Perry attended common schools and Bellevue High School. After grauating he taught school and worked on his fathers farm during the summers.
Perry was 21 years old when the Civil War broke out. Perry enlisted May 10th 1861 following Lincoln’s first call for 75,000 men to crush the rebels. Perry remained with the 2nd Michigan except for the short term he served with the 20th Michigan at the end of his term.
Perry fought in the battle Blackburn’s Ford Va. (July 18th,1861) First Bull Run, Va (July 21st ,1861) The Yorktown Peninsular Campaign, Va (April 5th- May 4th,1862) Williamsburg Peninsular Campaign, Va (May 4th-5th,1862) Fair Oaks and Seven Pines, Va (May 31st-June 1st,1862) Near Richmond, Va (June 18th,1862) Glendale, Va (June 30th,1862) Malvern Hill, Va (July 1st,1862) Second Bull Run, Va (Aug. 29th-30th 1862) Chantilly, Va (Sept. 1st,1862) Fredericksburg, Va (Dec. 13th,1862) Siege of Vicksburg, Mi (June 15th-July 4th 1863) Jackson, Mi (July 9th-16th 1863) Blue Springs, Tn (Oct. 10th,1863) Campbell’s Station, Tn (Nov. 16th,1863) Siege of Knoxville, Tn (Nov. 17th-Dec.5th 1863) and Wilderness, Va (May 5th-7th 1864)
During his term he was wounded three times. The first was at Knoxville on November 24,1864 where a cartridge hit is cartridge box and sent fragments of it into his ribs. This occured while he was carrying a wounded man to the rear.
The second and third was in the battle of the Wilderness in May 1864. He was wounded by a spent ball that hit him in the teeth and the other hit him in the foot. Neither of the ones in the Wilderness were serious and he remained in the fight.
Perry Mayo received his honorable discharge on July 21st 1864. On April 19th 1865 he married Mary Angell Bryant. Soon they settled on a farm of 320 acres in Section 6 of Marshall Township.
Perry is mentioned as being a member of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) GAR # 166 GAR Name C Colgrove
He became active and prominent in the community. He served for 8 years as the Master of the Battle Creek Grange then as State Representative in the Michigan Legislature.
Perry distinguished himself in the Grange as the overseer, state lecturer, general deputy, and a member of the executive board. His community elected him in 1887-1888 to the State Senate as representative for Calhoun and Branch County (7th District). In 1894 Perry was nominated by the Free Silver Party for the office of Lieutenant Governor. Although Mayo lost the election he was the only camdidate on the ticket who was endorsed by the Democrats.
The wife of Perry Mayo , Mary Bryant Mayo, died in 1903. Perry Mayo went to meet her there 18 years later on January 5th 1921. He is buried in Fredonia, Austin Cemetery
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| NAME | MAYO, PERRY |
| HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED | Private |
| DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH | June 14th 1839 in Hancock N.Y. |
| NOM DE GUERRE | NONE found at this time |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 5th 1921 |
| LOCATION OF DEATH | Michigan |
| LOCATION OF BURIAL | Austin Cemetery Fredonia Michigan |
| NOTES ON HIM | See biography above or read Civil War Letters of Perry Mayo |
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