2006
May
Family Reunion
May Lodge
Jenny
Wiley State Park
Prestonsburg,
Kentucky
Weekend
of September 15-17, 2006
Return
to reunion photo album
Click
here to see photos of branches of the May family
that
continue to be posted. Many interesting family items
were
brought to the reunion and their photos will be added.
The
tables at the reunion are a sample of family treasures
being
preserved by thoughtful descendants.
Below
are a few photos of the tables & displays
Included
is a recently discovered hymn book
of Rev. Thomas Patton May
and
the military sash of his brother, Col. Reuben May.
Photos
of the gold watch of their father, Thomas May, Sr.
A few of the items on the
tables of descendants of Thomas & Dorcas Patton May
Photo of the rifle and
powder horn of Thomas May [1787-1867]
See
more about the rifle
Some items from
descendants of Thomas Patton May
Display of Col. Reuben May
For the first time we
got to see the sash Reuben
wore
on his military
uniform during the Civil War.
Courtesy of Bill Pryor, a gr-gr-grandson
See
more about the life of Col. Reuben May in a 2004 book
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Leather hand-stitched
Hymn book of Thomas Patton May,
a Methodist minister
at Snivley Chapel near his farm on Lower Johns Creek.
The book is only about
six inches tall.
Courtesy of a
gr-gr-grandson, Henry Forsyth
More about Snivley
Chapel | Hymn
Book
Gold
watch of Thomas May, Sr. [1787-1867]
More
about this watch |
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