Jasper Co. birth transcripts show the date of birth as 7 July 1887.
IN marriage Index
Benn May married Clara N. Griffith 12 Dec 1910 Jasper Co., IN.
The Remington Press
Fri., 13 May 1960, pg. 1, col. 2
Death Claims Benjamin F. May, 72, Remington
Benjamin Franklin May, 72, of Remington, a retired farmer and former township trustee, died in St. Elizabeth hospital, Lafayette, at 6:30 a.m. Friday. He had been in failing health several months and in the hospital three weeks.
Born in Remington, he spent his life in this community and was a farmer and Republican trustee of Carpenter township for two terms beginning in 1943. He was married in 1910 to Clara Griffith who died in 1956. He was a member of the Christian church, Masonic Lodge 351 and Odd Fellows of Remington and Knights of Pythias at Rensselaer.
Surviving are a son, Howard, at home; and four daughters, Mrs. Virgil Leonard of Mansfield, Ill., Mrs. Robert Williams of Monticello, Mrs. Homer Hofeling of Watseka, Ill., and Mrs. Russell Lambert of Remington.
IN death certificate
widowed
farmer
father-Robert May
mother-Katherine Guy
daughter-Fern Leonard, Mansfield, IL
d. chronic pyelonephritis
Remington Cemetery
Jasper Co. birth transcripts show the date of birth as 7 July 1887.
IN marriage Index
Benn May married Clara N. Griffith 12 Dec 1910 Jasper Co., IN.
The Remington Press
Fri., 13 May 1960, pg. 1, col. 2
Death Claims Benjamin F. May, 72, Remington
Benjamin Franklin May, 72, of Remington, a retired farmer and former township trustee, died in St. Elizabeth hospital, Lafayette, at 6:30 a.m. Friday. He had been in failing health several months and in the hospital three weeks.
Born in Remington, he spent his life in this community and was a farmer and Republican trustee of Carpenter township for two terms beginning in 1943. He was married in 1910 to Clara Griffith who died in 1956. He was a member of the Christian church, Masonic Lodge 351 and Odd Fellows of Remington and Knights of Pythias at Rensselaer.
Surviving are a son, Howard, at home; and four daughters, Mrs. Virgil Leonard of Mansfield, Ill., Mrs. Robert Williams of Monticello, Mrs. Homer Hofeling of Watseka, Ill., and Mrs. Russell Lambert of Remington.
IN death certificate
widowed
farmer
father-Robert May
mother-Katherine Guy
daughter-Fern Leonard, Mansfield, IL
d. chronic pyelonephritis
Remington Cemetery
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