smith        b 1880        d 1955 In 1900, Maud (31) and Elias (29) were living with Hiram (67) and Mary J (61) in Duncan, Sullivan Co, MO. Nearby was their son Joseph and his family. In 1910 census, Mary Jane is listed as giving birth to 5 children with 3 living. She was a widow and living in Clay, Sullivan Co, MO
Margaret	F	20 Apr 1833 (Death Cert) 1837 13 in 1850 census or 1839 Living with  father in 1860 in VA age 21 or 1842? because 28 in 1870 census in Polk Township, Sullivan Co., MO.	Jackson Co, VA(WV)	11 Apr 1916	Clay Township, Sullivan Co, MO burial: Busby Cemeery, Newton, Sullivan Co, MO (FindAGrave) His second wife lost her life in a fire while raking leaves.	Judge Thomas McCallister b. 21 May  1825 Mason Co, VA d. 7 Nov 1898 (FindAGrave) (Margaret was his second wife.) from First wife Mary Jane Poindexter  b. 12 Feb 1827     Putnam, VA  d. 5 May 1882      Clay, Sullivan MO      (FindAGrave)      married 18 Feb 1849 children    Charles    James Garret    Josephus Joe     b 7 Aug 1855     d 17 Dec 1923     (FindAGrave)      m Mary Higgins    William     (?-1883)   Madlum     m S S Miledge        lived Herman, OR   Lois     m J L Taylor        lived Herman, OR   Sidney A   Thomas Orlando    (1868-1910)    (FindAGrave) another list in 1880 Thomas b. 1855 Sydna A b 1866 Orlando F b Aug 1868   (FindAGrave)	Mar 1885	none
Martha Virginia Living with  father in 1860 in VA age 17	F	20 May 1843	VA Living with father, age 24 in 1870 census in Polk Township, Sullivan Co., MO.  Living with William and family in 1880 in Clay Township, Sullivan Co, MO Bruce  9 Gilbert  7 Minnie B.  3 Shirley  2	5 Feb 1881	Clay Township, Sullivan Co, MO (FindAGrave) ?? Burial site unknown but perhaps Martha died on the same day as the birth and death of her last child Little Dew Drop Reger. The baby is said to have died in Newtown, Sullivan Co, MO which would suggest that Newtown is the death location of her mother Martha.	William Madison Reger   b. 7 Oct 1846       Madison Co, IN   d. 2 Oct 1917       (FindAGrave)       (Death Certificate)   son of    Saul Reger and    Mary Martha Busby    (Their family)     Later he married   Sidney    McCallister     dau of Judge     Thomas     McCallister    (from first wife)    children       Maud Ammel       Ray Bryon       Mary Roselee       Guy Dean       Willa May       Ocie Ferrie	26 May 1870   ref =   p619   Sullivan Co.    history	Bruce b. 25 Apr 1871 MO d. 9 Nov 1950 CA Gilbert b. 5 Jun 1872 MO d. 20 May 1939 MO Minnie Blanche b. 11 Dec 1876 MO d. 6 Aug 1968 Shirley b. 6 Apr 1878 MO d. 5 Sep 1951 WA Daisy b. 5 Jul 1879 MO d. 20 Jul 1879 MO   Little Dew Drop b. 5 Feb 1881 MO d. 5 Feb 1881 MO
maybe 2 others Wallace?
						second wife?		no children? I was "told" by one cousin that Joseph Mairs married a second time but had no children by that marriage.  I've tried to hunt that down with no luck to date.  A young cousin in New England has her grandmothers' copy of Vol. I of the Sullivan County History.  I have had no reply to my request that she look in that volume to see if there is mention of a second wife.  Have you heard of a second wife? from Betty Anne Neill, 8/2007

** Information from Buff and Joe Huntsman:

Rachel Mairs married Dr. Joel DeWitt.
Her sister, Mary Jane Mairs married Hiram Atkins.
They all moved to Missouri.
    Joseph Garnet Atkins, the son of Mary Jane and Hiram Atkins
              then married Luella Eddyth DeWitt,
                            the daughter of Thomas Buffington DeWitt and Madlain McCullough.
    Thomas Buffington DeWitt moved to California in 1884 and the Atkins family followed later.

Miscellaneous Information
From the Seitz geneology website:

Benjamin Mairs was born c.1782, probably in the Ulster part of Ireland. He died after 1830, possibly in Jefferson County, Ohio. Best guess is that he and his wife, Rachel Kennedy, came to this country about 1815. Naturalized Sep. 24, 1822, in Jefferson County, Ohio. Benjamin and Rachel had three or four children. (one of which is Joseph seen below.)

Joseph Mairs was born 3 June 1799 in County Derry, Ireland (Ulster), a son of Benjamin Mairs and Rachel Kennedy. He died 13 July 1870, in Sullivan County, Mo. Joseph came to United States as young man with parents. He, his parents and siblings were naturalized as citizens of United States on 24 Sept. 1822 in Jefferson County, Ohio. One questionable source says he taught school several terms in Pennsylvania; was supposedly proficient in mathematics and penmanship and was once offered $3,500 per year salary to teach in Philadelphia, which he declined. He did study medicine and began practice in Jackson County, (W.)Va., where he moved before 1830 from Jefferson County, Ohio. He abandoned medical practice about 1860, perhaps earlier as he is called farmer in 1850 census, and moved to Sullivan County, Mo., in 1865, where he farmed until death (died while working in hay field). He married Margaret Bell 18 July 18, 1822, in Jefferson County, Ohio. They had nine children. Margaret Bell was born c.1801, possibly in Ohio, and died in 1852 in Jackson County WV.

PICTURE:
This is copied from a photograph made late 1908 or early 1909, 
probably in Milan, Sullivan County, Mo. 
The original was framed by the Chicago department store, Marshall Field, 
probably in the 1920s or early 1930s.

CREDIT:

His Seitz Geneology is found at: SEITZ. 
His Ahnentafel Geneology chart is HERE.

Ruth Susan SEITZ
(1908-1973)
Ruth Seitz was born 24 June 1908 in Milan, Mo., where her father, Enoch Beery Seitz Jr. was superintendent of schools. She graduated from Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Mass., June 1929. Ruth married Harlen Ware in June 1935. She died 24 May 1973 in Carmel, Calif.

Hazeldean BOLT Seitz
(1886-1979)
Hazeldean Bolt was born 9 Nov. 1886 in Montgomery County, Iowa. She married first Enoch Beery Jr. 20 Aug. 1907 in Milan, Mo. She married second Nate Snyder in the 1950s. She died June 1979 in San Antonio, Texas.

Elfie Maud McCULLOUGH Bolt (1868-c1963)
Elfie McCullough was born 25 Nov.1868 in Sullivan County, Mo. She married Isaac S. Bolt 14 Oct. 1885 in Milan, Mo. They were divorced at an unknown date before 1906. She died in 1963 in Los Angeles, Calif.

Margaret Josephine DeWITT McCullough (1849-1937)
Josephine DeWitt was born 8 July 1849 in Sullivan County, Mo. She married Warren McCullough on 2 July 1865 in Sullivan County. She was active in the Women's Christian Temperance Union. She died 30 April 1937 in Milan.

Rachel Ann MAIRS DeWitt (1823-1912)
Rachel Ann Mairs was born 7 May 1823 in Stuebenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. She married Joel DeWitt 1842 in Jackson County , (W.) Va. They moved to Missouri in 1845. She died 26 Feb. 1912 in Sullivan County, Mo.

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Mairs Cemetery

According to the Sullivan County Cemeteries there is a Mairs Cemetery:
   Located on what used to be Noel Bennett's farm in the mid-1950's; about 1/2 mile East of Browning.

Mairs Cemetery
Duncan Township, Sullivan County, MO

This is a small Cemetery located in Township 61N, Range 20W, Section 33. This is 0.5 miles East of Browning, Missouri on highway “O”. It is on the North side of the road in a field. This cemetery was surveyed and inscriptions copied November 2002 by Robert Myers. The original inscriptions were by Mrs. George Prather, Mrs. Elizabeth Ellsberry and Bryce Logan circa 1951.

As you can see below these are some of the Thomas Mairs family.  Thomas is Joseph's brother and son of Benjamin Mairs.

Mairs Creek

We even have a stream named after our Mairs ancestors just south of Browning, MO. You can see the map here: Mairs Creek.

Back in West Virginia
Louisa Mairs, wife of Thomas Mairs, was born 2 Jan 1822 and died 12 July1862.  Next to her grave in the Sandyville Cemetery, was Ruth Arnold, daughter of Benjamin and Susannah Arnold .  This note was taken (from John A. House's "Some Early City, Village and County Burying Grounds" found in the library in Ripley, WV.)  See below

Other
MAIRS BELL ROBINSON My G-G-G Grandfather, Dr. Joseph Mairs (born 1799 in Derry Co, Ireland) married Margaret Bell (born in Scotland) in Jefferson Co., Ohio (date unknown). Joseph died on 7/15/1870 and Margaret died on 9/11/1851. They had a son, Thomas Mairs, born 1/14/1825 in Jefferson Co. He married Katherine Robinson and they had a daughter, Alice Myrtle Mairs, born 10/5/1856 in Sullivan Co., MO. Alice was my G Grandmother. I have no other information about the Mairs family in Jefferson Co. between the years (approx.) 1800 to 1870. Also, I have no information about Margaret Bell or Katherine Robinson and would like to know more about them. Thanks to anyone who can help! http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohjeffer/query027.htm