Doc Mayfield, Dock Mayfield
1845–1925

Introduction

Born: Feb­ru­ary 12, 1845, Pick­ens, South Ca­ro­li­na.

Died: De­cem­ber 6, 1925, Dal­las, Tex­as.

Buried: Green­wood Ce­me­te­ry, Dal­las, Tex­as.

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Biography

John was the son of Is­ai­ah May­field and (pos­si­bly) Anne S. Cal­houn, and hus­band of Mar­ga­ret El­len White.

He moved to Up­shur Count­y, Tex­as, around 1854.

During the Am­er­ican ci­vil war, he served in Com­pa­ny K, 34th Tex­as Cav­al­ry, Col­o­nel Ter­rell’s Re­gi­ment.

He start­ed teach­ing and writ­ing vo­cal mu­sic at age 35, and be­came as­so­ci­at­ed with the Trio Mu­sic Com­pa­ny. As of 1907, he was liv­ing in Sha­dy Grove, Tex­as.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Along the Way
  2. Come to the Sav­ior
  3. Could We with Our Mor­tal Eyes
  4. Evergreen Shore, The
  5. First the Cross, Then the Crown
  6. Glory to His Name
  7. Glory to Thy Name
  8. Happy All the Day
  9. Happy in the Pro­mised Land
  10. Heaven’s Te­le­phone
  11. I Am on My Way to That Home on High
  12. I Will Ev­er Cling to Thee
  13. I’ll On­ward Go
  14. Lead Me On
  15. Let Me Rest
  16. Marching Home to Glo­ry
  17. Never Go As­tray
  18. O Yes, O Yes, There’s Joy and Peace
  19. Once I Wan­dered Blind­ly
  20. Sinless Land
  21. That Land Be­yond the Ri­ver
  22. They’re Shi­ver­ing in the Cold
  23. Waiting by the Ri­ver
  24. We Are Near­ing the Banks of the Ri­ver
  25. When La­bor Is Over
  26. When to Judg­ment We Shall All Be Brought

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