John Calvin Mays, Jr.(1/21/1926 - 3/5/2002) Born: Elmira, New York. Obituary; Service; Friends
Verna Evelyn Perry (2/5/1927 - 5/4/1988) Born: Brosley, Missouri

Claude Curtis Perry (1988-1951) + Inus Seana Blane [Rogers] (1891-1971); Married: 1/26/1920, Holcomb, MO. Claude and Inus each had three children from their first marriages. After they married they had three children together.

Claude Curtis Perry was born on 2/7/1888, in Bloomfield, MO, and died 10/18/1951 in Brosley. Buried at Brown's Chapel Cemetery, Brosley, MO. (Obituary) His first marriage was to Ida R. Graves (Fox?) on January 30, 1906. She died in June, 1918.

• Opal Elizabeth Perry (Hill)
  • Billy Murriel Hill
• Ruby Perry Byrd
  • Jerry Dean Byrd
• Jewell Curtis Perry
  • Joan
  • John
  • Jean
  • Julie
• Pearl Loretta Fox

Inus Seana Blane was born on 3/21/1891, in Model Tennessee (Stewart County). She died on 6/8/1971 and is buried at Brown's Chapel Cemetery, Brosley, MO (Obituary). Her first marriage was to Alfred H. Rogers, March 22, (year unknown). He died November 7, 1918.

• Beatrice (died at 3 months)
• Harrold Emmett Rogers (1912-1973) --Married Willie Davis (12/21/36)
  • Lois Jean Moore
  • Bernice Kirby
• Gilbert C. (Jake) Rogers (1914-?) -- Married Mildred Holloway (8/2/40)
  • Jack
  • Phil
  • John
  • Lanny
  • Fletcher
• (Millie) Marie Rogers (1918-?) -- Married Ira A. Martin (7/1/35) No children

Claude and Inus were married January 26, 1920, south of Holcomb, MO by A. J. Goole in the minister's home.

• James W. Perry married Viola Murphy on January 13, 1951.
  • Margaret (DOB 3/7/54)
  • Claudia (DOB 3/24/57).
• Claude Blane Perry. Married Ruth Kime. They had three children.
  • Sharon Perry (DOB 5/17/43)
  • Ronald Blane Perry (DOB 3/1/46). Married Beverly Robertson (1976). Daughters: Leslie and Laura Perry. Ronald and Beverly divorced and he remarried.
  • Michael D. Perry (DOB 6-8-47)
• Verna Evelyn Perry married John Calvin Mays, Jr. March 23, 1946, at Lafayette Park Baptist Church, St. Louis, MO.
  • Perry Stephen Mays (DOB 3/9/48)
  • Calvin Blane Mays (DOB

John Calvin Mays, Sr.; 11/7/1900 -- 3/27/1976
Emma Delilah Munns; 3/21/1901 -- ????

• John Calvin Mays, Jr.
• Donald Mays
• Reva Mays (Lawrence)

William L. "Dink" Perry; 10/5/1826 -- 3/15/1909
Elizabeth White Perry

Joseph Merrel Mase; Born 1863, Ithaca, NY; Died: 9/12/1959 (96 years) Photo of gravestone -- retired woodsman + Nancy Louise Grover

• Vernon
• Flora
• Milton
• Olivia
• Richard
• Jennie
• Leon
• Joseph (Raymond)¹
• Clyde
• George (Dewey)
• John Calvin (my grandfather)
• Ruth
• Martha

¹Only Joseph and one of his brothers chose the Mays spelling. And of Joseph and Nancy's children, only Vernon and one of his brothers chose to revert to Mase. Images of pages from a Mase family bible (Page1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4). Dates back to 1853.

For additional information, contact Esther Mays Harer, 2521 Canoe Camp Creek Rd., Covington, PA 16917 - Tel: 570-659-5364 (emharer@epix.net). Esther has been doing genealogical research on the family for the past 30 yrs and has pictures of John Calvin and others. And Vernon Mase mvsmase@yahoo.com

William L. White
Mary A.V. Price White, Born: October,1830

John + Estavilla Merrel Mase

• Joseph Merrell Mase

William Mase + Violet Ridge Mase (Liberty Township, Tioga County, PA)

• John Mase