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Henry May [1824-1903]

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Photos of the children of Henry May

Nancy | Kiah | Christina | Henry Thomas | Louisa

Henry May b: 2 Mar 1824 Robinson Creek, Pike Co., KY d: 18 Dec 1903 North Tazewell, VA, and buried there in the family cemetery Age at death: 79

.... +Rhoda Harman b: 21 Nov 1825 m: 20 Oct 1847 Tazewell County, VA d: 7 Sep 1897 North Tazewell, VA, and buried there in the family cemetery Age at death: 71


Their eight children

1. Nancy S. May b: 12 Dec 1848 d: 8 Oct 1878 Texas Age at death: 29


Nancy S. May
1848-1878

Charcoal portrait
Courtesy of R. Vaughn Cassell in 2011

It is believed that Nancy joind her brother Kiah in Texas about 1876. He had moved to Wise Co., Texas about 1871.

On June 22, 1876 Christina F. May (23) wrote from Viroqua, Wisconsin to her sister Nancy (27) in Texas.

"Col. (Reuben) May was here yesterday, he comes over here real often but none of the rest of them has come here since you left hardly. Col. May and Sam Hornacre (Honaker, Emmeriah's brother) is going to send the money for Aunt Ema's mother. She is blind; they expect to send Bascome (Reuben's son Albert Bascom) after her. &ldots;Buna Randall has a girl. &ldots; Some about everyone is fixing for the celebration (July 4th) but I am not."

2. Kiah Harman May b: 3 Feb 1851 Pike Co., KY d: 14 Dec 1933 Rush Springs, OK, where he is buried Age at death: 82
........ +Mary Ellen (Molly) Deaton b: 20 Sep 1857 Afton, IA m: 11 Jan 1877 Decatur, TX d: 10 Jan 1938 Rush Springs, OK, where she is buried Age at death: 80


Kiah Harman May
1851-1933

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3. Christina Florence May b: 16 Jul 1853


Christina Florence May


Christina Florence May
probably taken in the 1870s


Back of the photo
Note it was taken in Viroqua, Wis.
where her parents lived until about 1882.

** See family records in her Bible **

4. Rhoda M. May b: 18 Mar 1856 d: 1859 Age at death: 3 est.

5. Cynthia May b: 16 Sep 1859 d: 1860 Age at death: 1 est.

6. Henry Thomas May b: 14 Nov 1860 Kentucky d: 22 Sep 1932 Adria, VA; buried in the Litz Cemetery at Tazewell, VA Age at death: 71
........ +Ella Jane Stratton b: 1 Sep 1864 Tazewell Co., VA m: 8 Oct 1885 Tazewell Co., VA d: 14 Dec 1921 Adria, VA; buried in the Litz Cemetery at Tazewell, VA Age at death: 57


Henry Thomas May & his oldest son
William Henry May

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7. Robert E. Lee May b: 22 Nov 1863 d: 1873 Age at death: 10 est.

8. Louisa Belle May b: 26 Sep 1868 Pike Co., KY d: 26 Jun 1889 Tazewell Co., VA, following birth of her first child Age at death: 20
........ +Charles Lee Graybeal b: 25 Aug 1864 Oldfield Creek, Ashe Co., NC m: 5 Apr 1888 Tazewell Courthouse, Tazewell Co., VA


Louisa Belle May
1868-1889