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Thomas Patton May [1816-1910]

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Updated January 2006


Children of Thomas Patton May & Elizabeth M. Leslie May

Cynthia, Allen Jenkins, Mary Florence, Sarah,
Elizabeth Dorcas, Nancy Miriam, Thomas Bennett

1. Cynthia May b: 5 Jul 1843 Johns Creek, KY d: 17 Jan 1933 Pikeville, KY, where she is buried. Age at death: 89

...... +Ulysses Kinley Williams b: 22 May 1851 May Farm near Yeager, Pike Co, KY m: 5 Mar 1879 Johns Creek, Pike Co., KY d: 9 Nov 1934 Kentucky Age at death: 83

 

Cynthia May & U.K. Williams

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2. Allen Jenkins May b: 8 Sep 1845 Pike Co., Ky. at his father's farm on Johns Cr. d: 18 Jun 1921 Salem, Oregon: buried in Lee Mission Cemetery there. Age at death: 75

...... +Malinda Bennett b: 7 Dec 1844 Scioto Co., Ohio m: 19 Mar 1873 Scioto Co. near Portsmouth, Ohio d: 31 Aug 1883 Salem, Oregon: buried in Lee Mission Cemetery there. Age at death: 38

. *2nd Wife of Allen Jenkins May:

...... +Sarah Ella Walker b: 5 Sep 1868 Pike Co., Ky. m: 27 May 1885 Pike Co., Ky. d: 17 Oct 1885 Pike Co., Ky. Age at death: 17

. *3rd Wife of Allen Jenkins May:

...... +Roxanna Gilbert m: 1 Mar 1896 Salem, Oregon d: Abt. 1923 Age at death: ?

3. Mary Florence May b: 7 Apr 1848 d: 20 Jul 1933 Ewing, Ky.: buried in Elizaville Cemetery Age at death: 85

...... +Burtis R. Denton b: 10 Feb 1844 Fleming Co., Ky. m: 22 Apr 1869 Pike Co., KY d: 23 Jan 1926 Ewing, Ky.: buried in Elizaville Cemetery Age at death: 81

4. Sarah May b: 3 Jan 1850 Johns Cr., Pike Co., KY d: 19 Sep 1868 Shelby Cr., Pike Co., KY; buried in Scott Cemetery on Shelby Creek, near Little Creek Age at death: 18

...... +Thurston D. Hurt b: 6 Apr 1845 Russell Co., VA, on a farm at the mouth of Little River, near Rosewood m: 23 Oct 1867 Pike Co., KY, by her father at his home on Johns Creek

Garland Hurt [1868-1964] was the only child of Sarah May & Thurston Hurt
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5. Elizabeth (Betsy) Dorcas May b: 8 Jul 1852 Johns Cr., Pike Co., KY d: Abt. 1941 Age at death: 89 est.

...... +William Fulton Miller m: 24 Sep 1885 Johns Cr., Pike Co., Ky.

. *2nd Husband of Elizabeth (Betsy) Dorcas May:

...... +William Harvey m: 1 Mar 1896 Marietta, OH (possibly in Pike, Co., Ky.) d: 13 Sep 1910 Shelby Creek, Pike Co., KY; buried in the Scott Cemetery there Age at death: ?


William Harvey, stepdaughter Miriam Martha Miller Harvey,
wife Elizabeth Dorcas May, and Joanna Damron May.

Joanna was the wife of Reuben Thomas May, a first cousin of Elizabeth.


Thomas Patton Miller Harvey
Son of Elizabeth Dorcas May and her first husband, William Fulton Miller.

Photos courtesy of Eldon May, grandson of Joanna Damron May.

6. Nancy Miriam May b: 23 Oct 1854 Johns Cr., Pike Co., KY d: 27 Apr 1889 Johns Cr., Pike Co., KY; buried in the May Cemetery there Age at death: 34

...... +Thomas Jefferson Ford b: 1852 Prestonsburg, KY m: 31 Dec 1874 Johns Cr., Pike Co. Ky.; at her father's home d: 28 Feb 1939 Johns Cr., Pike Co., KY; buried at Meta, KY Age at death: 87 est.

Nancy Miriam May & Thomas Jefferson Ford

Children & grandchildren of Nancy & T.J. Ford

7. Thomas Bennett May b: 25 May 1857 d: 15 Mar 1909 Johns Cr., Pike Co., Ky.; buried in the May Cemetery there Age at death: 51

...... +Florence Virginia Runyon b: 23 Jan 1859 m: 2 Jan 1878 Pike Co., Ky. d: 28 Nov 1934 Pike Co., Ky. Age at death: 75


Family of Thomas Bennett May, ca. 1905
From a 1983 newspaper article on Pearl May Lemon, daughter of Thomas Bennett May.


8. William Reuben May b: 8 Mar 1860 d: 1 Jun 1951 Age at death: 91

...... +Elvina Runyon b: 18 May 1860 m: 18 Sep 1881 Pike Co., Ky. d: 19 Mar 1932 Johns Cr., Pike Co., Ky.; buried in the May Cemetery there Age at death: 71