Rebecca Frances (Barnes) Mayfield (1915 - 1973)

Born 25 Jan 1915 in Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 3 Jul 1973 at age 58 in Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States

Biography

Rebecca (Barnes) Mayfield is a part of US Black heritage.

Rebecca Frances Barnes was born on 25 Jan 1915 in Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio. She was the daughter of James Barnes and Margaret Sallee and the twin sister of Samuel Edward Barnes.^[1][2][3]

By 1940, Rebecca had married Marshall W Randle and they were living in Galveston, Texas.^[4] They had two children. By 1950, they had separated and Rebecca and her children were living with her father in Oberlin, Ohio.^[5] Rebecca was later married to Wallace Mayfield.^[6]

Rebecca died in Allen Hospital in Oberlin, Ohio on 3 Jul 1973.^[1][7] She was buried in Westwood Cemetery in Oberlin.^[8]

Research Notes

• Records needed for Rebecca's marriages and the 1940 census.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9QZ-ZM6 : 9 January 2021), Rebecca Mayfield, Jul 1973; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", ED 59, Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio, USA; sheet 3A, family 80, lines 34-40, Rebecca Barnes in James D Barnes household; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD5T-17G
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," ED 64, Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio, USA; sheet 2A, family 42, lines 26-31, Rebecca F Barnes in James D Barnes household; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X44W-XGR
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," ED 84-21, Galveston city, Galveston County, Texas, USA; sheet 17A, family 401, Rebecca Randle in Edna Bell Davis [or Lewis?] household; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWVN-6LQ.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1950," ED 47-152, Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio, USA; sheet 78, dwelling 278, lines 27-30, Rebecca B Randle in James D Barnes household; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XB3-JDWH
6. ↑ Mrs. Wallace Mayfield obituary, Oberlin [Ohio] News-Tribune, 12 July 1973, page 6; transcription on Rebecca Barnes Randle-Mayfield's Find A Grave memorial page, Find A Grave: Memorial #52895935.
7. ↑ "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKVN-V8X : 29 June 2021), Rebecca F Mayfield, 3 Jul 1973.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52895935/rebecca-randle-mayfield: accessed 9 December 2022), memorial page for Rebecca Barnes Randle-Mayfield (25 Jan 1915–1973), Find A Grave: Memorial #52895935, citing Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by KeepsakeQuilter (contributor 47153586).