County of cabin: Randolph County
Location of cabin: Depot St., courthouse lawn @ Mayo Cabin, Huntsville
Marker erected by: Huntsville Historical Society
Date marker erected: 1976
Marker text:
Allen Mayo Cabin - 1818
Originally located 3 miles SW of Mount Airy, Missouri
One of the first log homes in Randolph County
Lived in by Mayo family til 1950
Moved and rebuilt in 1976
By Huntsville Historical Society</em
"Allen Mayo was born in Virginia. July 14, 1802. His parents were Thomas and Mary (Blair) Mayo. Thomas Mayo served in the Revolutionary War under Washington. About 1805, he removed from Virginia to Tennessee and was engaged in farming in Campbell County until 1817 when he came to Missouri. In the spring of 1818 he came to Randolph County and here built a log cabin and cleared a piece of land and spent the remainder of his days in this county.
"Allen Mayo came to Randolph County with his parents and they were practically the first settlers in this section. Wild game at that time was plentiful and Allen Mayo, at one time killed three deer before breakfast. Wild hogs were commonly found in the woods and it is related that he killed twelve wild hogs in one day. He was a real frontiersman and was familiar with all the buffalo trails and every detail and condition of this country in the pioneer days, for a radius of miles around. He discovered Randolph Springs, having followed a bualffo [sic] trail to that point and frequently shot deer in that vicinity and later salt was manufactured there. He died Feb. 16, 1894. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Martha Finnell, was a daughter of Charles and Lucy Finnell who were also pioneer settlers of Randolph County and came from Garrard County, Ky., where Mrs. Mayo was born June 28, 1804. She died July 5, 1890."
~ History of Randolph County
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