Roxana Mayo1

F, (21 June 1797 - 30 June 1855)
Father-Biological*Benjamin Mayo1 b. 11 Dec 1750, d. 2 May 1797
Mother-Biological*Dorothy Goddard1 b. 29 Jan 1758, d. 7 Jun 1845
Last Edited=17 Oct 2022
     Roxana Mayo was born on 21 June 1797 at Orange, Massachusetts.1 She was the daughter of Benjamin Mayo and Dorothy Goddard.1

Roxana Mayo married George Wheelock, son of Alexander Wheelock and Sophia Penniman.1

Roxana Mayo married David Frost.1 Roxanna purchased a building on the Oliver Ward place and had it moved to her husband's property to serve as the first Congregational Church in Tully. Despite the strong belief in temperance, the move was well lubricated for "mechanical purposes." The chapel was established in 1843. The Frosts purchased the first communion set and the melodeon for the chapel.1 Roxana Mayo died on 30 June 1855 at Orange, Massachusetts, at age 58.1 She was buried at North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Massachusetts. Roxana's epitaph reads:

ROXANNA W.
WIFE OF
DANIEL FROST
DIED JUNE 30, 1855.1


Citations

  1. Mayo, Chester Garst. John Mayo of Roxbury, Massachusetts 1630-1688: A Genealogical and Biographical Record of His Descendants. Rutland, Vermont:: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1965.