Lydia was the daughter of Thomas Conley and Mahala Davis Conley. She married Harvey Trimble May September 8, 1853.

Another descendant of this couple wrote regarding the remembrance of Mr. Harry T. Hill about the return of the body of Lydia Conley May to Floyd County for burial. It was the first time Mr. Hill had ever seen so large an electric light and it made a life long impression on him. He remembered them taking the body by wagon up Abbott Creek to Bonanza for burial beside her husband.

Source: Family records of a granddaughter of Samuel White May, Mae Belle Singleton McKinney, daughter of Amanda Caroline May Singleton and Barrett Singleton.


1900 United States Federal Census

Name: Lydia May
Home in 1900: Abbott, Floyd, Kentucky
Age: 64
Birth Date: Jan 1836
Birthplace: Kentucky
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relationship to head-of-house: Mother
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother: number of living children: 1
Mother: How many children: 1
Marital Status: Widowed
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel May 44
Violet May 41
Cardelia May 12
Nannie May 10
Winnie May 7
Lydia May 5
Lillie B May 3
Amanda May 1
Lydia May 64

Known children of Harvey Trimble and Lydia Conley May are:
Thomas Blair, Samuel White, Mahala C., Dicy E., Amanda C., Sarah Elizabeth, Samantha Jane, Elza W., Nancy A., Nevada E., Susan Emza, Jackson G., and Caleb Sherman May.


1910 United States Federal Census

Name: Lyda Mary
[Lyda May]
Age in 1910: 74
Estimated Birth Year: 1836
Birthplace: Kentucky
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Father's Birth Place: Kentucky
Mother's Birth Place: Kentucky
Home in 1910: Abbott, Floyd, Kentucky
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel W May 54
Flo W May 51 (Violet)
Dora L May 15
Lillie B May 13
Mandy E May 11
Newton W Hackworth 7 (nephew)
Lyda Mary 74 (mother)