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B. F. Mayhue received his schooling near Shawneetown, Ill., and while a resident of that State was married to Miss Sarah A. Fowler, on the 10th of October, 1861, and their marriage has been blessed in the birth of seven children; Benjamin W., William A., Marion M., Mary M., Sarah A. and Dora C. On the 22d of July, 1883, he was called upon to mourn the death of his wife, she having been a native of Illinois, and a daughter of William and Amy Fowler. Mr. Mayhue afterward married Miss Matronia Steed, a Kentuckian, their marriage taking place on the 12th of November, 1883. Their family consists of three sons and one daughter. Mr. Mayhue has eighty acres of his 160-acre farm under cultivation, well supplied with all necessary stock and buildings. He is a Mason, and was a member of the Agricultural Wheel, but resigned his membership in that organization, not because he objected to its principles, but to the way it was conducted. In 1862 he enlisted in the army, under Capt. McCaleb, and the first hard combat in which he took part was Mobile Bay, Ala. After receiving his discharge, in November, 1865, he returned home and resumed his farming operations, to which he has since given his attention. Mrs. Mayhue is a member of the Methodist Church.