USNA Cemetery Documentation Project
Cemetery Inventory Form
Summer 2005
Name: Mayo, Isaac
Material:
Shape:
Features:
Marble
Obelisk on Base
- faces South
Section/ Lot Number:
with Plinth
- Very Tall!!!
04- 0546
Type:
Ornamentation:
Category:
Private
On obelisk appears an anchor
USN/ Commodore
with rope attached.
Photograph:
Condition Assessment:
__ bio growth
__ broken
__ chipped
__ detached from plinth
__ fallen
__ listing
__ offset
__ other:
_____________
Comments:
- Good condition
Inscription (face):
Inscription (back):
(South side)
(East side)
COMMODORE ISAAC MAYO A sea Officer of heroic mould.
of the United States Navy
Died
May 10, 1861
In the
66 th year of his age
prompt in action- undaunted in battle
kind and gentle at home.
(North side)
This Monument is placed to his memory
by his devoted and bereaved wife.
(West side)
He won high fame as a Lieutenant in
the war of 1812
as a Captain in the war with Mexico
and as a Commander in Chief in Africa
during his last service afloat.
Surveyor:
Hillori L. Schenker
University of Maryland
Date/ Weather Conditions:
07/05/05
sunny