George Mayne
George Mayne, chief of the department of police of the city of Ironton has won promotion to the head of his department both because of his fearlessness as an officer and his executive talents. A native of Ironton, he has been connected with the police force for a period of seventeen years, and his record is one of which any official might well be proud. Chief Mayne was born February 3, 1868, and is a son of John C. and Luema (Rowe) Mayne.
John C. Mayne was born near Blossburg, Pennsylvania, in 1835, and in his native locality was engaged as a teamster and rolling mill man. Subsequently he enlisted for service in the Civil war as a member of the Forty-fifth Kentucky Mounted Infantry. After serving for eighteen months under arms he was made a teamster, and so completed his military service, being thus engaged for two years. Following his honorable discharge, Mr. Mayne came to the Hanging Rock Region, about the year 1865, and here continued to follow rolling mill work during the balance of his active career. Mrs. Mayne was born in Pike county, Kentucky, in 1840, and was eighteen years of age when she came to Ironton, Ohio, where she still makes her home. She has been the mother of six children, as follows: John A., George, Thomas R., Charles A., Esther A. and Grace.
George Mayne received only ordinary educational advantages in the public schools, for at the age of twelve years he laid aside his books to begin to learn the trade of cooper. He continued to be employed at that vocation for some thirteen years, and then entered the rolling mills, where he remained three years. In 1897 Mr. Mayne qualified for the police force of Ironton and began his duties in that year, and as a tribute to his character as a brave, active and efficient officer, he speedily won promotion until February 13, 1914, he reached the height of his deserved promotions, being appointed chief of police. He has since demonstrated a marked administrative ability, and has instilled a new spirit of earnestness and reform into the service.
Chief Mayne was married February 11, 1898, at Ironton, to Miss Emma Evans, daughter of Evan Evans of this city, and six children have been born to this union: Newell E., George E., Irving, Ruth, Elizabeth, and Avonell, of whom Ruth is deceased. Politically, Chief Mayne is a republican. With his family, he attends the Baptist church, in the work of which he has been active. He owns an attractive home and spends much of his time there, but is also fond of the companionship of his fellows and is a popular member of the Encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, and the Junior Order United American Mechanics. When he can spare the time from his arduous official duties he takes hunting trips and fishing excursions into the mountains, always accompanied by his family.
From "A Standing History of the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio" by Eugene B. Willard, Daniel W. Williams, George O. Newman and Charles B. Taylor. Published by Lewis Publishing Company, 1916