Burditt Mayfield

        Burditt Mayfield, farmer, is a native of Jefferson County; was born August 16, 1835; is the son of Joshua Mayfield and Lucinda Mayfield, both of whom were natives of Kentucky; both are now dead./ Joshua Mayfield was born in Kentucky, and removed to Indiana at an early date. His mother's father, Willis Ouseley, was a Revolutionary soldier.

    Mr. Burditt Mayfield was raised on a farm and received an ordinary education of the time of his youth.

    He was married, at the age of 23, November 4, 1858, to Mehitabel Chambers, daughter of Isaac Chambers, of Jefferson County, who was a native of Kentucky, and a pioneer in the settlement of Indiana. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was at the battle of New Orleans.

    Mr. and Mrs. Mayfield were the parents of only one child, who was born August 25, 1859, and died October 13, 1864.

    He was elected township assessor in 1886, and now fills that office. He owns forty acres of good land, well improved. He is a good farmer and citizen.

Source: Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana. By John M. Gresham & Co., 1889.