Sarah Charlotte (Davis) May (1887 - 1978)

Born 18 Feb 1887 in Warren, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of George Edwin May — married 11 Sep 1907 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Descendants

Died 24 Mar 1978 at age 91 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States

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Family

Husband:

• George Edwin May (1884-1966)

Children:

• George Davis May (1910 – 1936)
• Dorothy (May) Perry Stickney Ryan (1912 – 1990)
• Richard Pauling "Dick" May (1916 – 1991)

Biography

Born

Sarah Charlotte "Lottie" (Davis) May, daughter of Samuel Pauling Davis Jr. and Martha Emma (Beazell) Davis, was born February 18, 1887 in Warren County, Indiana.

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Marriage

George Edwin May married Sarah Charlotte "Lottie" (Davis) May on September 11, 1907 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

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Death

Sarah Charlotte "Lottie" (Davis) May died March 24, 1978, age 91, in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Sarah Charlotte "Lottie" (Davis) May was buried at the Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. Memorial page at Find A Grave Memorial #138249500

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Residence

1890 Federal Census Records Destroyed 1900 Grant Township, Benton, Indiana,

In 1900, Samuel Pauling Davis Jr, a 44yo farmer b. IN, was living on a farm in Grant Township with his wife Martha Emma (Beazell) Davis, 40yo b. IN, and four children: Harriett 'Hattie' Florence, 14yo b. IN, Sarah Charlotte "Lottie", 13 yo b. IN, Samuel Albert, 8yo b. IN, and Vonna Frances, 6yo b. IN . He may have retired from active farming, as his occupation is listed as "Landlord". ^[7]

1910

1920

1930

1940

• Fact: Residence (1900) Grant Township Boswell town, Benton, Indiana, United States
• Fact: Residence (1910) Lafayette Ward 4, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States
• Fact: Residence (1920) Lafayette Ward 5, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States
• Fact: Residence (1930) Kokomo, Howard, Indiana, United States
• Fact: Residence (1935) Same Place
• Fact: Residence (1940) Ward 1, Kokomo, Center Township, Howard, Indiana, United States
• Fact: Burial Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration, Index only. [Ancestry.com]
2. ↑ Indiana, Select Marriages, 1780-1992, index only. FHL Film Number: 872059. [Ancestry.com]
3. ↑ Tippecanoe County, Indiana; Index to Marriage Record 1850 - 1920, Inclusive Vol, W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's O; Book: C-27; Page: 407. [Ancestry.com]
4. ↑ Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992, index only. FHL Film Number: 872059. [Ancestry.com]
5. ↑ Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941, index only; Original Record Located: County Clerk's O; Book: C-27; Page: 407. [Ancestry.com]
6. ↑ Find A Grave" Memorial # 138249500
7. ↑ 1900 Federal Census, Grant, Benton, Indiana; Roll: 360; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 1240360; [Ancestry.com digital image]

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 09 June 2017, 17:08), entry for Sarah Charlotte Davis(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LJPQ-C6N); contributed by various users.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a 21.8cM match on Chromosome 20 between Charlotte's granddaughter JMP and Charlotte's first cousin twice removed Valerie Grunsted GEDmatch M026414. MCRA Samuel Pauling Davis SR and Frances Ann (Perry) Davis.

• Paternal relationship is also confirmed with a 23andMe test match between Charlotte's granddaughter JMP and Charlotte's first cousin twice removed Valerie Grunsted, third cousins. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: "4th Cousin based on 0.44% DNA shared across 2 segments." MCRA Samuel Pauling Davis SR and Frances Ann (Perry) Davis.