Andrew J. Mayfield Bollinger Co
Mo Biography
- Andrew J. Mayfield, a physician, of
Lutesville, Mo., is a native of
Bollinger County, born in 1845, and is a son of George W. and
Polly
Mayfield. George W. Mayfield was born in Cape Girardeau County
in 1819,
and is a son of Stephen Mayfield, a native of New England, who
emigrated
to Southeast Missouri in the early part of this century and
settled in
Cape Girardeau County, but in 1828 removed to what is now
Bollinger
County. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. George W.
remained
with his father until marriage, when he located on the old
homestead, on
which he still lives. His wife was born in Cape Girardeau
County, Mo.,
in 1820. She is the mother of eight children, who are living,
John J.,
Dr. Andrew J., Polly A. (Mrs. P.W. Grandstaff), Dr. William H.,
Dr.
Emanuel B., Dr. Stephen A., Randal L., and Dr. Eli B. Dr.
Andrew J. was
reared on his father's farm, and received his literary education
at
Millerstown. Desiring to become a physician he began the study
of
medicine in 1880 under the direction of his brother, Dr. William
H. In
1885 he graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at
St.
Louis, after which he located in Madison County, Mo., and began
practicing his profession. In August, 1885, he came to
Lutesville,
where he has since been located, and is now one of the leading
physicians and surgeons of Bollinger County. In 1877 he was
united in
marriage with Mary C. Sitzer, a daughter of John F. Sitzer. She
was
born in Madison County, Mo., in 1848. They have four children
living,
Mary E. (Mrs. J.Q. Ramsey), Caroline Maradie, George Franklin,
and
Cerrie Boyd. During the war the Doctor was a Union man, and was
in the
Federal service from April, 1865, until July of the same year.
Politically he is a Democrat. He and wife and two children are
members
of the Missionary Baptist Church, of which he has served as
deacon for
ten years. Andrew J. has been a Baptist for twenty-two years.
In
connection with his practice he manages a drug store, and has
served as
postmaster of Lutesville since January, 1886. The Doctor is a
Mason, a
member of the A.O.U.W., and of the Temperance Benevolent
Association.
He was elected to the office of justice of the peace in Madison
County,
and served eight years and then resigned. [p. 840-841]
Goodspeed's History of
Southeast Missouri, [p. 840-841]
Contributed by
Joe Crim
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