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Joseph Monroe May

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Joseph Monroe May

Birth
Amite County, Mississippi, USA
Death
26 Aug 1890 (aged 77–78)
Jackson Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Jackson Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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GGG-GrandPa Joseph Monroe MAY was the son of John David MAY & Mary "Polly" FARLEY. He moved to Jackson Parish LA in the late 1840s and homesteaded 324 acres.

He married:
(1) Lucinda PENDARVIS in 1838, Mississippi. They had ten children: Elizabeth, James M, William Robert, Pinkney, Berry B, Amanda, John Calvin, Harrietta Louiza, Louisa A & Joseph Harvey MAY.
(2)Catherine L. SMITH HUNTER. They had two children: Levi F & Rettie Ann Catherine MAY.
(3) Sarah Francis KIRKLAND MEREDITH on 26 Nov 1868 Caldwell Parish LA. They had four children: Robert Matthew, Irby Benjamin, Obediah Doss & Maudie Caladonia MAY.

He was a well respected member of the community, a farmer, owned a grist mill and "owned some fine horses".
GGG-GrandPa Joseph Monroe MAY was the son of John David MAY & Mary "Polly" FARLEY. He moved to Jackson Parish LA in the late 1840s and homesteaded 324 acres.

He married:
(1) Lucinda PENDARVIS in 1838, Mississippi. They had ten children: Elizabeth, James M, William Robert, Pinkney, Berry B, Amanda, John Calvin, Harrietta Louiza, Louisa A & Joseph Harvey MAY.
(2)Catherine L. SMITH HUNTER. They had two children: Levi F & Rettie Ann Catherine MAY.
(3) Sarah Francis KIRKLAND MEREDITH on 26 Nov 1868 Caldwell Parish LA. They had four children: Robert Matthew, Irby Benjamin, Obediah Doss & Maudie Caladonia MAY.

He was a well respected member of the community, a farmer, owned a grist mill and "owned some fine horses".


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